Spybot will not scan

[beegeebopper]

Hi, I'm a newby so I'm sorry before I start.
I have used Spybot for years and had no probs until now.
I have Vista & upgraded Spybot to 1.60.

When I open Spybot & click to scan, it comes up: "You need to install the detection updates first by using the integrated update or the manual updater".

Well I had already got all the latest updates as it comes up "no updates" so what am I doing wrong, or, what is Spybot doing wrong?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[md usa spybot fan]

beegeebopper:

Another user (wmbros (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=46852)) appears to have encountered a similar problem, although they did not indicate the operation system that they were using and in fact appeared to just select a totally unrelated topic (thread) to post in. See: S&D won't run (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=226200#post226200).

The only thing that I can suggest is to manually update the detection rules and see if you can get Spybot to run properly. To do a manual update, download and execute the manual detection update file (spybotsd_includes.exe) from the following Web page:
Downloads - The home of Spybot-S&D!
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html
The item is:
Detection updates© 2008-08-20 - product description
md5: 4D7D12B7DC1233037DC54C7119C92DFD

This updates the detection rules. Only needed if you do not want to use the update function integrated into Spybot-S&D.
The direct download link for the spybotsd_includes.exe file is:
http://www.spybotupdates.com/updates/files/spybotsd_includes.exe