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flakzeus

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Is there an option for Spybot to output the results of a scan to a log file? Or even better, to display what it finds to the screen?

Thanks.
 
It already does both by default.

flakzeus said:
Is there an option for Spybot to output the results of a scan to a log file?
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By default here are two Checks.yymmdd-hhmm.log files produced during a scan. The second Checks.yymmdd-hhmm has the details of what the scan found. A Fixes.yymmdd-hhmm.log file is produced if you fix or attempt to fix something.

Two methods to review that information:
  • Method 1:
    • Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Tools > View Reports > View Pervious reports. Look for the Checks.yymmdd-hhmm or Fixes.yymmdd-hhmm that you are interested in viewing and Open it (double click or highlight and select Open).
  • Method 2
    • The Checks.yymmdd-hhmm and Fixes.yymmdd-hhmm files are stored in the following folders:
      • Windows 95 or 98:
        C:\Windows\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Logs
      • Windows ME:
        C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Logs
      • Windows NT, 2000 or XP:
        C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Logs
    • Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the correct Checks.yymmdd-hhmm.log or Fixes.yymmdd-hhmm.log file. Double click on it and it should open with Notepad.
flakzeus said:
Or even better, to display what it finds to the screen?
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It is displayed to the screen unless you are using parameters to prevent that display.
 
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None of the parameters that I see in the help documentation indicates that it blocks the output to the console.

Basically, I'm trying to run spybot from a batch file and redirect the output to a text file. Is that possible? If so, which parameters would I use?
 
flakzeus said:
None of the parameters that I see in the help documentation indicates that it blocks the output to the console
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Command line parameters can be found here:
If you run a scan with just /AUTOCHECK for the results will be displayed to the console. If you run a scan with /AUTOCHECK /AUTOCLOSE or /AUTOCHECK /AUTOCLOSE /TASKBARHIDE for example they will not be.

flakzeus said:
Basically, I'm trying to run spybot from a batch file and redirect the output to a text file. Is that possible? If so, which parameters would I use?
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I already indicated where you can find the results, so you could run with the parameters of /AUTOCHECK /AUTOCLOSE /TASKBARHIDE.
 
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Thank you for your time, but i see that spybot doesn't provide the feature that I want. When you run spybot with /autocheck it does display the results. However, it displays it within the spybot gui. I am looking for it to display in a dosbox where it is ran from, not in a gui.

Once again, thanks for your time.
 
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