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catch22
2008-12-23, 07:22
I've gone cross-eyed looking through FAQs with no success.
Where can I see, choose which, or at least, know what drives SB scans in my system?

Cheers

md usa spybot fan
2008-12-23, 13:52
catch22:

There are no settings within Spybot to scan specific drives. For a brief description of how Spybot scans see:
Why is Spybot-S&D so fast?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/1.html
In other words, Spybot scans the portion of the drive(s) required automatically.

There is a special scan for Spyware installers (files not installed yet) that can be limited to specific directories (actually it should be limited) which can be located on either internal or external drives. To activate this feature go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Directories and add directories. There is more on what this feature scans for here:
Why does Spybot-S&D find so many Spyware installers / how is that Download directories setting used?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/15.html