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Thanks drragostea. Now I understand. Takes a while sometimes but I got there in the end.

The weekly updates can be downloaded as an exe file direct from the Safer Networking website without using...

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Thanks for the information drragostea. Because we have a dial up connection and the weekly update takes a long time which eats into our limited connection time I thought it would be useful to be...

Thanks all for explaining how the weekly updates are downloaded. Just one more question which I hope is on topic:

We have 2 computers that use the same version of Spybot Search and Destroy. If I...

Thanks for the replies about weekly updates using a dial up connection. We live at the end of a line so only get about 3kb second download speed with a 56kb modem. I exaggerated about it taking an...

Hi all,

I have just got a dial up connection as we live in the sticks so no broadband. I have noticed that the weekly updates have been getting very big these days and take me an age to download....

Hello Pepimk,

Running windows xp, IE7.

I have clicked the update button again and windows asks if I want to run this file. However I notice there is a tick box saying "do not ask again". I have...

I have downloaded the file SDUpdate.exe-1.0.8.6-2007-12-18

I renamed the original file SDUpdateold.exe just in case I wanted to go back to it.

I then copied the new SDUpdate.exe into the...

Thanks for the reply pepiMK.

I have extracted the file from the zip download. Do I now have to replace the SDUpdate application in the Spybot program folder with the new one?

Thanks.

Thanks for the reply honda12,
Will wait as you suggest for the new beta. My version of Spybot S&D works fine except for the progress bar of the update window. I only have 30 hours a month dial up...

Hello,
I am running Spybot S&D version 1.5.1.17
There is no progress bar showing when updating. When the update completes the bar shows up in blue for just a second.
I have downloaded a fix:...

Thanks for your response.
I didn't now there was a bug with 1.4 so I stand corrected. I have only used the forums since downloading 1.5
I will recommend the Helloween version to my friend as I...

Thanks for the response.
So the latest version of Spybot S&D 1.5 from the main download page is not to be recommended?

As I understand it the bugs (slow start up etc.) have not been addressed in...

I downloaded some time ago the new SD 1.5

I am now using SD Helloween version which I downloaded to fix the slow start up problems of 1.5

If I recommend Spybot SD to a friend he will download...

Hello,

Thanks for the reply Spybotsandra. I have done what you suggested but no joy. Still no quick start icon.

I have selected:
Desktop icon - Advanced
Quick launch icon - Advanced...

Have installed the Helloween version v1.5.1.17 after uninstalling the previous version. It now starts quickly after clicking the desktop icon.

Even though I only have a dial up connection the...

Thank you Doctor for the information. So you did not have to uninstall the previous version but just installed the latest version .17 over the top.
If you could confirm that I will give it a go....

Thank you Tashi for answering the question above about how to get version 1.5.1.17.

I guess that no one so far has an answer to my original question and I will have to uninstall version 1.5.1.15...

I have just downloaded spybotsd version 1.5.1.17 because I have had problems with the version 1.5.1.15 - slow to start the program and not able to get a quick start icon. I have a dial up internet...