Hello,
Do you have a firewall installed? If so have you authorized SpybotSD.exe to access the internet?
There is a good chance that the cause of the problem is a firewall or proxy problem.
If you sitting behind a proxy server:
Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Settings. About 2/3 of the way down the option tree there is a category "Web update". Check the last item in the list "Use proxy to connect to update server". A pop-up will come up were you can enter the information required.
If you have a firewall:
Reauthorize SpybotSD.exe to access the internet within your firewall. If you have a firewall and are not sure if that is the cause of the problem, you could (for a short period) disable the firewall and see if the updates work properly.
If Spybot-S&D is not blocked it is also possible that our server is temporarily not available. Please try it again a few hours later.
If this does not help please download the updates manually:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
RE: Registry Change Denied.
If you checked "Remember this decision" on a change the information concerning that change it is stored in a file. TeaTimer uses that information to automatically "Allow" or "Deny" changes. Check and see if you have any entries stored for the registry entries that are being denied as follows:
- Right click on the TeaTimer system tray icon and select Settings. This will bring up TeaTimer's "White & Black List". There are four (4) Buttons across the top of the "White & Black List":
- Allowed processes
- Blocked processes
- Allowed registry changes
- Blocked registry changes
Note: If you don't see all four buttons, try expanding the window to the right.
- You can review all the entries that you have stored by clicking on these buttons. The entries that you should review are in "Blocked registry changes". You can delete entries by clicking on the scripted black "X" to the right of the entry that you want to delete and then clicking the "OK" button when you're done. This will in effect make TeaTimer forget what you told it to remember so that during future changes to these items TeaTimer will issue a pop-up dialog rather then just a notification pop-up.
