What's up with SpyBot S&D?

It's a good program and sure helps me out but for some reason for as long as I can remember I keep getting the same 2 or 3 problems over and over. Just those three, nothing different, maybe only one of the three but I can even check for problems, destroy them, disconnect from the internet, check again and still get more. It's crazy, am I missing something (as usual) or do I just have a really persistent prob? If so what can I do? Thanks.

 

usually spyware will have a backup, if the initial program is installed and deleted the backup runs and reinstalls the initial . Sounds like you've got yourself some nice spyware or trojan

 

Jeeze, those little bastards...I'll just wing it I guess, kill that backup I suppose. Thanks:good:

 

I doubt it's really anything bad, but you should run spybot with ad-aware it's a good combo

 

Hmmm, good idea...Last night I updated the program to see if that helped, not really, when I checked probs after updating I got more than ever, like 17 of them or something. Killed all I could, destroyed the backups, checked again, and destroyed those backups as well and then restarted and did the same routine over again, after that I checked one last time and what do you know I got none, yes! Now this morning I check and get five new ones, go figure. We'll I see what ad-aware can do possibly. Thanks.

 

<Sighs deeply and leans back in his chair and grins smugly to himself knowing his own Linux boxes to be spyware free>

 

There are some pretty nasty types of spyware out there that can actually root your Windows kernel! In other words, it embeds itself in the central-most portion of Windows so that it is literally impossible to remove, and it actually taints virus and spyware scans so nothing your system does can be considered trustworthy. Virus scanners like AVG can't detect a rootkit due to their nature, but they can allude to their existance. If you do a scan with AVG or certain other AVs, you may find that your ntoskrnl.exe and/or system32.dll have a bad CRC thumbprint (i.e. they've been altered), even though they appear clean to the virus/spyware sweeps. Hopefully, this isn't the situation in your case, since the only viable solution is to reformat/reinstall.

-AT

 

Would it mess up my registry? If so I repair that every day with Tune Up Utilities:good:, thanks for the warning mate

 

It might conceivably mess up your registry, but that'd be a largely secondary issue compared to a rootkit.

-AT

 

I ditched spybot and adaware SE after they got bad grades in spyware tests, get microsofts antispyware beta, it expires christmas eve (why then? idk) and it caught everything pcworld threw at it, very good, and also has tools that erase your tracks,

i love it

you should really get it

hope this helps

 

MS must have a select few kick ass products still lying around then, thanks!

 

Actually, it's because they bought out a smaller company. Besides, AdawareSE and Spybot S&D get bad grades independant of eachother; that's why they're recommended as a pair. They compliment eachother very well.

 

true true, but I'd only recommend to use microsofts AS Beta, because its better to have one service instead of two, because they might be sharing registry keys, etc. and that can screw up the computer a bit

 

But they probably ue different scaning engines and each may have certain pieces of spyware it catches more effectively than the competition. Use MS if you want, but as a pair they're good.

 

I haven't seen that problem on any of the Windows systems I administrate, and they're using a combination of Spybot S&D and Adaware. No registry problems so far. These boxen do pick up a small amount of junk from time to time, but spybot's immunize feature really helps minimize infections, especially coupled with exclusive use of Firefox and Thunderbird. And Adaware is great for removing more aggressive and stubborn types of spyware.

-AT

 

yeah i used to have it, it caused no prob, i just hate that you have to click it over and over

 

Thanks everyone, man do I hate all this spyware, virus crap, I envy you non Windows users for that anyway. I remember when I used Macs and never even heard of spyware, I had no need for programs like adware, now I need three programs, a virus detector, a spyware destroyer, and a general utility, accompanied by a bunch of restarts just to keep XP purring

 

haha, poor ex, thats how you treat a man's best friend, you feed it, you wash it, and it takes naps sometimes feeling refreshed when it wakes.

 

We give dogs our spare time, spare money and spare affection and in return they give us their all. Its the best deal man's ever made.

 

The sad part, Exfoliate, is that even Microsoft does not expect XP to have a longevity of longer than 6 months.