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thelewisfamily89
2007-10-27, 21:29
We have Spybot and have updated the latest version.

I just did a scan and it said there were no problems, which I am glad about.

My concern is this:

As it was scanning it showed different listings in the bottom of the spybot screen which I saw things like zlob.porn and zlob.xxx that made me very concerned.

This may be a stupid question, but is that stuff at the bottom of the screen files or programs that spybot is scanning on my computer or is it the bad stuff it is looking for?

When I saw "porn" and "XXX", I was trying not to freak out thinking there was some hidden porn on my computer or something.

When I did a search to find out what zlob was, I REALLY had to keep from freaking out when I saw it was a nasty trojan thing.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I searched in the help section, FAQ, tutorial and nothing explained if that bottom bar displays what spybot is scanning that is already on my computer or if it was listing what spybot was looking for.

Thank you for your help

md usa spybot fan
2007-10-27, 21:38
During the running of a Spybot scan ("Check for problems") the status bar in the lower left hand corner of the screen shows the following:
"Running bot-check(xxxxx/yyyyy:zzzzzz)" where:
xxxxx = Current check count.
yyyyy = Total check count.
zzzzz = Malware check being performed.


The zzzzz value is not what is on your system, it is the malware check being performed by Spybot.