srxy1:
Thank you for confirming that my temporary workaround actually works.
Hopefully the "TCP/IP Settings plugin" will be added to the Downloads Web pages soon.
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srxy1:
Thank you for confirming that my temporary workaround actually works.
Hopefully the "TCP/IP Settings plugin" will be added to the Downloads Web pages soon.
The TCP/IP Settings plugin has been added to the Downloads Web pages as the following item:
- TCP/IP Plugin 1.0 - product description - product description
md5: 7FD95B7E814EA2F56AEACE3613B4A0E9
This adds capabilities to find and replace malicious network settings. Only needed if you do not want to use the update function integrated into Spybot-S&D.
Still not sure why the two are linked? Why is it necessary to install the TCP/IP Plugin to be able top apply the latest Trojans update file and not have an error? I'm glad that this will fix my error (was getting the same one), but don't understand the dependency. None of the other updates seemed to have a linkage to this one?
Jay S.
Jay_S:
From the following pinned (Sticky) thread:
- 2007-06-06 ßTCP/IP Settings plugin
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=14547
Thanks, but I'm still not sure why they're connected. From an earlier post of yours..
"This adds capabilities to find and replace malicious network settings. Only needed if you do not want to use the update function integrated into Spybot-S&D."
If it is only needed if you don't want to use the update function, why does the Trojans update have this error if you do use the update function? Also, shouldn't there be something on the TCP/IP plugin that indicates it is a required update if you want to run through the Trojans update cleanly?
Jay S.
Jay_S:
You need the TCP/IP plugin with the new rule set included in beta updates on 2007-06-06 and regular updates on 2007-06-13 or else you will get an error.
To download and install the TCP/IP plugin you either have to:
- Download the following update using the integrated update facility:
- TCP/IP Settings plugin - !TCP/IP Settings plugin (65 KB) - 2007-06-06
--- or (if you do not use the integrated update facility) ---
- Download and execute the following item from the Downloads Web page:
- TCP/IP Plugin 1.0 - product description - product description
md5: 7FD95B7E814EA2F56AEACE3613B4A0E9
This adds capabilities to find and replace malicious network settings. Only needed if you do not want to use the update function integrated into Spybot-S&D.
Possibly, but I don't any control over that. I imagine that it is assumed that you download all the updates listed and not pick and choose among them. How do you suggest that be accomplished? Change the update from:
- TCP/IP Settings plugin - !TCP/IP Settings plugin (65 KB) - 2007-06-06
To:
- TCP/IP Settings plugin - !TCP/IP Settings plugin (65 KB) (Required update if you want to run through the Trojans update cleanly) - 2007-06-06
This is just another situation that points up that there are two major types of users, the type that care what each update file does and those who just want it to work. Unfortunately, both types tend to make bad decisions in cases such as this as has been clearly displayed here.
When this update released, I simply installed it because I knew that Team Spybot didn't release it for no reason and it had some purpose, so I never had this problem. However, when everyone started asking about it, I used FileAlyzer to investigate the TCP/IP Settings plugin and quickly understood what it did, though I thought the name itself made that fairly clear in the first place.
Whether you use a specific portion of the program or not, you should always download all updates, since there are often dependancies and you can always disable any optional components separately anyway. This is important in case you ever choose later to enable one of these other modules such as TeaTimer, since it might be out of date otherwise.
Personally, I believe it's time to admit that most users of Spybot S&D are no longer knowledgeable programmers and simply hide the update 'list' and automatically download them all. Only the language specific optional updates should be listed, by language title only, with all required files updated for each language selected. This is the simplest way to keep everyone from making useless mistakes that simply cause issues for themselves and add to the support burden.
Bitman