New to the forum -have been using spybot several years;
system is xp sp2 (all updates); ie6 browser (slimbrowser)
spywareguard, norton antivirus, winpatrol, SpywareBlaster, and
have 2 harddrives - c:=1 ntfs 40g all my programs other=1 fat32 80g-all my files
spybot snd version 1.6.0.31 - teatimer version 1.6.3.25
I always clear cookies temp files etc prior to running any of my scans;
and have 'forced' closure on my internet connection prior to log off.
my new scan took from 6 in the morning until 7 in the evening to run -
(just showed green tracks and 1 red ad something) and asked to run on reboot.
froze my machine at start up the next day trying to ??? delete??? or rescan?
I am not sure of what did or didnt occur. It never got to windows just showed some small spybot screen. the rescan (after 3 hours-I shut down and rebooted with sb turned off) showed tracks only (and some of the same that were deleted the evening before? - this may be just reoccurring stuff) -
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I have tried to locate answer through the thousands of posts; but not much
seems to fit? I have the latest; did a clean install; scanned off line
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teatimer starts out small with 12.9k i/o reads but 101,084k after 2 hours on the net seems to make my computer whine..... I shut down and wait for my computer to cool off.... is there a fix for the latest teatimer.exe to not be such a hog? spybot, explorer, and teatimer are the biggest hogs
explorer.exe=i/o reads 214,260,234
peakmem 35,532k i/o read bytes 577,326,493
weird, never saw this before updating to sb 1.6
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have loved the product -Miss being able to select Just the Registry or the shorter scans - from previous. Really dislike the 13 hour scan. Am scared to try to scan again. (would like to just scan what's new in my computer not Everthing Everytime. Lots of stuff is not accessed between scans)
Plus - I am one of those whose computer is ReallY slowed down (on the net and opening folders when on/off line) Please help.
Ought I go back to the old version??? I already deleted the last one I have and dont know where to get it back from. my old spybot never used this much resources or cause explorer to be so high? they may not be connected.
Thanks in advance for any tips or explanations. If you need more info let me know.
a newbie to fixing my spybot scan