Do I need all these updates?

[Cactus Gal]

I clicked for updates and found dozens of them. I have no idea what they are or if I need them. What should I do?

CG

[md usa spybot fan]

Hard to answer since you didn't include a list of the files or the circumstances of the update.

If this is your initial update after installing Spybot-S&D 1.4 the answer is yes because you are updating all the files that have changes since Spybot-S&D 1.4 was releases on 2005-06-01.

The only possible exception would be if you elected to download "other language" files in which case you do not have to download language files other than your native language with the exception of English. You should download all English language files since in some languages not all files have been translated.

[Cactus Gal]

md usa spybot fan

You're right - it helps to know what the updates are. I don't know how often I've updated this program because I'm running Win 98 and downloading or updating just about anything causes it to crash so unless I know exactly what it is, I ignore it. And I don't know what these are.

Here they are - thanks for your reply.

Advanced detection library
Detection rules: Dialers
Detection rules: Hijackers
Detection rules: Keyloggers
Detection rules: Malware
Detection rules: PUPS
Detection rules: Security
Detection rules: Spybots
Detection rules: Trojans
Detection rules: Update
Detection rules: library
English descriptions
English help
English help for TeaTimer
English language
Immunization database
Main skins
Startup info

CG

[md usa spybot fan]

If Spybot-S&D had been update on 2006-11-10 the following updates would have been presented for download today (2006-11-17):

Required updates:
Detection rules: Trojans - !Updated base trojan horse detections (121 KB) - 2006-11-17
Detection rules: Update - !Most up-to-date detections (359 KB) - 2006-11-17
English descriptions - English target descriptions file (165 KB) - 2006-11-17
Optional update (if listed – invoked if "Display available beta versions" option is elected):
ßDetection rules (beta) - Updated detections (10 KB) - 2006-11-17
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Just to give you an idea of the updates that may be required for an initial update of Spybot-S&D 1.4 after installation (although this list may not 100% complete or accurate).

