Spyware, viruses, & security forum: Spybot 1.5 Immunize

Donna -- Sorry I did not respond sooner, but I was waiting for the "unprotected" number to go from 0 to 1, which it did today. The unprotected item has a check beside it and is in the category of IE (32/64 bit):

S-1-5-21-515967899-1580816 and there are 146 items that should be protected all the time instead of 145.

Could this have anything to do with the one or two of my regular websites with which IE will not allow a connection......both of which I have no problem connecting when signed on to AOL? This began happening somewhere around the time I installed SS&D 1.5? I have been blaming it on AOLSoftware.exe which was installed automatically also around that same time.

Miki

IE must be the default browser. AOL tends to manipulate IE to its advantage, try setting AOL so that it will not connect when you bootup using the tray icon right click.

>> my regular websites with which IE will not allow a connection

Outlook Express suffers from this problem, IE must be the Default Browser and then if you click a hyperlink IE will pop it up otherwise IE will not be able to interpret anything in a received email.

Thanks for the links and information.....it appears that this is just a temporary solution for the many who are having my problem only with a larger number of unprotected items. From what I can tell, they have to redo manually every time they start up. My unprotected 1 item happens often enough, but not at every startup (probably every other startup )

I am getting ready for a small trip, but when I get back methinks I might reinstall 1.4 if all else fails.

Miki

that the item needed to be protected all the time gets the message from the "green + [immunize" to which you refer and although all the items immunized are checked, there is one that loses the protection after awhile and shows up as 0 in the area on the side.......immunizing again corrects the problem, but it is only temporary.

Miki

Will check it out.....Miki

that these old, trusted apps should make a separate version just for Vista. It seems, to me anyway, the perfectly good programs get messed up when they try to bridge the XP to Vista gap. Similar to the Win 95/98/ME to XP gap of years ago. Doesn't help that Vista is a "work in progress" with changes/revisions coming hot & heavy. Ready for SP1?? LOL! S

I'm running a Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz Win2K SP4 all updated and patched, 1Gb RAM, with Comodo Firewall and BOClean, Avast 4 Home AV, and Spyware Blaster for my full-time protection; and Superantispyware and A-Squared Free for my on-demands.
I too have to do the immunization update manually every week. An early posted work-around for the global hosts immunization where you go to advanced mode > tools > hosts file and then add Spybot host list manually worked for me only once. After that I got the error message about the file being in use which other people get.

So a work-around that works for me is to download and install the update and then manually immunize the host file in safe mode.It's a PITA, but it gives you a chance to do some housekeeping and run some scans while you're in safe mode.

However, the patch that seems to work for some people to speed-up the start-up (v1.5.1.16 *beta*) will not install on my machine, and I'm not alone here as I read someone else in the Spybot forum with the same problem and same error (sorry, I forgot what the error was.)

So the bottom line here is that there seem to be enough ways to get the immunization to work, but not everyone is able to get a decent start-up. So I think I'm going to keep it until v1.5.1.16 is a final, but if there isn't significant improvement, I'm gonna have to axe it for a while. It's just too much of a nuisance.

Hi, I have been in contact with Spybot and this is their reply about slow start up and not immunized items....well so far I haven't found anything wrong!!
Best Wishes


We already have located the startup problems in Spybot S&D version 1.5 and fixed it:
http://forums.spybot.info/project.php?issueid=85
Here is the download file for the fix:
http://www.safer-networking.org/file...8-79-84-85.zip
Please store the two containing files (spybotsd.exe and domains.sbs) in your Spybot folder.
Normally it is located here:
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy

The spybotsd.exe belongs to this path:
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
The domains.sbs belongs to this one:
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Includes

If you are asked if you want to override this files enter yes - this will make the changes.

Or just download the new Spybot beta:
http://www.safer-networking.org/file...15he-beta1.exe

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

Well As for me there haven't been any probs so far!! However, with reference to the slow start up times that is a lot quicker....I will, though, keep this thread updated about any other probs I run into, if any......

Sorry for the links not working....I copied and pasted maybe some of the link is missing...
However..here is the thread in the Spybot forum
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=18856

However I want to give a warning ....also follow my thread here please

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=18880

This I have done as this evening I tried several times to open Spybot but keep getting RUNTIME ERROR 216

.....did you do a clean install and remove 1.5.1.15 first?

Miki

In your post are you referring to the Beta Patch or the Halloween Beta version?


Miki

Oh, And I did *not* do a clean uninstall / reinstall. The Halloween Beta installed right over the official v1.5.1.15 without a hitch.

I always have 11 items unprotected no matter how I immunize it...it is under Internet Explorer 32 bit under \SOFTWARE (Plugins). can some one HELP!!! argh