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Spybot Search and Destroy query

I have 2 pc's both with this on and as far as I can tell they are both identical versions, both been updated by me today.

However one is showing 14525 bad products blocked and the other is 9428. I've just unistalled and installed the one with only 9428 blocked but have got the same result.

Am puzzled as I can't see any difference when I go into the settings. What can I have missed :o

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  • redux
    redux Posts: 22,994 Forumite
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    Don't know - 9428 here.

    ... unless one has the longer and older Hosts file list, but I doubt that is counted in the total
  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    Where is this number shown?

    Stompa
    Stompa
  • abwsco
    abwsco Posts: 979 Forumite
    Stompa wrote:
    Where is this number shown?

    Stompa

    When you've immunised it.
  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    When you've immunised it.

    Ah OK, that's not a feature of S&D that I use.

    Stompa
    Stompa
  • abwsco
    abwsco Posts: 979 Forumite
    Stompa wrote:
    When you've immunised it.

    Ah OK, that's not a feature of S&D that I use.

    Stompa

    Oh, any particular reason as it blocks bad products.
  • I've found this too, abwsco. My daughters have a PC upstairs and my husband and I have another that we use for work and frequently when I update SpyBot I find they have a different number of bad products blocked. I've never taken much notice though - just assumed it was to do with different settings or something.
  • Stompa
    Stompa Posts: 8,390 Forumite
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    abwsco wrote:
    Oh, any particular reason as it blocks bad products.

    I did read somewhere (don't ask me where now) that it can cause some problems, so I tend to just use S&D for scanning periodically - not that it ever finds anything.

    Stompa
    Stompa
  • sra
    sra Posts: 4,673 Forumite
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    There are lots of threads about this over at spybot (search for immunize)

    I think it is effected by other security products you use and some other settings which block you from making changes to those specific sections
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