Spybot 1.6 causes massive IE7 slowdown

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Just recently happily updated to Spybot 1.6, but noticed massive slowdowns in IE7 when opening IE7 for the first time, and opening any new tabs. It could take literally up to a minute. This also coincided with the most recent Windows Update, so at first I suspected that. But then I ran IE7 without any addons, and it worked flawlessly as before. Doing trial-and-error I uncovered that the two Spybot addons were responsible for this effect. This is with both Vista and XP.
 
IE7 slowdown with Spybot

Have you checked if this is due to the large size of the Hosts file immunisation? You can test this by disabling just this specific immunisation - if this is the cause there is a fix some are already using. Try disabling the DNS Client Service (works on both XP and Vista) to avoid this symptom - which can be caused by an overload of the DNS Cache.

Run Services.msc and Stop the DNS Client Service and then change the Startup Type to Manual or Disabled. Any problems or this doesn't fix the problem then you just turn it back on.

Despite the MS description this service is not required for normal DNS resolution (unless you use Active Directory domains) and my systems seem to run just fine without it. Turning this service off just disables the DNS cache - all lookups go to the DNS servers direct. In my tests this doesn't seem to slow DNS lookups as long as your ISP's DNS servers are quick.
 
Just disabled DNS Client Service in Services and reenabled the Spybot addons in IE7. IE7 went back to the very slow startup and opening new tabs.
 
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are you running T-timer?
lots of threads on t-timer perceived slowness
also track the fix on the False Positive issue for Dos commands
 
i'm actually having this problem with SDHelper and not TeaTimer. And It's not just a problem in IE. It affects Windows Explorer as well.
 
Yes, looks like the offending software is the Spybot IE7 addon:

"Spybot-SD IE Protection" (SDHelper.dll)"

I have it disabled in my IE7 via Manage Addons, and IE7 works fine. If I enable it, IE7 becomes exceedingly slow.
 
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There is a reason there is a Firefox:)
PepiMK is on top of the perceived slowness with T-timer
and
Zero has reported what may be a bug with T-timer hanging

anything out there on SD-Helper?
 
Since reports of issues with SDHelper are extremely rare, I'd guess you have some other conflict. Do you have anything else that works as an 'add-on' to Internet Explorer, especially another anti-malware application of any sort?

If I was trouble-shooting this on my own PC, I'd first try removing any other 'extras' and then finally try resetting via the 'Reset Internet Explorer settings' button on the Advanced tab of Internet Options. This will clear all your existing IE configuration and cookie passwords of course, but it should give you a known state to trouble-shoot from.

If you discover something that conflicts with Spybot, please be sure to mention it in this thread. If that still doesn't work, I'd be looking for something deeper in the system, like leftovers of an old antivirus or something else which could cause such a low-level conflict.

Bitman
 
I have the following addons installed in IE: Google Toolbar, IE7pro, and the IE DevTollbar. All of these worked were installed with the previous version of Spybot and this slowing down of IE7 did not occur. It happened only after upgrading to 1.6, and none of the additional software was modified or newly installed.
 
I too have a problem that I have tracked to the SD Helper addon - but for me it affects only Windows Explorer.

I get a 3 second delay when opening any folders in Windows Explorer or My Computer - switching off the SD Helper (Resident IE) eliminates the delay. At first I believed it was due to me still running IE6 but an upgrade to IE7 has NOT fixed this problem on the offending computers. I have done a full undo of all protections, uninstall and reinstall of Spybot v1.6 without any change.

TeaTimer is no problem and the new Beta version is a great improvement.
 
I'm having the same issue with Sd helper, and in one thread there are a dozen of us who are having the issue. It's not to do with any other BHO, as the delay occurs even when SD Helper is the only BHO loaded.
 
IE6 problem with new version 1.6

I am also having big problems with vers 1.6. on my XP pro SP2, It will allow IE6 to run once after start up but not again. I also had this problem with Version 1.5
my pc does appear to work ok when I shut down SD helper (not running tea timer at all)
I have returned to the good old 1.4 version yet again.!!!
There are so many threads / complaints about this problem starting from version 1.5 when is it going to be FIXED!!
Any suggestions anyone....please
 
Same problem with me. Had to sign up just to post this comment after reading Bitman's comment.

I'm XP pro SP3 using IE7. There would be a 2-3 second delay after clicking a link on a webpage before anything happens. I found that Spybot's IE addon was causing the issue so I uninstalled Spybot 1.6 and installed 1.52 with the hope of upgrading once they get this sorted out. Downgrading solved the problem and the Spybot's explorer addon (helper) in 1.52 does not slow anything down.

They are going to sort this out, aren't they?
I'm sure there are some users suffering the same problem who might be unaware that Spybot 1.6 might be the cause.
 
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Oh I was thinking that as well, so far no fix has been posted, and no responses, other than to try to make sure it is exclusively SD Helper and not in conjunction with another BHO, which I have confirmed myself. The lack of response concerns me a bit, and perhaps they need to wait for more complaints? IE7 is totally unusable for me with it running, and so I'm using Firefox for what I can til they get it sorted. If they don't soon, I'll have to revert to 1.52.
 
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