Installed 1.5.1.15 now IE won't launch

graffixx

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I just installed Spybot Search&Destroy v1.5.1.15 and now IE (6.0) won't launch.

I installed with the SDHelper option, but NOT the Tea Timer. I also ran "Immunize" after the updates.

I can see iexplorer.exe in the task manager, but it will not launch.

When opening Spybot, it would take literally 1 minute to launch.

When I uninstall Spybot, IE can open just fine.

I'm currently running WinXP SP2 with IE6.

Any ideas?
 
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When opening Spybot, it would take literally 1 minute to launch.
That bug is fixed.
You can download here RC (Release Candidate) version 1.5.1.19: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=22299
I can see iexplorer.exe in the task manager, but it will not launch.
Did you tried to disable SDHelper?
To disable SDHelper, go to Spybot-S&D>Tools>Resident and clear checkbox "Resident "SDHelper" (Internet Explorer bad download blocker) active." (before that, close Internet Explorer).
 
That bug is fixed.
You can download here RC (Release Candidate) version 1.5.1.19: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=22299
Do you know when v1.5.2 will be available? (rather than installing an RC version)
Did you tried to disable SDHelper?
To disable SDHelper, go to Spybot-S&D>Tools>Resident and clear checkbox "Resident "SDHelper" (Internet Explorer bad download blocker) active." (before that, close Internet Explorer).
Thanks, that did it. I can launch IE now. Do we know what's causing this? Or am I doomed to disable SDHelper for good?
 
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Thanks! Works much better now.

Application load time is w/in 10 seconds.
IE now opens, even with SDHelper enabled.

The one thing I did notice after the install+update, is that "Immunize" doesn't seem to work. It says "Protected = 0". In the main window, there are no progress bar. It works after restarting the app.
 
Hello,

You have to immunize your system new.
After the install it is a fresh version, which does not immunize your computer automatically.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
 
Right. After the install, I applied all available updates and launched the app and went thru the steps (1-7).

During the "Immunize" step (right after downloading all updates), I clicked the button, but it didn't do anything.

No progress bars...
Protected = 0

I closed and reopened the app, clicked "Immunize" and it worked.
 
I spoke to soon. IE won't launch if SDHelper is enabled. I even tried to update the Google Toolbar.

For now, I'll just leave SDHelper disabled.
 
I can confirm this.
Got the same problem on two different PCs (IE 6.0, WinXP) with every version of Spybot S&D higher than 1.4.

It's like a 50:50 chance that IE starts - or not.
Especially annoying if a popup window opens (which will cause the "parent" window to freeze as well)...

As soon as there is one of those hanging iexplore.exe's all other iexplore.exe-processes will stay active even after closing the browser windows and you've got to terminate them one by one by hand.

The hanging processes usually take about 14 MB RAM.


I hope that information helps somehow to fix the problem...i'd really like to use SDHelper, but that's just too annoying :sad:
 
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Same Problem

Am having the exact same problem with the exact same symptoms (as described by Sebioff). I believe it started with v1.4 and is still not corrected in v1.52. The only solution is to disable SDHelper, which is a valuable tool which I would much rather have running.
 
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Am running Google Toolbar v4.0.1602.1060. Installed Google Toolbar v5.0 Beta several days ago and found bugs...got an error message every time I closed the browser. Uninstalled v5 an reinstalled 4.0.1602.1060.
 
I'm using Google Toolbar 4.0.1601.4978, still using Spybot-S&D 1.5.1.15 (SDHelper enabled) and I don't have any problems with IE.
Maybe there is a problem in immunization.
 
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