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S & D checking system??

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Black3gGT

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What does it mean when you first start up Spybot & it says check in progress... "Spybot-Search & Destroy is checking you system." What is it doing & why does it take so long in doing it?
 
Black3gGT:

It sounds like you have you setup Spybot to automatically do a scan when you start it.

Go into Spybot » Mode » Advanced mode » Settings » Settings. In the options tree scroll down to the Automation. The default setting should look like this:

Automation
├─ Program start
│ ├─ □ Run check on program start.
│ ├─ □ Fix all problems on program start.
│ ├─ □ Rerun checks after fixing problems.
│ ├─ □ Immunize on program start if program has been updated.
│ ├─ □ Don't ask for fixing confirmation.
│ ├─ □ Wait a few minutes until starting the check.
│ ├─ □ Wait until specified programs have quit.
│ └─ □ Wait a few seconds if something else than spies were found.
├─ System start
│ ├─ ● No automation
│ ├─ ○ Automatically run program at system startup.
│ ├─ ○ Run program once at next system startup.
│ ├─ □ Run check on program start.
│ ├─ □ Fix all problems on program start.
│ ├─ □ Wait a few minutes until starting the check.
│ ├─ □ Wait until specified programs have quit.
│ ├─ □ Wait a few seconds if something else than spies were found.
│ └─ □ Close if everything's O.K.
├─ Web update
│ ├─ ...
│ ├─ ...
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