Spybot loading automatically at every startup!!!

[Zenobia]

Also,another thought.Maybe the configuration.ini file will show something,worth a shot,I guess.
First,here is how to show hidden Files and Folders:
http://www.xtra.co.nz/help/0,,4155-1916458,00.html
You'd have to unhide them,if they aren't already,or you may not be able to find the file listed below.
That file should be located at:
* Windows 95 or 98:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy
* Windows ME:
C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy
* Windows NT, 2000 or XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy
If you double-click Configuration.ini,it should open in notepad.Then,you could click edit->Select all,then Copy and paste it here.

To rehide Sytem files,just reverse the steps shown at http://www.xtra.co.nz/help/0,,4155-1916458,00.html when you're done.

[Dumpyz]

Well.... I found the problem.

In
HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run

I found a key named with the value:
"c:\program files (x86)\spybot - search & destroy\update.exe"

Once I removed that, it doesn't auto-startup anymore. Any idea how that got there? I assume it needed to update when the program wasn't running, so it scheduled the update for the next boot. But why then wouldn't Spybot remove that key?

[Zenobia]

I have no idea. But,glad you got it.

[tweaker]

Sorry but this instruction doesn't make any since to me.

If you double-click Configuration.ini,it should open in notepad.Then,you could click edit->Select all,then Copy and paste it here.

So you highlight everything then paste it over itself and it's supposed to change? What am I missing?

[Zenobia]

No,nothing would change,and I didn't mean to paste it over itself,I meant copy/paste it to here,and that way configuration.ini could be seen,in case something was being missed.