Upgrading problems

[GCOOP]

I just installed the latest version of Spybot. I was using an older version. Now when I click on the Spybot icon to start the program the 'A' drive lights up a couple times and the it takes about 1 minute before Spybot starts.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

There are different ways to search for spies.
Spybot - Search & Destroy takes the advantage to check for all existing drives. Antivirus solutions do this also by the way.
It is checking inactive installations and storing a list of really available drives to avoid unnecessary lookups at later points. The creating of such an overview is taking place right at the start of Spybot - Search & Destroy. At this moment Spybot makes a quick scan to proove if itself is modified by malware or some kind of baddie. So this can take quite a few seconds. Please be patient.

If it takes too long to load - we already have located the startup problems in Spybot S&D version 1.5 and fixed it:
http://forums.spybot.info/project.php?issueid=85
Here is the download file for the fix - the new Spybot beta:
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/beta/spybotsd15he-beta1.exe

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[GCOOP]

Thanks Sandra. That works fine.

[KEC013]

Hello Sandra,

I have downloaded the beta you linked above, and it does improve the starting time of 1.5, but it is still 2-3 times slower starting up when compared to 1.4.