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kaziba
2008-10-05, 18:51
Hi
Is it safe to download Beta updates, when updating?

tashi
2008-10-05, 18:57
Hi
Is it safe to download Beta updates, when updating?

Hello,

If you feel comfortable working with betas, yes.

Best regards.

md usa spybot fan
2008-10-05, 20:09
kaziba:

I download the beta updates on a regular basis and have never really had a problem doing that.

I do however take a precaution when running the ßDetection rules (Beta.sbi file) because of a higher likelihood of false positives in newly written rules. I run a Spyware scan without the ßDetection rules then run another scan with just the ßDetection rules. That way my results are separated so that I can tell if a detection was caused by the ßDetection rules.

I described this technique in Post #13 (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=222418#post222418) and Post #16 (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=222839#post222839) of the following thread:
Most recent Spybot, stable or beta.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=32263