Spybot auto update and immunize feature should be added

[btuner]

Spybot auto update and auto immunize feature should be added. Spybot is great application for finding malware. However, checking for updates on my five systems is time consuming and just does not get done everyday. I am now using MalwareBytes as my prime malware finding engine as their program has auto update and scan, which runs nightly. I think Spybot should do the same

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Please run Spybot - Search & Destroy and switch to the Advanced mode via the menu item Mode.
Now select 'Settings' - 'Settings' from the navigation bar on the left.
There you will find many options to automate Spybot - Search & Destroy.

Furthermore, here is a FAQ about what command line parameters are available: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/30.html

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[md usa spybot fan]

btuner:


... However, checking for updates on my five systems is time consuming and just does not get done everyday. ...
Besides automating a process as suggested by spybotsandra (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=5):
Only check for updates on one of the five systems. If you receive updates on that system, then attempt an update on the other systems.
Updates to Spybot are currently normally done on Wednesdays (see Changes in update schedule: now wednesdays! (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=68331)). So taking into account the difference in international holidays and delays in publishing updates, if you attempted updates once a week on Thursdays, for example, it should limit your "… time consuming …" effort to keep Spybot updated on a daily basis.

[btuner]

Sandra, thank you for getting back to me so quickly. Yes you can setup auto update in Spybot using command line switches and building Task Scheduler item that runs in the middle of the night, to do the update.

For me that is no problem as an MCSE, but I think Spybot the should add an easy to setup feature click for non- professional computer users.

[md usa spybot fan]

btuner:

Please see Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Scheduler.