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Hi, got my update from the US site this morning. Then I ran the program took 12 mins to scan a 6 GB drive. Very unusual for it to take this long and it found nothing.Now I have Spyware Blaster and to have no nasties is quite normal.Might dip my toe in the water at "A' vista" and see what nasties result.
Hi, maybe one of the Mod's could merge this thread with this one:-
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...hreadid=156304
We all seem to be discussing the same thing and there does appear to be a problem with Spybot.
I've had problems 2 or 3 times with updates,but if it is really new,i believe the server(s) are just very busy. I usually wait for off peak hours and maybe change locations and all has been well. It may also be a problem if your behind a 'server' firewall or your firewall hasn't been configured to allow it. I use ZA free and when i got the first popup when trying to update, I just gave it internet access and no probs since. Might try disabling your AV program just for the dn/load also...
Wow... I have not had one bit of trouble and updates have worked fine. I have also found evil buddies lurking and spybot kills them. So not sure why others have issues.
After having done an update at work and at home, Spybot all of a sudden finds the opaserv worm. However, after doing extensive tests, I believe that it is not true. I posted here.
Brewster, the Feb. 2 update is not finding any "evil buddies." It is defective, and Spybot knows about it. And what we are talking about here is not how long it takes to download, or other issues regarding the ease of the program's operation. We are talking specifically about the update dated 2/2/2004. Installing this update renders Spyboat "blind." It sees nothing. It scans and finds no problems, even when there are many.
I tried to get it yesterday and Spybot kept locking up. I will try again today.
Chanter,
I don't seem to have the problems you mentioned, although I do have other problems since updating. It finds non-existent opaserv worm on my system.
I was curious to know if you can send a link to where you read that the update is problematic.
ChanterQuote:
Originally posted by Chanter
Brewster, the Feb. 2 update is not finding any "evil buddies." It is defective, and Spybot knows about it. And what we are talking about here is not how long it takes to download, or other issues regarding the ease of the program's operation. We are talking specifically about the update dated 2/2/2004. Installing this update renders Spyboat "blind." It sees nothing. It scans and finds no problems, even when there are many.
How do you know this?
Take a look here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/inde...&page=download
A brief description is given of the use of the 02/02/04 update.
Have you downloaded and installed the 2/2/04 detections update, run a scan and had the program find anything? How do I know it? Well, after seeing that the update rendered the program useless, I contacted Spybot and they acknowledged that there is a problem and that they will issue an update to correct it.
I had already downloaded the update. I have just run a scan and it found those that I allow but nothing new. Scan took 400 seconds.
If it's a bad download why on earth have they left it on the server?
Chanter:
Did they say when they were going to supply the fix?
They didn't say. I suggested they remove this update and repost the previous one, but they have not responded to that suggestion. TBC....
oh gee... i was not aware that the update was not working. I did an update today on a computer and found Gator, Precision Time, Hot Tool Bar and many more. I went to updates, then downloaded the updates and it appeared to be working. Maybe I did not get the 2-2 one. I will try mine tonite at home and see what happens. Thanks Chanter for the clarification. I thought it ment the whole program not working period.
My Spybot went bad about 2 months ago. It runs and then shuts down. Can someone keep us updated as to when the program is repaired?