Is SpyBot Search and Destroy not working?

[TheChief]

For the last month whenever I scan my computer with SpyBot it says that I have no known threats on my computer. I check for updates and it says there is no newer updated version available. I thought it was kind of weird but figured since I've only been using Open Source programs for file sharing that I was steering clear of spyware.

Today I decided to check the Spybot website and it's down. So has everyone else been experiencing this problem?

[ferrarimodena360]

just got an update for teatimer helpfile

[cjules13]

I think a new 1.3 version was just released. Do you have that?

[adidas_os]

Spybot search & destroy has not had a detection update in quite some time. Or at least the last time I looked for one it hadn't. Also, I switched from Microsoft IE to Firefox and I don't find much if any spyware, malware, adware, extortionware anymore because of this. So you might consider the browser you use being responsible for how much you find/not finding any anymore. Ad-aware is still being updated regularly if you want to switch to another program. And it will not mess up your computer like Spybot will, leaving you unable to access the internet with browsers such as Microsoft IE, & Avant.

[The Hunter]

The unfortunate thing is that Ad-aware does not catch many things that the new spybot does catch.
The new version is available here.http://www.safer-networking.org/
Oh and one of the things that it does find is the alexa tool bar.

[Unbezwingbar]

Problem with Spybot

I do a scan every day for spyware. It picks up the registry files and deletes them, then I do a scan either 10 mins later not doing any activity on my computer or a day later. And those 3 files are still being picked up by spybot. I tried manually removing it from the registry but I dont see it anywhere in there. Similar to situation to Spysweeper, Adaware and Spyware Xterminator
anyone got a clue wtf is going on
thanx

[FriedSpam]

Does spybot screw with IE access then? For some reason I can't access any secure connections with IE at the moment. Not too much of a problem as I usually use Mozilla but it'd still be nice to know why it's doing this.

Could spybot be causing this then?

IE 6, WinXP pro, spybot 1.2 with all latest updates...

[MoonMan]

You must get the new SB in order to receive the latest updates and detections.

It's really cool, I recommend everyone update to this new version.

[TheChief]

I'll have to check when I get home about what version I have. I'm now at work :green5 . And please forgive me but, how do I get the new SB?

[The Hunter]

The download link is in my earlier post.

[MushroomheadXIII]

1.3 is great!!! i use win 2000 and it works perfect. Let me just tell you that the reason it may not detect any other threats on your pc is because its 'new' and the open source programmers work their ass off trying to find new stuff.

[c411Z]

spywareblaster , since i have installed this i rarley get stuff to remove with spybot and ad-aware, but yea it is odd that no updates have been comming.

[ROMANTICGUY50]

I tried the new version of Spybot 1.3. Had major problems as did a friend of mine on her computer. It cause a number of websites to become restricted.Under Internet tools Restricted Sites It added a bunch of restricted sites including my own. Mine has the URL of www.freewebs.com/thecorls (http://www.freewebs.com/thecorls) I could not make any changes to my web pages or anything. I then removed the probgram and still had the problen so all I could do was do a system rstore to an earlier date. Finally got my website up and running again so I could make changes. Right now all I am using is adaware. Thanx and have a great day:devil :devil

[MoonMan]

Yeah I noticed that too romantic guy. I had to go into the restricted sites to remove freewebs.com in order to sign your guestbook.

What I'm thinking is that freewebs has some form of adware or cookies they send you for visiting their sites. They do this to pay for expenses most likely.

Spybot isn't really at fault for adding them, but I can also see why it is a problem.

[Muffin_Man]

Does spybot screw with IE access then? For some reason I can't access any secure connections with IE at the moment. Not too much of a problem as I usually use Mozilla but it'd still be nice to know why it's doing this.

Could spybot be causing this then?

IE 6, WinXP pro, spybot 1.2 with all latest updates...

to fix this go to start > run > type 'regsvr32 softpub.dll' and press enter. 9 times out of ten this fixes secure sites issues.

[ducttapeBigSexy]

If you're concerned with spybot messing up ie, just go firefox. Not to spam or anything, but if you're really concerned with spyware, you really should consider switching to an app that doesn't have those major exploits. If not firefox, check out opera or the original mozilla.

[shawners]

so which is better?? I Dont want to mess up other programs inside windows that may be detected as spybot/adaware. But remove that stupid weather bug and savenow, and mywebsearch. I unistall it, and it keeps getting back on here or not fully uninstall.

[The Hunter]

Interesting, i ran Spybot, and it found 5 registry exploits. I tried to remove them and they were still there. So i turned off system restore rebooted, and ran the program again, and the same ones were still there. Anyone else having the same problem?

[muffenme]

:fire

Interesting, i ran Spybot, and it found 5 registry exploits. I tried to remove them and they were still there. So i turned off system restore rebooted, and ran the program again, and the same ones were still there. Anyone else having the same problem?

I passed by something like this and I not sure did it clean it but you can give it a try.

Windows 95 & Windows 98 method.

In the system.ini replace explorer.exe with the spybot exe file and save the file and reboot
Do a complete scan of the system and clean anything that it spots.
Reboot to DOS and edit the system.ini file back to explorer.exe.

I not 100% sure in ME or the NT line including XP.

Edit the system.ini file to replace explorer.exe with any other file lister that would run file, ex winfile.exe. Reboot.
Goto the directory for your adware scanner and do a complete scan, ex spybot.
After the problem is removed then run edit and change system.ini shell back to explorer.exe.

The problem is that some mailware, adware, spyware have this thing that involves explorer.exe and explorer itself reinstalls them back in with out you knowing it. I done an scan on one computer and rescan it and that same bug pop up so I clean it again and it still pop up on the next scan. When I did a search on the web for it I found out that it uses explorer.exe to reinstall itself. The source web site does have an uninstaller but I don't beleave them. The computer I talking about isn't my computer but Access Centre that I do some work at for free. My home computer I keep it clean by disabling java, plugin, and scripts when I don't need them. I have Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy, iolo System Mec 4.0 pro, Spy Blaster, and a firewall to protect me from these bad also Norton Antivirus 2003 for virus so as you can tell that it hard to get a adware and other bad thing on my computer. I keep my eyes on what being run at startup and removed any I don't like. It take alot of work but my system as I can see is clean of anything bad.

:hole

[ROMANTICGUY50]

If you're concerned with spybot messing up ie, just go firefox. Not to spam or anything, but if you're really concerned with spyware, you really should consider switching to an app that doesn't have those major exploits. If not firefox, check out opera or the original mozilla.I looked at using Fixfox but I have Nestscape installed on my computer