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  1. Still no Reply

    Hi nobody has replied to my question re: system drive log files. I cannot be the only one who has two years worth of these files clogging up my system so can anybody please tell me how to remove...
  2. Spybot Housekeeping Purging logfiles on system disc

    Hi, I have been running Spybot S&D for a couple of years now with only a few minor problems.

    I can select items to quarantine and eventually purge the old stuff from Quarantine.

    However I...
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    Worked this time??

    Hi I just tried the download again and this time it seems to have worked. Either the tech guys/gals have fixed the definition or something else has been fixed. Anyway here is the response that I got...
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    Failed update

    I got this when I tried to update my definitions

    "Trojans-ZL-000.sbi-20160113.cab" from http://safernet.mirrors.cu.be/spybot2/.
    [00:03.907] [-] Hash 2a089c32d99404f8d7dfdec3e5ca27d2 for archive...
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    Let it be, after one click

    Hi alienloop,

    I agree that you just have to let it be after pressing "fix selected" until it produces the green ticks. My point is that you must only do one left click as any other clicks (e.g....
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    I think that I have found the answer

    Hi Spybotters,

    there seems to be an awful lot of themes on the forum to the effect that "Spybot freezes after fix selected". I think that I may have found the answer. Normal MS left click is a...
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    Fix for this

    Hi, I posted somewhere on this but I cannot find my post yet. Instead I found your post.

    I had the same problem and I have found the answer. When you click "fix selected" only give it ONE CLICK...
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    Figured it out

    Hi Zenobia,
    I tried running in safe mode but it didn't make much difference as I still got the occasional hang ups.

    I think that I have figured out what is happening. With the previous version I...
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    OK Mr Z

    Hi Zenobia,

    I just ran a scan which got 23 hits and all worked well with no hangs. I will try running in safe mode and see what happens. It may take some time for me to try this so I will be off...
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    More Info

    Hi Zenobia thanks for that but you are quite right I have not been able to figure out how I got an appcrash.

    Tonight i ran another scan and got 28 hits all of them preselected. When I checked fix...
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    More Problems

    Hi I ran a scan and got 30 hits mainly Tracker cookies, browser cookies and Browser cache. This time I checked that all 30 has been selected (black tick) and clicked fix selected. After 10 minutes...
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    Ok

    OK thanks zenobia. No further problems to report after several runs working ok.

    John
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    More Info

    Hi,
    to rule out any problems due to Malware I have to report that Todays Malwarebytes scan detected nothing. Also I ran a full scan with Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (18+hours c5m files...
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    Thanks

    Thanks Zenobia I will follow your instructions. Can you say what you mean by a "large amount". Usually I get less than 50 hits would you consider that a large amount?
    I will keep on with this and...
  15. Change of thread

    Hi because I have found several themes with the same or similar problems and because no one has replied to this thread I am concentrating my efforts at understanding this problem on this thread...
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    A nearly hung run

    Hi,
    I ran S&D again this evening and it identified 9 Cookies and Tracks etc.
    When I selected fix selected (after checking that they were all ticked) It took a full 10 minutes to effect the fix. It...
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    To virusvictim

    Virusvictim: I cannot find C:\$recycle bin\ etc. in my pc. If its a virus I have Malwarebytes and other anti virus stuff and they are not detecting anything.

    OldGit66
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    Reply tp Suggestions

    To Zenobia:Thanks for the right click tip. I did not know that some things are NOT preselected and that I have to select them separately so that could be my problem with the system hanging. Because...
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    More Info

    Re the above: When "fix selected" is working ( I should have said that the fault is intermittent ) the scan produces malware/cookies etc. that have been preselected i.e. already ticked and fix...
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    fix selected not working

    Hi again,

    here is the second very similar theme http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?72057-SD-Version-2-4-very-slow-to-fix-selected-problems&highlight=fix+selected+not+working

    In none of...
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    fix selected not working

    I too have this problem the programme fails to respond to fix selected and eventually Windows Vista errors out . I have made another post in a second thread that seems to describe the same problem....
  22. Fix selected not working

    I too have this problem with 2.4. I run the scan and it produces results. When I select "fix selected" nothing happens. Did going back to 1.6 fix this problem? or is there another fix? Eventually...
  23. Clean temporary files reappears

    Hi Zenobia,

    today "Clean temporary files" reappeared but not in the place that is was before. It now appears (after 100 files accumulate in %temp%) in the right hand pane where the scanning takes...
  24. Sorry

    Hi Zenobia,

    today 23rd December I checked my forum post for replies to my last entry of the 17th and I could not find any. This was because I did not notice that the page had changed and your...
  25. What temporary files are cleared

    Hi Zenobia,

    can you say what temporary files are cleared by Spybot once they get to 100+? In Vista if I put %temp% in Start search and execute I get a listing of the temporary files. Is that where...
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    I had this as well but it seems to have gone away

    Hi Zenobia,

    I was intrigued by this thread so I examine my update log file. Horror, about the same time as azexterminator was having update problems my update log showed the same thing i.e. "will...
  27. Thanks

    Hi Zenobia,

    thanks again for the fast reply. I look forward to getting the Clean Temporary Files facility back. I suspect that the upgrade messed up the file count somehow.

    Anyway five stars to...
  28. System scan options

    Hi again Zenobia,

    what happened with the version that I was using was Start Centre>Select System scan>run and the system scan page would come up. Under system scan in the top left hand pane i.e...
  29. Postscript

    Hi again Zenobia,

    I read the link you posted and a question arose. The guy there says that he has never been prompted to run the cleaner and I have to admit neither have I. In scan mode, in the...
  30. Thanks

    Hi Zenobia,

    many thanks to you for a quick reply. I look forward to the return of this facility as it helps to keep my pc clean and removes the debris created by other programs e,g, WD Smartware ...
  31. Upgrade to v2.4 results in loss of clean temporary files

    Hi Spybotters,

    I upgraded from 2.2 to 2.4 free version and the facility for cleaning temporary files has disappeared. Can anyone tell me

    1. Is this normal for 2.4?

    2. If not how can I get...
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    Hi again Tashi, ok thanks for that, I will...

    Hi again Tashi,

    ok thanks for that, I will probably stick to the stable version. The fact that the live protection for spyware and internet is not included is made quite clear in the link that you...
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    Hi Tashi, as per your suggestion I reinstalled...

    Hi Tashi,

    as per your suggestion I reinstalled 1.6.2 and as far as I am aware it does not have Antispyware or Internet protection unless I am doing something wrong. I use it to remove adware etc....
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    Hi Tashi

    Hi again Tashi,

    now here's the thing. Antispyware and Internet protection is now showing as on. I knew that they had shown this before. What does this mean do they work or have they still to be...
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    Thanks for the reply

    Hi Tashi,

    thanks for the reply. I must have inadvertently upgraded to this version as I remember that both Antispyware and Internet protection were on until recently.

    I will download 1.6.2...
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    Start Center Shows Antispyware Off

    Hi Spybots,

    I am pretty new here so please forgive me if this is basic stuff. I am running S&D scanner version 2.0.6.131 build 20111005 updated 03/05/2012 on a Windows Vista Home Premium SP2...
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