Manual Uninstall Spybot 1.6.0

[sweets53]

I stand corrected. The very small fix was installed to my Desktop. Is that all I need do to completely delete it from my system?
As for Spybot scans, not being familiar with the terms, I guess you are correct, allow or deny the change is the correct terminology. If Spybot finds something new, where could I go immediately to know whether to allow or deny the change? Thank you

[drragostea]

Yes, you will just move the .reg file to the Recycle Bin.

As a general idea there is not really a "single" or "specific" place which provides all the information. Take the extra step and search. May that be a search engine or a technical site. I remember Castle Cops has a good list of BHO's and toolbars which are rated from legitimate, bad, unknown, or open to debate.

[sweets53]

Yes thank you. But I want to know before I add or deny a change if I'm doing the right thing. What do I do for instance if I deny or allow a change and want to undo it? Say for instance I denied untd_ recovery, and afterward found that I'd made a mistake. How would I undo the change, please if you will describe fully how to do that and thank you.

[md usa spybot fan]

sweets53:

... What do I do for instance if I deny or allow a change and want to undo it? Say for instance I denied untd_ recovery, and afterward found that I'd made a mistake. How would I undo the change, please if you will describe fully how to do that and thank you.

There is no facility within TeaTimer to reverse any Registry change decisions ("Allow change" or "Deny change") that you make. You have to redo whatever you were doing so that the Registry change is done again (or manually edit the Registry).

[sweets53]

sweets53:


There is no facility within TeaTimer to reverse any Registry change decisions ("Allow change" or "Deny change") that you make. You have to redo whatever you were doing so that the Registry change is done again (or manually edit the Registry).

Then the teatimer is not for me. Thank you.

[drragostea]

In other words, you'll have to reproducing the change again.

There is no undo function if you 'Allow or Deny' once, however there is an undo function if you chose "Remember my Decision".

The least you can do is take a look at Spybot-SD's TeaTimer log and see what you Allowed or Denied.

[sweets53]

If I can't undo any changes made and I'm not certain of whether to allow or deny a change, then I don't think the teatimer is right for me. A more experienced person would be better adept at the use of the teatimer. I've been in the position where I really don't know what I'm doing and I'd rather not be there again, if you know what I mean. Thank you though.

[drragostea]

Like I said in Post#14, in order to attempt to ease the situation in where novice/beginner users were not familiar with the prompts, PepiMK (Patrick Kolla [creator of Spybot-SD]) developed the black&whitelists:
http://forums.spybot.info/project.ph...d=271#note1049
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Did I clear your doubt about Netzero too?

[drragostea]

As a general idea there is not really a "single" or "specific" place which provides all the information. Take the extra step and search. May that be a search engine or a technical site. I remember Castle Cops has a good list of BHO's and toolbars which are rated from legitimate, bad, unknown, or open to debate.

Please consider what I have posted and re-read the information.

You do not need to uninstall Spybot unless there are problems. You can disable TeaTimer manually, via Spybot-SD Advanced Mode.

Open Spybot>Mode>Advanced Mode>Tools>Resident and untick TeaTimer. If you want SDHelper on, that is up to you.

[sweets53]

Thank you.
What will SDHelper provide if I leave it on?
I set a restore point on System Restore before installing Spybot. If I revert back to that point, will that undo all changes that Spybot may have instituted? Will I revert back to pre-installation? Thank you.