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John_Azevedo
2006-10-17, 08:24
I've been using Spybot 1.4 since it was released, 1 or 2 years ago and it always worked fine, i did the update and it loaded the new definitions. Until mid 2006. Since then, every time I update, Spybot won't load the new definitions unless I restart the application. If I go to the Info & License it still displays the old definitions update date. Don't actually remember but supposedly if I went to Check For Problems it would do "nothing" and said it didn't have any definitions list or something.

So, I remember checking this forums and for what I read then the Restart was something regular(at least at that time) in the program functioning. Now I searched the forums, read all the FAQS and it isn't mencioned anywhere.

Is this some problem, trojan, etc? I've reinstalled (and formatted the system drive) Windows XP 2 ou 3 times since then, and at least 1 instalation was made with a fresh Spybot 1.4 download from the official site.

Apart from that everything seems to be working fine. (although I always have the same results... nothing found except for 3 Windows Security Center warnings (expected).

sultan_emerr
2006-10-17, 08:39
Hi John,
Welcome to the forum. Sorry about your problems.
Just to calrify; do you now have 13148 bad proucts blocked?

John_Azevedo
2006-10-17, 15:08
Well, something weird is happening, I came here clicking a link in a email message I received:

Dear John_Azevedo,

sultan_emerr has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Spybot requires program restart to complete update - in the Spybot-S&D forum of Safer Networking Forums.

This thread is located at:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=8140&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
Hi John,
Welcome to the forum. Sorry about your problems.
Just to calrify; do you now have 13148 bad proucts blocked?
***************


There may be other replies also, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again.

All the best,
Safer Networking Forums

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But all I saw was my own first message. Going to the thread list it shows that there has been a reply:
Today 05:39 by sultan_emerr 1

But clicking there only my message appears. The same thing happens if I click the imediatly below thread: Computer not booting
L8u8k8e8 Today 05:30 by sultan_emerr 1


Only the first message appears. Also if i click on "sultan_emerr" it shows the first message poster's Profile, (mine or L8u8k8e8) instead of sultan_emerr's. Also tried doing a member search for sultan_emerr and nothing found.


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Response to sultan_emerr: I only have 10746 bad products blocked.

John_Azevedo
2006-10-18, 05:12
Now i can see sultan_emerr's messages and profile.

If anyone can help or give me alink to a site where this startup thing is explained thanks in advance. Couldn't find anything not even in Google.

Sorry about the excessive posting but i can't edit the posts.