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Thread: v1.5 acessing A:\ ??

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    Default v1.5 acessing A:\ ??

    Since installing v1.5 I have noticed when opening the app, checking for updates and other app operations, it is activating my A:\ floppy drive momentarily, as if checking for a disk.

    I'm using XP SP2, updated regularly....anyone else noticing this or have suggestions as to how to prevent it??

    Many thanks,
    Heirloom

    P.S. My apologies for the inappropriate
    post location at first....wasn't sure if
    this would be considered a 'bug', etc.
    Last edited by heirloom; 2007-09-05 at 19:47. Reason: addition

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    Yeah my floppy drive makes a noise when I open Spybot.

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    Smile same here

    i have spybot search and distroy 1.4,,it does that to my floppy drive as well

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    Hello,

    There are different ways to search for spies.
    Spybot - Search & Destroy takes the advantage to check for all existing drives. Antivirus solutions do this also by the way.
    It is checking inactive installations and storing a list of really available drives to avoid unnecessary lookups at later points. The creating of such an overview is taking place right at the start of Spybot - Search & Destroy. At this moment Spybot makes a quick scan to proove if itself is modified by malware or some kind of baddie. So this can take quite a few seconds. Please be patient.

    Best regards
    Sandra
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    Cool, thanks for letting us know.

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    Makes sense to me, thank you. I had just not noticed this activity when using v1.4....maybe it had been there all the time.

    With gratitude,
    Heirloom

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    But in a clean install of SD the check is made when Sd start and dont stop in further start

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    The scan of the floppy upon start or update was resolved?
    Last edited by tashi; 2007-10-15 at 07:26. Reason: Split off post from thread regarding a different matter and merged.

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    Hello.

    Please see Project Tools > Spybot - Search & Destroy Tracker > Feature > Skip drive A check.

    http://forums.spybot.info/project.ph...eid=76#note286

    Regards.
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