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Don't be afraid--if the files are legitimately "in use," then Windows won't allow you to delete them in the first place. Other users have reported that Spybot has trouble deleting empty folders...

Koreninja, look at md usa spybot fan's post on TeaTimer synchronization and see if that helps. The post's for an earlier version of TeaTimer, but it looks like it could still apply. The registry...

It sounds like you're still running version 1.5, but with the detection databases for 1.6.0. When 1.6.0 came out, I watched my 1.5.2 versions go from 15-minute scans to 35-minute scans to 2-hour...

Is WTS the Terminal Services service? If so, it runs all the time on all of my XP Pro systems, the two that always load the user hives and the two that don't. The description under Services.msc...

As I understand it, Spybot S&D doesn't work like an antivirus scanner; that is, it doesn't scan every file on your system looking for malware "signatures".

Instead, it looks for known spyware in...

I just downloaded and briefly tested SpybotSD.exe 1.6.1.35 on two Windows XP Pro machines. Things are looking up!

On the machine where I couldn't get user hives to load, 1.6.1.35 still doesn't...

...or, if you want, beta versions of 1.6.1.33 and 1.6.1.35 are available: http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=37. You'll need to install 1.6.0 first, then install the beta for SpybotSD.exe. ...

Libra, I'd strongly recommend upgrading to 1.6.0 anyway, rather than waiting for 1.6.1. 1.6.0 is so much faster than 1.5, I personally don't think the occasional problems with user hives are a...

Hmm. Try putting these three commands into a DOS window (with quotes as shown):



c:
cd "c:\program files\spybot - search & destroy"
dir /a-d

Does SpybotSD.exe (along with a bunch of .SCR...

Then I have the exact same advice :)
Are you able to start SpybotSD.exe directly, or run it from the .SCR file?

Try running the Spybot executable directly. Open the folder "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy" in Windows Explorer, and double-click on SpybotSD.exe. (You may have to turn off "Hide...

PepiMK, I've tested the 1.6.1.33 beta on two of machines, and I've got a couple of questions:

1) When 1.6.1.33 closes, is it supposed to unload the new SID keys the way 1.6.0 (usually) unloads the...

Sounds like you're running into this problem. Before you do a system restore, would you look at a few simpler things?

First, open Regedit and look at HKEY_USERS. Is there a key named PE_C_User1?...

I don't know about removing Brontok or what damage it does, but those .scr files are normal for Spybot. See this thread:

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=29543

Hope this helps,
Jay

Actually, 5 hours isn't that improbable, if you're still running version 1.5. If you are, you really should upgrade to Spybot 1.6--on my machines it averages about 15 times faster.

Hope this...

As I understand it, Spybot S&D doesn't work like an antivirus scanner; that is, it doesn't scan every file on your system looking for malware "signatures".

Instead, it looks for known spyware in...

Okay, after three weeks I have a possible explanation, and a crude workaround. But I'd still like to know what's happening and how to fix it properly.

Possible cause: On MrGreg's thread about...

PepiMK, just what are "machines with Terminal Services"? I posted a couple of weeks back about how some of my computers were failing to open the limited user hives. These are plain Windows XP...

For future reference, here's how you can use the registry editor to reset your profile path. This works if Windows created you a new profile because your old profile was locked up for some reason,...

In general, there are two ways, both triggered by the fact that Spybot 1.5 or later (when functioning normally) locks all the user registry hives when it starts up and doesn't release them until it...

From my own testing (I'm having my own very different problems with Spybot and registry hives) I've seen that if Spybot once exits and leaves those PE_C_ keys lying about in HKEY_USERS, it never gets...

I'm no expert on Spybot, but I do know that it is not normal Windows behavior for an HKEY_USERS key to remain after a reboot. The entire HKEY_USERS tree is supposed to be dynamic, rebuilt as needed....

I have four Windows XP systems recently updated to Spybot 1.6.0, and I have a frustrating problem with two of them. I posted about part of the problem last week, but I've done more research and that...

I believe Spybot accesses your "registry hive" -- your user profile -- when immunizing, and perhaps at other times. V1.5 occasionally left every hive on the system locked after the updater ran, but...

I've just updated four systems to 1.6.0, and immunization doesn't work as expected. These are B-flat Windows XP systems, user profiles in the default location, IE6 and IE7, no Firefox, no...

I agree wholeheartedly. On one of my systems, I probably didn't see the popup the first time it appeared, because I was checking something else as I updated Spybot to 1.6.0. When Spybot first...

The latest version of Trend Internet Security gives a message at installation: Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 is incompatible with Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4. As a result, you...