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How do I know if my Spybot settings are correct?

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hoppy

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Hi, can someone please direct me to location where I check to see if my Spybot settings are correct. Spybot has not detected anything in a long time and I am wondering if my settings are not correct. I am not very good with technical terms and need extra steps when others give me computer how to's. Just not very technical.

TYIA
hoppy
 
Go into Spybot > Help > About. Does the screen say?
  • Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4
  • Latest detection update: 2006-08-18
During the running of a Spybot scan ("Check for problems") the status bar in the lower left hand corner of the screen shows the following:
  • "Running bot-check(xxxxx/yyyyy:zzzzzz)" where:
    • xxxxx = Current check count.
    • yyyyy = Total check count.
    • zzzzz = Malware check being performed.
After the 2006-08-18 updates the yyyyy value should be 41197 (without usage tracks or beta definitions) during the scan.

If you are running Spybot-S&D 1.4 with the 2006-08-18 updates and the scan count is 41197, your settings are correct.
 
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