Spybot S&D v1.6.0.30 now available

u109230

Pretty much as the title says.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Latest Changes:

• Integrates parts of the future 2.0 file scanning engine to speed up the on-demand scan
• Both immunization and the on-demand scan are able to access a dozen different browsers, which now includes the latest revisions of the most popular ones, Firefox and Opera
• Easier On-Access Use
• Safer Networking also announces OpenSBI, our attempt at opening up the fight against malware to anyone who wants to participate

isofa

I think you mean v1.6 (rather than v1.0.6.30) as I've been running v1.5.2 and have been for ages...

SpyBot S+D Homepage: http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html

u109230

Whoops...........thanks, dyslexia creeping in with old age - title changed

isofa

No problem

John_Gray

I'm not sure whether the original post is news or history - v1.6.0.30 has been available at least since 14th July!

(Why do we get these posts anyway for software which tells you about available updates when you use it?)

mjmal51

John_Gray wrote: »

I'm not sure whether the original post is news or history - v1.6.0.30 has been available at least since 14th July!

(Why do we get these posts anyway for software which tells you about available updates when you use it?)

I've just downloaded the new version after reading this and no, I had not been prompted to do so by the older version I was running.

Have hit a snag on Immunizing however, saying I cannot run unless I am administrator. So I looked at Faqs and it says how to overcome this if you have Vista. Followed the instructions but still have the same problem leaving a large percentage of items not immunized.
Anybody sorted this?

u109230

Sorry I can't help you out with this one as I'm using XP with IE7 & immunization appears to be completing at a reasonable speed (<1 min).

Maybe take a browse around the S&D forums here?http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=4
I've found quite a few useful tips there based on other user experiences.

u109230

John_Gray wrote: »

I'm not sure whether the original post is news or history - v1.6.0.30 has been available at least since 14th July!

(Why do we get these posts anyway for software which tells you about available updates when you use it?)

Regarding the point of starting this thread in the first place - it was to inform other users of this great (IMO) software that a new version was available & to prompt them to maybe take a look at it. I've used Spybot S&D since v1.4 & have never been prompted to update the main application.

If the new version has been available for such a lengthy time before I started this thread, might I suggest a more constructive & helpful course of action would be to start a similar subject thread to inform people sooner than I?

Optimist

u109230 wrote: »

Regarding the point of starting this thread in the first place - it was to inform other users of this great (IMO) software that a new version was available & to prompt them to maybe take a look at it. I've used Spybot S&D since v1.4 & have never been prompted to update the main application.

If the new version has been available for such a lengthy time before I started this thread, might I suggest a more constructive & helpful course of action would be to start a similar subject thread to inform people sooner than I?

Indeed and thank you for posting as I certainly no message to update to a later version of spybot.

trish06

mjmal51 wrote: »

I've just downloaded the new version after reading this and no, I had not been prompted to do so by the older version I was running.

Have hit a snag on Immunizing however, saying I cannot run unless I am administrator. So I looked at Faqs and it says how to overcome this if you have Vista. Followed the instructions but still have the same problem leaving a large percentage of items not immunized.
Anybody sorted this?

Hi i have just downloaded and installed spybot

do you have an icon on your desktop for spybot?
if so make sure spybot is closed,right click on the icon on the desktop
in the list it will say run as administrator
spybot will open and then you should be able to immunize all

this is what worked for me as i run vista 2 ,hope this helps

mjmal51

trish06 wrote: »

Hi i have just downloaded and installed spybot

do you have an icon on your desktop for spybot?
if so make sure spybot is closed,right click on the icon on the desktop
in the list it will say run as administrator
spybot will open and then you should be able to immunize all

this is what worked for me as i run vista 2 ,hope this helps

Thanks, but I had tried this before and still have a lot not immunized. Looking at spybot forums seems to be a common problem on Vista and some people uninstalling until a better version is available. funny enough all the unprotected are on IE7, Firefox is fine.