Spybot "Update" buttons stopped working.

Sorry if this issue has been asked and answered already. I am not techie...hell, it took me an hour to figure out how to create a forum account here! (Spybot's sign-up system is NOT newbie user-friendly.)

I have been a spybot user for many years. While I don't presume to understand what spybot does or how it works, I have had no problems using it ... until recently.

My issue: none of the "update" buttons do anything. Why -- and how do I fix it?

Latest Search&Destroy version --1.6.2.46
Latest detection update -- 9/18/2013

When you click Update,you don't get a "No new updates" notification,or anything like that?

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Originally Posted by Zenobia

When you click Update,you don't get a "No new updates" notification,or anything like that?

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No, Zenobia, anytime I click the "search for updates" button I get nothing. NOTHING happens. (Thus the reason for my post/inquiry.)

Ok,please save this to your desktop.It's manual detection updates.Please don't run it.If you agree to try the next part of what I post,it's for in case you still can't Update. :)
http://www.safer-networking.org/upda...d_includes.exe

Try uninstalling Spybot.I`ll post this for in case you run into trouble,but basically all you have to do is go to add/remove programs,then reboot:
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/how-to-uninstall/

Download and install again.
This is the mirror site to download the version you had:
http://www.safer-networking.org/mirrors16/
Or Spybot 2.1 is available,if you would prefer something newer and you have a compatible operating system:
http://www.safer-networking.org/dl/
Heres the compatibility page:
http://www.safer-networking.org/about/compatibility/

Let me know if you're able to update after reinstalling. :)

Zenobia, I followed your advice and did what I suppose I should have done from the beginning. I uninstalled my older version (1.6.2) and installed the newer one (2.1.21 SR2). Still, I wonder why the Update buttons on my old version simply quit working. It's a mute point.

BTW, the new version looks somewhat different -- but nice! I installed, downloaded the definitions and ran the scan (22 minutes for the latter).

Thanks for the replies and the "prompt" to get the newer version.

You're welcome.Glad you were able to update okay with the newer version.Hope you like it,I stay somewhat quiet about it,but the 2.1 version is the one I prefer the most. :)
If I remember this correctly,I believe there was one other person who had their update button stop working completely on a Spybot 1.6.2 or earlier version,and I don't believe it was ever discovered why.So it's rare,but probably just one of those unexplainable things that happen from time to time. :)