Alan_B
2008-04-04, 14:08
I would like to report a bug in Spybot 1.5.2 . I have proven the bug by making a side-by-side comparison with Spybot 1.4. I first installed Spybot 1.5.2 with all available updates (including the optional ones). I then installed Spybot 1.4 to a different directory with all available updates (except the one that updates 1.4 to 1.5.2). I then ran a check using both programs and compared the results. Both programs tell me they are checking for 121366 threats in total.
To the right of the Search and Destroy Window is a "side pane" which will open to show threat information if you click it. THE BUG IN SPYBOT 1.5.2 IS THAT NOTHING IS EVER DISPLAYED HERE. Below is a table of results listing the threat, whether Spybot 1.4 has info on the threat and whether Spybot 1.5.2 has info on the threat. The threats are those found on a randomly chosen computer that had not used Spybot hitherto.
Threat 1.4 Info 1.5.2 Info
AdRevolver Yes No
Adviva No No
BlueStreak Yes No
BurstMedia Yes No
CasinoPopupStuff No No
Cassava Yes No
CoolWWWSearch Yes No
DoubleClick Yes No
FastClick No No
FunWeb No No
FunWebProducts Yes No
HitBox Yes No
MediaPlex Yes No
Microsoft WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled Yes No
MyWay.MyWebSearch Yes No
MyWebSearch No No
Pacimedia Yes No
Right Media No No
Statcounter Yes No
Tradedoubler Yes No
Virtumonde Yes No
WebTrends live Yes No
Windows Ad Tools Yes No
Winsoftware.WinAntiVirusPro2006 Yes No
Zedo Yes No
One reason Spybot is highly trusted is BECAUSE it provides this threat information (or rather it used to). PLease give this bug some attention.
To the right of the Search and Destroy Window is a "side pane" which will open to show threat information if you click it. THE BUG IN SPYBOT 1.5.2 IS THAT NOTHING IS EVER DISPLAYED HERE. Below is a table of results listing the threat, whether Spybot 1.4 has info on the threat and whether Spybot 1.5.2 has info on the threat. The threats are those found on a randomly chosen computer that had not used Spybot hitherto.
Threat 1.4 Info 1.5.2 Info
AdRevolver Yes No
Adviva No No
BlueStreak Yes No
BurstMedia Yes No
CasinoPopupStuff No No
Cassava Yes No
CoolWWWSearch Yes No
DoubleClick Yes No
FastClick No No
FunWeb No No
FunWebProducts Yes No
HitBox Yes No
MediaPlex Yes No
Microsoft WindowsSecurityCenter_disabled Yes No
MyWay.MyWebSearch Yes No
MyWebSearch No No
Pacimedia Yes No
Right Media No No
Statcounter Yes No
Tradedoubler Yes No
Virtumonde Yes No
WebTrends live Yes No
Windows Ad Tools Yes No
Winsoftware.WinAntiVirusPro2006 Yes No
Zedo Yes No
One reason Spybot is highly trusted is BECAUSE it provides this threat information (or rather it used to). PLease give this bug some attention.