SpyBot Update 03/03/05

Same problem here on a Win Me box. First Immunize = 1988 items. Close the
program and reopen to Immunize section and I get the yellow exclamation
point saying I'm protected against 1986 items. This scenario will repeat
as-well.

Steve

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Pardon me for living!


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
You appear not to understand what immunize means here. Immunize - to
protect against. Immunization is not a cure but rather a preventative.
OTOH perhaps you don't want to immunize your PC against being infected
and
instead want to perform tests to see if you can clean an infected
system.
:-)
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



webster72n wrote:

Why would I want to hit the "immunize" button, unless I have
something to immunize?
Heirloom acknowledged that Silj mentioned this to be for beta version
and advanced users.
Not trying to be a wise guy, simply using common sense.
If something really is wrong, it needs to be fixed.
With all the help I already received, I'd be glad to help wherever I
can. Why not put me to work?

webster72n wrote:

Pardon me for living!

Is that an apology? In all seriousness Harry you really should think
about your posts a little more otherwise its just possible that you'll
find others start to laugh at you behind your back. You're the one who
mentions "using common sense" but it appears unfortunately that this is
something you are failing to do.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP

I've just installed SpyBot on a virgin Win Me system, updated the SpyBot
definitions and then immunized the system. 1988 out 1988 are now blocked.
I wonder what the two are that won't activate on your or Heather's
systems?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



heirloom wrote:

Hey silj,
Something strange is happening with the Spybot. I immunized
and it reported 1988 products blocked.....but, it you click on "Check
Again", it tells me only 1986 are blocked, with two disabled. I run
immunize again and, once again, it informs me 1988 products
blocked........the cycle does repeat itself.
What say you, oh, Spybot guru??

I don't know what I would need an apology for, Mike
Whwn I try to immunize, it tells me that I have Spyware Blaster installed
and it would do a much better job in protecting my PC.
I was under the impression that this NG is there to help other users as a
learning facility and not an indoctrination center. If anyone should be
laughing, good for them, the'll live longer.
BTW, My PC is doing fine and thanks you for 'your' help.

Harry.


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
webster72n wrote:

Pardon me for living!

Is that an apology? In all seriousness Harry you really should think
about your posts a little more otherwise its just possible that you'll
find others start to laugh at you behind your back. You're the one who
mentions "using common sense" but it appears unfortunately that this is
something you are failing to do.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP

Ditto.


"(yet another) Steve" wrote in message
m...
Same problem here on a Win Me box. First Immunize = 1988 items. Close the
program and reopen to Immunize section and I get the yellow exclamation
point saying I'm protected against 1986 items. This scenario will repeat
as-well.

Steve

"webster72n" wrote in message
...

Pardon me for living!


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
You appear not to understand what immunize means here. Immunize - to
protect against. Immunization is not a cure but rather a
preventative.
OTOH perhaps you don't want to immunize your PC against being infected
and
instead want to perform tests to see if you can clean an infected
system.
:-)
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



webster72n wrote:

Why would I want to hit the "immunize" button, unless I have
something to immunize?
Heirloom acknowledged that Silj mentioned this to be for beta
version
and advanced users.
Not trying to be a wise guy, simply using common sense.
If something really is wrong, it needs to be fixed.
With all the help I already received, I'd be glad to help wherever I
can. Why not put me to work?

Mike
For your guidance only. I also use IMMUNIZE and like other have
reported, I have "2077 bad products already blocked. 3 additional
protections possible". I do the Immunize again (this time using the
green button) and it appears to do so however upon rechecking, I
receive the same message (2077 with 3 additional ).
Hadn't noticed this before, although it's possible that it has been
like this for a while.

Dan

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I've just installed SpyBot on a virgin Win Me system, updated the
SpyBot
definitions and then immunized the system. 1988 out 1988 are now
blocked.
I wonder what the two are that won't activate on your or Heather's
systems?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



heirloom wrote:

Hey silj,
Something strange is happening with the Spybot. I
immunized
and it reported 1988 products blocked.....but, it you click on
"Check
Again", it tells me only 1986 are blocked, with two disabled. I
run
immunize again and, once again, it informs me 1988 products
blocked........the cycle does repeat itself.
What say you, oh, Spybot guru??

The issues of not being able to fully re-immunize SpyBot after
installing this update is most certainly a bug in the definitions file.
This will most probably clear up at next update.

Regards,
Silj


--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security (AH-VSOP)
__________________________________________
Security Tools Updates
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31

(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)

You really do need to try and engage your brain before posting. One only
has to read your contribution to this thread to see your almost total
failure to understand what others have written. This culminated in your
statement "Why would I want to hit the "immunize" button, unless I have
something to immunize?" in which you told everyone how little you
understand about what was involved. My advice is to sit back and learn.
As for your " I'd be glad to help wherever I can. Why not put me to work?"
I feel that as yet you are far from ready to be in a position to help
others but hopefully that will change once you start to take in and
understand what others are saying.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



webster72n wrote:

I don't know what I would need an apology for, Mike
Whwn I try to immunize, it tells me that I have Spyware Blaster
installed and it would do a much better job in protecting my PC.
I was under the impression that this NG is there to help other users
as a learning facility and not an indoctrination center. If anyone
should be laughing, good for them, the'll live longer.
BTW, My PC is doing fine and thanks you for 'your' help.

Hi All,
(disregarding a prior and goodly portion in the rest of this thread)
The odd part of this scenario is that the number of products, that are
dropped from blocking, seems to differ. Mine symptom is 2, Dan has 3,
Heather has 6. My total number of products is 1988/1986, Dan is looking at
2077!, Tom has 1993. Did we all download the same file? In my SB Updates
folder, the includes.zip file shows to be 564Kb, (577,106 bytes) in
Properties. Certainly hope that we are not looking at something ill......no
other symptoms, yet.
Heirloom, old and going to make the world safer this
weekend

"Dapper Dan" wrote in message
...
Mike
For your guidance only. I also use IMMUNIZE and like other have
reported, I have "2077 bad products already blocked. 3 additional
protections possible". I do the Immunize again (this time using the
green button) and it appears to do so however upon rechecking, I
receive the same message (2077 with 3 additional ).
Hadn't noticed this before, although it's possible that it has been
like this for a while.

Dan

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
I've just installed SpyBot on a virgin Win Me system, updated the
SpyBot
definitions and then immunized the system. 1988 out 1988 are now
blocked.
I wonder what the two are that won't activate on your or Heather's
systems?
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



heirloom wrote:

Hey silj,
Something strange is happening with the Spybot. I
immunized
and it reported 1988 products blocked.....but, it you click on
"Check
Again", it tells me only 1986 are blocked, with two disabled. I
run
immunize again and, once again, it informs me 1988 products
blocked........the cycle does repeat itself.
What say you, oh, Spybot guru??

As were my thoughts and hopes.......thanks, silj.
Heirloom, old and enjoy a little spice

"siljaline" wrote in message
...
The issues of not being able to fully re-immunize SpyBot after
installing this update is most certainly a bug in the definitions file.
This will most probably clear up at next update.

Regards,
Silj


--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) & Security (AH-VSOP)
__________________________________________
Security Tools Updates
http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=31

(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)