Problems with update

[Celleke]

Dear all, when I want to download the spybot updated I receive the following message: Error - Cannot open AVI.
For the rest spybot is working fine. Can somenbody help me?
Thanks

[md usa spybot fan]

Please see the following thread:
Spybot, update error, Cannot open AVI
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1289
In particular this post by tactical64 (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=2145):
http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.php?p=5600&postcount=3
ps: Ignore the last two (2) posts in the above thread. They are unrelated to your problem.

[Celleke]

thanks for the link.
I checked my laptop but I can not see that any transformation pack is installed. I also manually ran the update file from the site but when I click on search for updates (just to verify if I'm not missing something) I still have to dl a lot of updates.

[Celleke]

Please can somebody help me. I really like to use this program and I think its a required tool to kill the spyware.

[md usa spybot fan]

What Windows OS are you running?


I also manually ran the update file from the site …
I assume that you ran the following:
Detection updates 2006-06-16 - product description
md5: C54ACA7AA2C71ABA1263693DAB719DCF

This updates the detection rules. Only needed if you do not want to use the update function integrated into Spybot-S&D.
That is the substitute for this update:
Detection rules - !Updated detections (1.7 MB) - 2006-06-16

… but when I click on search for updates (just to verify if I'm not missing something) I still have to dl a lot of updates.
Not all updates are available for manual updating. Also, doing manual updates does not eliminate the corresponding updates from appearing in the integrated update facility.

If this was a new installation of Spybot and you never received the following updates:
Detection support library - Detection support routines update (238 KB) - 2006-03-10
Advanced detection library - Advanced detection routines update (87 KB) - 2006-03-10
You should also download the following manual updates:
Tools update 2006-03-31 - product description
md5: 6A3F1779DDC2EBAADB65C086687DF4B3

Only needed if you do not use the integrated update.
Advanced check library update 2006-03-30 - product description
md5: 73047D64714ECB9BD4A023E3A6EF4354

This is an update for a detection library. Only needed if you do not want to use the update function integrated into Spybot-S&D.

[Celleke]

Thanks for the information. I run Windows XP Pro on that laptop.
I think I need a reinstallation, cause whatever I try I can not update spybot.
I also do not see any option to remove the transformation pack. I think there is one installed as I can use a lot of themes. I will try the reinstallation. On my desktop PC spybot is working perfect. So I do not think its related to spybot.
Cheers.