Announcing betas: TeaTimer / Updater / Vista integration

[uremymate]

how to uninstall the Vista integration (beta update)?

I uninstalled spybot and there are still files in the spybot dir.

[md usa spybot fan]

-Matt-

As I outlined in this post the following ßTeaTimer 1.5 version was available was available via Spybot's integrated update facility from 2007-02-14 until the updates of 2007-04-04:

• ßTeaTimer 1.5 - !Resident protection update (1 MB) - 2007-02-14

That download installed TeaTimer version 1.5.0.6 and added the following files to the C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Includes folder:

• RegXLinks.sbs
• X509White.sbs

I don't know why it is no longer listed as an available download.

[Matt]

I know your post

Thanks for your answer.

[MysticalOS]

how to uninstall the Vista integration (beta update)?

I uninstalled spybot and there are still files in the spybot dir.

I've been wondering same thing, i installed it on Vista Ultimate and not only does it not work (it appears as a spyware option in security center but the option to turn it on is indefinitely grayed out)but it can't even be uninstalled.

[md usa spybot fan]

Team Spybot:

ATTENTION PLEASE!

If there is going to be a meaningful beta program for Spybot, could someone please take a few minutes to straighten out the problems with the delivery and testing of the betas.

If someone uses the Download beta versions of above tools here link in the first post in this thread they:

1. Get one of the original beta versions of TeaTimer.exe:
   
   • Version: 1.5.0.0.
   • Time stamp: November 24, 2006 1:30:00 PM.
   
   
   Instead of the more recent beta version of TeaTimer.exe originally published via Spybot's integrated update facility:
   
   • ßTeaTimer 1.5 - !Resident protection update (1 MB) - 2007-02-14
   • Version: 1.5.0.6.
   • Time stamp: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:39:06 PM.
     
     Note: This version is no longer available via Spybots integrated update facility since the 2007-04-04 updates.
   
   
   
2. Regress the advcheck.dll to an old beta version:
   
   • Version: 1.0.2.0
   • Time stamp: Monday, November 27, 2006 11:09:52 PM
   
   
   Instead of the current production advcheck.dll delivered via Spybot's integrated update facility:
   
   • Advanced detection library 1.5.1 - !Advanced detection routines update (293 KB) - 2007-01-16
   • Version: 1.2.1.0
   • Time stamp: Monday, January 15, 2007 9:14:22 PM
   • Delivered via Spybot's integrated update facility as:
   
   
   Or the current beta version of the advcheck.dll also delivered via Spybot's integrated update facility:
   
   • ßAdvanced detection library 1.5.2 - !Advanced detection routines update (314 KB) - 2007-04-04
   • Version: 1.5.1.0
   • Time stamp: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:23:24 AM

As indicated above, the latest TeaTimer.exe beta (Version: 1.5.0.6) that I was aware of disappeared from Spybot's integrated update facility with the updates of 2007-04-04. To make matters worse, PepiMK indicated on that same date in this post in the following thread that there was a TeaTimer version 1.5.0.7:

• bug in teatimer1.5
  http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=12153

Which TeaTimer beta version was that exactly?

The most up-to-date one is 1.5.0.7, …

Also on that date a new version of the beta advcheck.dll appeared in Spybot's integrated update facility without announcement in the forum:

• ßAdvanced detection library 1.5.2 - !Advanced detection routines update (314 KB) - 2007-04-04
• Version: 1.5.1.0
• Time stamp: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:23:24 AM

If anyone is trying to get meaningful information from Spybot's beta tests, the people willing to test must be able to:

1. Easily determine what the latest beta versions of the various programs are.
2. Where to download those beta versions.
3. And how to regress those versions should they run into problems while testing.

Thank you for your consideration,
md usa spybot fan

[FAUST]

Team Spybot:

ATTENTION PLEASE!

If there is going to be a meaningful beta program for Spybot, could someone please take a few minutes to straighten out the problems with the delivery and testing of the betas.
[snip]
If anyone is trying to get meaningful information from Spybot's beta tests, the people willing to test must be able to:

1. Easily determine what the latest beta versions of the various programs are.
2. Where to download those beta versions.
3. And how to regress those versions should they run into problems while testing.

Thank you for your consideration,
md usa spybot fan

I couldn't agree more, someone needs to take control of the beta testing situation. It seems to be somewhat chaotic at the moment.

At the very least an announcement in the forum with a change log for each new beta version would be really helpful.

[Matt]

We don't need information about the changlogs of the betas necessarily I think. But you're right, in some way it's a little bit chaotic
Someone of Team Spybot should take care of this problem, cause it would be no big deal I guess.

[mikey]

Sorry wrong page.

[md usa spybot fan]

Sorry wrong page.

Another post by mikey around the same time frame:

• Antispyware_2007
  http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=13378

[mikey]

That's what happens when you have too many pages up. Sorry.