How to add additional drives

[idahosurge]

Hello,

How do I add all my drives (C:, D: & G:) to Spybot so that it will search all drives. I have looked and looked and can not see how to do this.

Rod

[drragostea]

Rod, see:
Are there any command line parameters? (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/30.html)

[idahosurge]

Thanks for the reply, but I still have no clue how to get the program to scan all drives.

Am I suppose to use the command "/allhives" and if so I have no clue where I am suppose to put this command into Spybot so when I click on the "Check for problems" button the program will scan all drives on my PC.

Regards,

Rod

[md usa spybot fan]

idahosurge:

The /allhives parameter is used if you have multiple OS installations.

There are no settings within Spybot to scan specific drives and it is not normally necessary. Unlike anti-virus programs and some other anti-spyware programs, Spybot does not do an in-depth scan of every file on drives. Spybot logically determines which files on the various drives must be scanned. 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 for a system with a single OS installation you normally do not have to specify which drives should be scanned.

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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
There is also a right click context menu scan function ("Scan using Spybot-Search&Destroy") that does a heuristic scan of files.

[idahosurge]

Thanks MD USA!

Rod