Spybot S&D deleted (not by me) - Ideas?

[walpoo]

Hello, I had ver 1.4 installed, then it suddenly vanished - completely - even from the add/remove programs. Is there a trojan (or such) that would have deleted the prog??? I am a little confused. Merry Christmas to all, Wayne:santa:

[honda12]

hmm, I don't know of any trojans that could do that kind of thing...but it does seem a little fishy

I don't know if this would help, how about checking your registry to see if there are any spybot S&D entrys?

start-run-regedit

anyway merry christmas :santa:

[md usa spybot fan]

walpoo:

There is malware that deletes the SpybotSD.exe program (but not normally the Spybot 1.4 entry from add/remove programs). If you are certian that the program was not accidentally deleted, I suggest that you post in the Malware Removal (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) forum and have experienced malware removal specialist take a look at your system.

To do that, please follow the procedure in the following link to run scans (excluding the Spybot scan, since you indicate the program is being deleted) and produce anvivirus/antimalware logs and a HijackThis log: "BEFORE you POST"(READ this Procedure BEFORE Requesting Assistance) ( http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288).
After you have completed the required scans and produced the requested logs, start your own thread in the Malware Removal (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) forum, making sure to post the logs produced from the above instructions.