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Hi, new to this, so be gentle with me please.
I'm running Win 8.1 64 Bit and running Latest FFv31 and Avast home.
When I run Spybot with or without Administrator Rights, to update and immunize, the following happens.
I down load the latest updates, then run immunize and it misses (does not protect) the following FFox files.
PE_C_Public (default) (Cookies) 193
PE_C_Public (default) (Images) 15492
PE_C_Public (default) (installations) 15492
PE_C_Public (default) (Popups) 15492
No matter what I do, it won't protect these files?
Also, when I update about 2/3 times a week, the system says "last signatures update 5 days ago" when I know I have just done it.
Ran deep root scan, not sure of results??
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks everyone.
There were two other people on the forums who couldn't immunize PE_C_Public,one with Opera,and another with Firefox:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?66362-Immunization-failing-Spybot-V-2&p=434278&viewfull=1#post434278
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?69064-Immunization-not-working-with-Firefox-PE_C_PUBLIC-%28default%29
I couldn't find out what the PE_C_PUBLIC profile is when I searched,though,except for this brief mention,and I'm not sure if it's the same thing:
PE c public-key encryption under root's public key.
Also, when I update about 2/3 times a week, the system says "last signatures update 5 days ago" when I know I have just done it.
Please see 2. in this post:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?70607-Cannot-update-antivirus-signatures&p=453671&highlight=#post453671
That was fixed in Spybot 2.4. :)
For the root kit scan,please see here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/are-the-found-items-really-rootkits/
And you can ask about the results here:
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?46-RootAlyzer
There were two other people on the forums who couldn't immunize PE_C_Public,one with Opera,and another with Firefox:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?66362-Immunization-failing-Spybot-V-2&p=434278&viewfull=1#post434278
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?69064-Immunization-not-working-with-Firefox-PE_C_PUBLIC-%28default%29
I couldn't find out what the PE_C_PUBLIC profile is when I searched,though,except for this brief mention,and I'm not sure if it's the same thing:
PE c public-key encryption under root's public key.
Please see 2. in this post:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?70607-Cannot-update-antivirus-signatures&p=453671&highlight=#post453671
That was fixed in Spybot 2.4. :)
For the root kit scan,please see here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/are-the-found-items-really-rootkits/
And you can ask about the results here:
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?46-RootAlyzer
Zenobia
For some reason when I ran SBot today, the updater said that I had updated today and not 5 days ago as had been happening.
I ran immunization and it ran through all the files very fast but then slowly, very slowly, (took 10 mins) it protected the files in question!!
PE_C_Public (default) (Cookies) 193
PE_C_Public (default) (Images) 15492
PE_C_Public (default) (installations) 15492
PE_C_Public (default) (Popups) 15492
Thanks for the info and I will see how it goes.
Good to hear. :)
That's roughly how long mine takes to immunize Firefox.It's usually (installations) 15492 that takes the longest,with (Popups) 15492 being a close second.
Zenobia
The thing is, I have no Idea what those public files do and where they are. Still running now, until next time.
Thanks.
:confused:
PE_C_Public would be one of Firefox's profiles.If it's the default one you use on your own account,you might be able to find it this way:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data#w_how-do-i-find-my-profile