XknightHawkX
join:2003-02-13
Morton, IL
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|  Spybot Search and destroy.
Ok I had to work on someones computer the other day and I noticed they didn't have any spyware scanners. I installed the latest version of Spybot and I'm wondering if I got a hijacked address. I went to spybot.info and downloaded the newest version. Now the reason I ask if the browser is hijacked to a different address is cause of something I seen in the program. When you run spybot it says if you remove the advertising robots with this program it will not run. I don't know if that is what it said exactly but it was something like that. Maybe it was another program popping up with that message because it could tell when spybot was started. Now can someone tell me if there are bots in spybot now? |
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PeeWee
Premium
join:2001-10-21
Clovis, CA
clubs:
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
 ·Comcast
| Spybot warns you, and rightly so, that removing spyware may cause certain programs to not run properly. Personally if that would become a problem with any software I had it would be immediately removed along with any spyware it would force on me.
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norwegian
Premium
join:2005-02-15
Outback | reply to XknightHawkX
Its been there for at least the last 2 yrs, knighthawk, that's the least of your worries that little popup of spybots |
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XknightHawkX
join:2003-02-13
Morton, IL
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Oh is that what it said. I thought I was seeing a message that said not to uninstall the advertising bots that came with this program. I have had spybot installed on this sytem for about a year and a half and don't remember seeing that message that is what was bothering me. I was worried that someone paid them off to get away with something. |
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Rfsjr2
Shop on Top
Premium
join:2001-08-11
Ferndale, WA
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Nag Screen |
said by XknightHawkX  : I have had spybot installed on this system for about a year and a half and don't remember seeing that message that is what was bothering me. You turned it off the first time you ran it, I just never did.
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JonPaulNline
Premium
join:2005-08-17
Philadelphia, PA | Here is a tutorial
»computing.law.ualr.edu/tutorials···rial.asp |
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XknightHawkX
join:2003-02-13
Morton, IL
clubs: | reply to XknightHawkX
I already know how to use it. I just didn't remember it having that popup when I started using it. |
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Telly Boot
Premium
join:2002-05-15
Vancouver, BC
·TELUS
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The tutorial has an error: they fail to mention that after downloading and installing new definitions Spybot must be shut down and restarted, before scanning for problems is started.
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Dawn,n,The time when men of reason go to bed. (Ambrose Bierce.) |
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Telly Boot
Premium
join:2002-05-15
Vancouver, BC
·TELUS
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said by XknightHawkX :I already know how to use it. I just didn't remember it having that popup when I started using it. It's Spybot's popup, but perhaps it could be worded better: i.e. saying " ...using this program." might be clearer. What it is warning new users about is that removing certain nasties using Spybot will result in loss or restriction of internet access. Obviously this would be quite annoying. I haven't seen a recent thread or FAQ discussing this, but perhaps someone else can link to one.
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