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pstein
2009-04-10, 15:26
Is Spybot Search & Destroy portable/runnable from USB Stick ?

Furthermore I found out that after installation into directory
D:\sec\sd\

some related files were stored in

C:\Program files\SDHelper (spybot - Search & Destroy)\

directory. Is this correct that the whole installation is spread over several different directories?

This folder contains in detail two files:
- SDHelper.dll
and
- SDFVCWXFBMV.scr

Or is the folder on C: mentioned above a dead fragment from older installation?

Can I delete it without harm?

What about the dir

C:\Documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search and destroy\

Is this necessary?
Can I move this folder somehow to a subdirectory of the installation folder of

D:\sec\sd\

e.g.

D:\sec\sd\settings\Recovery\

Peter

Tom.K
2009-04-10, 22:09
Spybot-S&D is not portable, but you can find portable versions of it at websites which contains portable software for download.
Checkout some of these sites:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/
http://www.app-stick.com/
http://www.pendriveapps.com/
http://www.portableapps.com/

And list of portable software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_software

SDFVCWXFBMV.scr and other .scr files in Spybot-S&D folder are backups which can be run like executables. They are randomly named because some malware disables or removes Spybot files.
Folder "C:\Documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search and Destroy\" is used for logs, settings, backups made by Spybot-S&D. Note that some settings are saved in registry.

You can move whole Spybot-S&D to USB, but all settings will be saved at "C:\Documents and settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search and Destroy\" and at registry. Note that you will maybe have some problems using Spybot-S&D and uninstaller.