Anyway to schedule spybot to update

[munkifisht]

Is there a way to schedule spybot to update definitions as well as run tests?

[md usa spybot fan]

Scheduling:

Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Scheduler > if the Edit button is grayed out click Add > click the Edit button. You should now be in the Spybot- Search and Destroy – Scheduled Task dialog. In the Task tab look at the "Run:" line of the dialog. You can add/change the "command line parameters" the end of the "Run:" line.

For additional information on scheduling parameters that can be used, see the following:

• Are there any command line parameters?
  http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/30.html

Spybot uses the OS scheduler. In Windows XP the user account that adds the Schedule Tasks entry must have a password. See:

• Scheduled Tasks cannot run with a blank password
  http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;310715

There is workaround for the password requirement in Windows XP that 100mill was considerate enough to share with us. See the following thread:

• Scheduling a Spybot scan under Windows XP
  http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1828