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  1. here you go. 10676

    here you go. 10676
  2. thanks for the help. :bigthumb:

    thanks for the help. :bigthumb:
  3. does spybot scan all users on a multi user system?

    or must I run it from every account? we scanned from one account, maybe not even the admin. is that all we need to do? or must it be run/scanned from each user account?
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    win32.downloader.gen spybot not removing

    first time i've encountered something that SB is not removing. :sad:

    have to google and try to find info about how to remove this manually I guess. I've read the only way to be 100% sure any...
  5. windows 7 home premium sp 1... just one os...

    windows 7 home premium sp 1...

    just one os installed. upgraded from vista.
  6. I killed the power. then it finally rebooted and...

    I killed the power. then it finally rebooted and started the scan. but seems like this should have happened the first time? not normal behavior I guess? beats me.
  7. failure to scan/work on restart... now what do I do?

    this happens often lately. I do the first scan, some spyware items could not be removed. so I have the program run on restart... only problem is it never runs. so I can't finish scanning and...
  8. using Spybot versus formatting and reinstalling everything

    I've read that the only way to be 100% certain a system is clean of spyware is to format the drive and reinstall everything from the recovery partition.

    Sometimes I wonder if this is the best...
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    looks like spybot removed it. so thats cool....

    looks like spybot removed it. so thats cool. happy about that. :)
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    very sneaky. being a mac guy for years I'm not...

    very sneaky. being a mac guy for years I'm not use to this. lol. thanks for the reply.
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    delta toolbar adware.

    any ideas on how I could have got this? web surfing or downloading a file? just trying to figure it out so I can hopefully avoid it next time. I have 2 pcs... its on the one I rarely use... but not...
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    purpose of the timer when scanning?

    running SB on reboot, timer went to 0 and it's not even half done... then it started over again at 60 minutes.

    whats the purpose of the timer? I would think its to tell me when the scan is done...
  13. Thread: Widgi Toolbar

    by macgig
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    I got a message to run spybot in admin mode. even...

    I got a message to run spybot in admin mode. even though I'm logged in as admin? so I did that and it worked. running in admin mode did the trick. spyware was removed. :)
  14. Thread: Widgi Toolbar

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    spybot found it. tried removing. scanned and...

    spybot found it. tried removing. scanned and tried removing during a restart. it's still there.
  15. Thread: Widgi Toolbar

    by macgig
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    Widgi Toolbar

    I found something spybot was unable to remove. Widgi toolbar. http://www.wiki-security.com/wiki/Parasite/WidgiToolbar

    this is the first time I've encountered something that spybot could not...
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    spybot 162 free vs home edition

    sounds like the home edition will update itself. is this correct? (manual updating is a pain I'm getting tired of it).

    any other differences I need to know about? I own 3 PCs can I install on all...
  17. makes perfect sense. thanks for your help. :) ...

    makes perfect sense. thanks for your help. :)

    does spybot play well with MSE?

    When installing MSE, it warns me to delete all other spyware/virus programs.. if spybot works well with this, I...
  18. spybot finds things microsoft security essentials cant find

    I ran microsoft security essentials and it said all is fine. no issues.

    then I installed and ran spybot and it found 250 instances of spyware on my PC.

    I found this to be interesting. does...
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