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update to 1.5.2

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toastie

New member
I just downloaded 1.5.2
I currently have version 1.4

Do I need to uninstall 1.4 first?

It is asking if I want to install 1.5.2
into the existing SpyBot folder.

Any help appreciated.
 
toastie:

Actually the answer is no you don't have to uninstall, but I personally recommend that you uninstall Spybot-S&D 1.4 before installing Spybot-S&D 1.5.2. This prevents:
  • Having two entries in Add/Remove programs.
  • The orphaning of immunization registry entries in registry hives no longer being immunized in Spybot-S&D 1.5.
  • The abandonment of some other registry entries that were used in Soybot 1.4 but are no longer used in Spybot-S&D 1.5.
To completely uninstall Spybot-S&D 1.4 including any system registry entries or files that may have been altered while using various features of Spybot:
  • Go into Spybot > Immunize.
    • Click "Undo" button (at the top of the right pane).
  • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Resident.
    • Uncheck (if checked) the following:
      • Resident "SDHelper" (Internet Explorer bad download blocker) active.
      • Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) active.
  • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > IE Tweaks.
    • Uncheck (if checked) any of the following "Miscellaneous locks":
      • Lock Hosts file read-only as protection against hijackers.
      • Lock IE start page setting against user changes (current user).
      • Lock IE control panel against opening from within IE (current user).
    • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Hosts file
      • Click the "Remove Spybot S&D hosts list" button (at the top)
    • Exit Spybot-S&D
    • Make sure that TeaTimer is not running by checking for the TeaTimer System Tray Icon. If the icon is there:
      • Right click Spybot's TeaTimer System Tray Icon > click Exit Spybot-S&D Resident. TeaTimer should close.
    • Go to Windows > Control panel > Add or Remove Programs > Locate "Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.4" and click Remove.
    • Using Windows explorer, verified that the following folder has been delete. If not, delete it:
      • C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
      Note: If you were running "SDHelper" you will have to exit all Internet Explorer sessions and may have to restart your system in order to delete the program folder.
    • If you want to make sure that all the registry entries that Spybot-S&D added during installation are removed, there is a .reg file (this very small fix) available on the safer-networking.org WEB page that can do that (I recommend that you do this since some registry entries that were used in Soybot 1.4 are no longer used in Spybot 1.5). See the following article:
Install Spybot-S&D 1.5.
 
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