Access violation at address 00713C1A in module 'SpybotSD.

[elipsett]

I'm running WinXP4, wih Avira PSS, CounterSpy4, and Defender disabled. Spybot (latest downloads) reported:

Error during check!: Please wait scanning download directories (Access violation at address 00713C1A in module 'SpybotSD.exe'. Read of address FFFFFFFF) (Status)

What happened? And should I be worried?


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Edward Lipsett
Fukuoka,Japan

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

There seems to be a problem with your download directory/directories.
At the end of the Spybot scan download directories are also scanned.
Please have a look at your download directory/directories and try to disable it/them.

You can do that this way:
Please run Spybot - Search & Destroy and switch to the Advanced mode via the menu item Mode.
Now select 'Settings' - 'Directories' from the navigation bar on the left.
Then highlight your directory/directories by clicking on it/them.
Then make a rightclick on it/them and choose 'Remove the selected directory from the list'.
This should help to get the scan to work.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[elipsett]

That seems to have been the issue... but not because there was a problem in the download folder. Turns out that I didn't have a downloads folder defined in Spybot. I specified it and ran the app again, and no error.
That could be a bug in your app (reporting an error if no downloads folder has been set).

Then again, could be my computer.

Thanks!