Required updates:
Advanced detection library - Advanced detection routines update (87 KB) - 2006-03-10
Detection rules: Dialers - !Updated base dialer detections (115 KB) - 2006-10-13
Detection rules: Hijackers - !Updated base hijacker detections (145 KB) - 2006-11-03
Detection rules: Keyloggers - !Updated base keylogger detections (20 KB) - 2006-10-27
Detection rules: Malware - !Updated base malware detections (200 KB) - 2006-10-13
Detection rules: PUPS - !Updated base possibly unpopular software detections (34 KB) - 2006-10-20
Detection rules: Security - !Updated base security exploit detections (8 KB) - 2006-10-13
Detection rules: Spybots - !Updated base spyware & adware detections (102 KB) - 2006-10-13
Detection rules: Trojans - !Updated base trojan horse detections (121 KB) - 2006-11-17
Detection rules: Update - !Most up-to-date detections (359 KB) - 2006-11-17
Detection support library - Detection support routines update (238 KB) - 2006-03-10
English descriptions - English target descriptions file (165 KB) - 2006-11-17
English help - English help file (184 KB) - 2006-02-17
English help for TeaTimer - English help file for TeaTimer addon (34 KB) - 2005-07-25
English language - Updated English language file (22 KB) - 2005-12-23
Hellenic fix - !Helper for renaming of Greek to Hellenic (9 KB)! - 2005-06-10
Immunization database - !Updated Immunization database (506 KB) - 2006-11-03
Intermediary detection update - !Intermediary detection update (134 KB) - 2006-05-15
Main skins - New skin for colorblind people (393 B) - 2005-01-28
Startup info - Updated startup entry descriptions (354 KB) - 2006-09-29
Optional update (if listed – invoked if "Display available beta versions" option is elected):
ßDetection rules (beta) - Updated detections (10 KB) - 2006-11-17
Optional updates (if listed - invoked if "Display updates for other languages" option is elected):
Afrikaans language - Afrikaans (21 KB) - 2005-09-16
Arabian language - Arabic (24 KB) - 2005-12-09
Belarusskiy language - Belarusskiy (26 KB) - 2006-07-12
Brasil (portuguese) help - Brasil (139 KB) - 04-08-20
Brasil (portuguese) help for TeaTimer - Brasil (32 KB) - 04-08-20
Brasil (portuguese) language - Brasil (24 KB) - 04-08-20
Bulgarian language - Bulgarski (28 KB) - 2006-02-24
Catala language - Catalan language file (26 KB) - 2006-09-08
Cesky help for TeaTimer - Cesky (34 KB) - 2005-04-27
Cesky language - Czech language file (25 KB) - 2005-08-04
Cesky license - Czech license file - 04-05-25
Chinese (simplified) help - Chinese help (263 KB) - 2005-06-02
Chinese (simplified) language - Chinese (23 KB) - 2005-06-02
Chinese (traditional) language - Chinese (25 KB) - 2005-09-02
Dansk language - Danish language file (27 KB) - 2006-03-24
Deutsch descriptions - German target descriptions file (43 KB) - 2006-09-29
Deutsch help - Deutsche Hilfedatei (143 KB) - 04-09-30
Deutsch language - German language file (26 KB) - 2005-11-11
Eesti language - Estonian language file (25 KB) - 2005-04-08
Espanol descriptions - Spanish target descriptions file - 04-05-25
Espanol help - Spanish language help - 04-05-25
Espanol help for TeaTimer - Spanish help file for TeaTimer addon (34 KB) - 04-11-18
Espanol language - Spanish language file (25 KB) - 2006-01-06
Esperanto language - Esperanto language file (16 KB) - 2005-05-13
Farsi help - Persian help file (209 KB) - 2005-06-02
Farsi language - Persian language file (27 KB) - 2006-01-06
Francais descriptions - French target descriptions file - 04-05-25
Francais help - French help file (201 KB) - 2005-09-02
Francais help for TeaTimer - French help file for TeaTimer addon (38 KB) - 2005-01-06
Francais language - French language file (26 KB) - 2005-10-14
Friulian language - Furlan language file (25 KB) - 2005-10-21
Hebrew language - Hebrew (16 KB) - 2005-01-28
Hellenic descriptions - Greek target descriptions file (64 KB) - 2005-09-30
Hellenic language - Greek/Hellenic language (31 KB) - 2005-09-16
Hellenic license - Greek/Hellenic license file (42 KB) - 2005-09-09
Italiano descriptions - Italian target descriptions file (72 KB) - 2006-07-28
Italiano help - Italian help file (206 KB) - 2005-09-16
Italiano help for TeaTimer - Italiano help file for TeaTimer addon (34 KB) - 2005-08-04
Italiano language - Italian language file (26 KB) - 2006-07-28
Italiano startup info - Italian startup entry descriptions (352 KB) - 2005-02-16
Japanese help - Japanese help file - 04-05-25
Japanese language - Japanese language file (26 KB) - 2005-06-24
Kartuli languge - Georgian language file (9 KB) - 2005-12-09
Latvian language - Latvian language file (18 KB) - 04-10-26
Magyar language - Hungarian language file (26 KB) - 2005-04-27
Nederlands language - Dutch language file (28 KB) - 2005-10-21
Norsk language - Norwegian language file (27 KB) - 2006-03-24
Polski language - Updated polish language file (26 KB) - 2006-01-20
Portugues language - Updated portuguese language file (25 KB) - 2005-12-09
Russkiy help - Russian license file (2 KB) - 2005-09-09
Russkiy language - Updated russian language file (26 KB) - 2005-11-18
Shqip language - Albanian language file (26 KB) - 2006-09-08
Slovenscina language - Updated slovenian language file (27 KB) - 2005-07-15
Slovensky for TeaTimer - Slovak (34 KB) - 2005-01-28
Slovensky language - Updated slovak language file (25 KB) - 2005-01-06
Srpski descriptions - Serbian target descriptions file (60 KB) - 2005-10-07
Srpski help - Serbian help file (194 KB) - 2005-08-13
Srpski help for TeaTimer - Serbian helpf or TeamTimer(32 KB) (34 KB) - 2005-08-13
Srpski language - Serbian language file (27 KB) - 2005-09-02
Suomi help - Finnish help (194 KB) - 2005-10-21
Suomi help for TeaTimer - Finish TeaTimer help (34 KB) - 2005-11-25
Suomi language - Finnish language file (26 KB) - 2005-12-09
Thai language - Thai language file (27 KB) - 2005-12-09
Turkce language - Updated Turkish language file (16 KB) - 04-12-11
Uzbek language - Updated Uzbek language file (25 KB) - 2006-09-15

[Cactus Gal]

Since I don't know if the tech who worked on my computer four years ago in another state ever updated it and I've been using it since would you say that EVERYTHING should be updated?

Or, can you just suggest the most urgent?

CG

[md usa spybot fan]

You should download everything listed. However, before downloading I suggest that you go into Spybot > Help > About and make sure that you are running Spybot-S&D 1.4 not Spybot-S&D 1.3. Unless you are running Spybot on a Windows 95 system, you should be running Spybot-S&D 1.4.

[Cactus Gal]

I checked yesterday - it's 1.4. I'll download everything - thanks for your help.

CG

[Boo101]

Hi All,
I need help please. Will someone please tell me what the update "Startup Info" - "Updated startup entry descriptions" does? I'm using Spybot S & D verson 1.4

Thanks for help,
Boo101

[md usa spybot fan]

Boo101:

Startup info download updates the following file:
C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Includes\Startup.tnfo
I don't if the this is the only use of the Startup.tnfo file, but I know that the Startup.tnfo file is used to provide the information displayed when you go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > System Startup and then highlight an entry and click the button on the right hand edge of the list of startup entries.