Dan Given
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join:2001-03-16
Tustin, CA
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| Using Spybot 1.5.2? Do you like it?
I have been really satisfied with Spybot 1.4, especially since I went to 1.5 and found it took well over a minute to open and was really worse in performance. I went back to 1.4 and am still there, but seeing the 1.5.2 newest version in the update section.
My question (for my XP Pro machine) is to see if anyone can tell me if the newest version has fixed that set of issues?
Thanks in advance!
Dan
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Telly Boot
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join:2002-05-15
Vancouver, BC
| For me it now opens in about 8 seconds, which is twice as quick as 1.4, and the interface is a bit easier to use. With older versions you also had to close and re-open the program to fully install new definitions; I'd be interested to know if that has been taken care of. Overall I would say it's improved.
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NanDog
The Pup Was Female, I'M Not
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join:2003-12-28
Tacoma, WA
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| reply to Dan Given
Yeah, I also had the slowdown issue with the earlier 1.5 version but updating to 1.5.2 cured that immediately. Here's a thread on the S & D forums from a couple months ago about the issue: »forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=21510
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Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
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join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
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1.5.2 works very well for my PCs on my LAN. |
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DrDemento
join:2005-07-25
Brick, NJ
| reply to Dan Given
I have it on one 98SE computer and two XP computers and it works fine. I had the same start up problem you described on the previous 1.5 version and it would not start at all on the 98SE computer. That issue seems to have been dealt with in this release. |
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Marsman1
join:2004-11-10
·Bell Sympatico
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March 27th, @05:44PM
|  reply to Dan Given
Dan,
I've been running Spybot S/D V1.5.2.20 on my WinXP Pro sys since Jan. 30th with no performance issues to report. Just timed the app opening & it was 6 sec.
Cheers,
Marsman  |
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Dan Given
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join:2001-03-16
Tustin, CA
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March 27th, @08:06PM
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Thanks everyone
Your responses have encouraged me to give it a try! I appreciate the time you gave.
EDIT: I installed and ran it and it works quickly and well. I recommend it to those reading this posting.
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
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join:2003-05-31
USA
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Dan Given
Re: Using Spybot 1.5.2? Do you like it?
I am using SPybot S & D v1.5.2 on all of my PCs and it is working fine for the most part.
The only real issue I have found is if I use Spybot Immunizing feature (Firefox - Installations blocking).
It tends to slow down opening up the option in Firefox to allow or not allow specific sites to install software. Other then that Spybot is running fine and is much faster to load then previous versions.
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Tyreman
join:2002-10-08 | reply to Dan Given
New version on Vista much improved.
Especially opening up.
AND lots of more frequent updates. |
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Dan Given
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join:2001-03-16
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| said by Tyreman  :New version on Vista much improved. Especially opening up. AND lots of more frequent updates. Going to fire up my Vista laptop and put it on there too. Thanks!
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Curiosity
join:2001-10-01
Dawson Creek, BC
| reply to Marsman1
said by Marsman1 :I've been running Spybot S/D V1.5.2.20 on my WinXP Pro sys since Jan. 30th with no performance issues to report. I am using that version as well. The only problem I had was the Immunize settings for Firefox, which I had to disable because it bloated the hostperm.1 file to huge proportions with blocked items that were unnecessary to add because I have defaulted to blocking unwanted items like that anyway. |
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rolmsgunner
join:2003-12-08
Risingsun, OH
| reply to Dan Given
OK, I have an interesting situation with an Acer laptop running Win Vista SP1 and SB 1.5.2.20: 1st off I'm running in admin mode but must "run as administrator" to get SB to open. Then I noticed after updating the database that Firefox is missing in the IMMUNIZE section. Anyone else notice this? |
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rolmsgunner
join:2003-12-08
Risingsun, OH | I should have said Vista Home Premium 32bit. And my question is.........How do I fix this? |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
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join:2001-03-25
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March 30th, @11:47PM
| reply to Dan Given
Much better than 1.5.1! I am using v1.5.2 in W2K and XP Pro. SP2. |
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