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Thanks to you both for these pointers.

It still looks like a pretty complicated exercise, so I think my best course of action is to leave it alone for the present!

I'd love to try this memory test, but there seem to be dozens of different files available for download, and indeed I find the whole web page incomprehensible.

Could someone please tell me which...

A nice clean out like this may solve the overheating, but it may be necessary to go a little further. (I've been down this road myself once). It's very important that there is good thermal contact...

Thanks for this. Personally, I use Hostsman in conjunction with the MVPS hosts file, but I used to use the Spybot hosts file myself, and recently recommended it to someone as a particularly simple...

When the Spybot Hosts file is used, does Spybot automatically disable the DNS client, or is it necessary to disable it manually?

Just to add to this excellent roundup of information: the real concern for me (and others) was how it had come about in the first place - in other words, how had Internet Explorer found its way into...

One of the things that has baffled many of us who have been alerted to this by Spybot is that we don't have any idea how IE came to be included in our Windows firewall exceptions list (we don't...

Ah... light is dawning slowly. Thanks for this. The issue is not about the direction of traffic, but about the direction of the request that initiates the traffic. And that means that what I was...

I'm not surprised. Trying to pin this down is like trying to catch the soap in the bath. I'm beginning to suspect that Spybot has got us all chasing our tails!!

Phew. Well, thanks for correcting that, md usa s.f., but now I'm even more baffled.

When I look in my AVG firewall exception list, I find Internet Explorer listed as 'allowed' - as it has to be,...

I thought I had this straight, but if you're right, then I'm baffled again.

My understanding was that if IE is in the Windows firewall configuration list (whether authorised or not), then Spybot...

Yes.


Not quite. If IE is in the list, then the alert will appear whether the box is ticked or not (I can't see why, but that does seem to be the case). The only way to stop the alert is to...

So as I understand it, Spybot will 'detect' this vulnerability if IE is a listed exception in the Windows firewall configuration - whether or not the Windows firewall is disabled, and regardless of...

This may be a case of the blind leading the blind, but here's my understanding of the situation:

1. This is a new detection, only added to the Spybot database in the last update (see here, under...

Ah!!! This is really important information! Thank you.

Thanks Yodama, I'm starting to understand a bit more now what's going on.

1. Are we getting this alert (which has never appeared before) ...
(a) because something has changed in our computers?...

I'm getting this alert too (but only after today's update), but even after reading the above posts I don't understand what it means, nor what to do about it.

1. I don't use the Windows firewall....

Quicktime's startup is like a boomerang - it keeps on coming back.

The only way I ever found to stop it coming back for good was to rename qttask.exe to something else, like qttask2.exe. (The...

So simple! Thank you. I can't believe I didn't try that, but so it is.


Well.... actually it now tells me there are 29733 (which I see from your post in the other thread is exactly as expected...

This happened to me after the recent update too, and even after reading Zenobia's links I still don't understand. There is only one user on this computer (me, as Administrator); I haven't changed...

Just what I wanted. Thanks very much.

I've been using Spybot for so long now that it seems absurd that I've never asked this before - but i guess that's because I've never needed to. When Spybot completes a scan, does it keep a log of...

Thanks for this.

In fact, I don't want to edit the details of the hosts file. I'm happy just to run with whatever is the current Spybot list, and all I needed to know is the best way to maintain...

Could someone please explain to me about Spybot hosts file updates, as I'm not clear about it?

I update Spybot's definitions regularly, but what should I do about the Spybot hosts file?

1. How...

I'm not an expert, so I hesitate to comment. But I can say that I've had AdAware and Spybot installed on my machine for a long time now (together with several other antispyware scanners) and have...

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but I wonder if this thread will help you?

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=5397

Well, this morning I've taken the plunge and clicked the button, and Defender popped up to alert me of the change (which is reassuring in itself, actually). All seems well as far as I can tell.
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Thank you so much (both of you) for such clear, intelligible answers.

Although I have the immunisation in place, I haven't used the Spybot hosts file up to this point - partly because I wasn't...

There are reports about Winfixer being encountered through AOL ads, and the discussion about these on the Defender newsgroups has reminded me that there are some basic questions about this that I've...

That is a wonderfully detailed, clear answer. Thank you very much.

My question concerns the use of Spywareblaster and Spybot S&D's immunisation together. I have Spywareblaster installed and enabled, but although I use Spybot as a scanner (together with several other...

I used Norton for three years, assuming it was the best because so popular. But I didn't like the senseless battle it seemed to have with Windows Defender, and when I needed to renew my subscription,...

Tracking cookies aren't much of a problem, but you'll go on collecting them whenever you use the internet so they're an annoyance. The best solution in my view is to stop them getting onto your...

AVG antispyware has a very good reputation but ... so many infections? Were they mostly tracking cookies, I wonder?

But it looks as though you've probably solved the problem, doesn't it? For what...

Just looking around the forum I found the thread below, which ought to get you started on a whole stack of things to try. (Actually, according to the rules given in that thread, I shouldn't have...

Sorry to hear there's a problem Suellen.
My knowledge is very limited, but while you're waiting for a real expert:

(1) Have you tried starting up your computer in SAFE mode and running the scan?...

Being a newcomer to this forum (but not to Bitman), I've only just now seen this news.

I can't think of a more deserving candidate. Congratulations, Bitman, and thank you for all the help you've...

I'm sure if we're patient, they will. Or AVG will. Or they both will. In the meantime, most of us can work around the problem by switching off our antivrus real-time protection when we do a Spybot...

You're not alone. A lot of us are having problems like this after the last set of updates. See this thread:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=10443