Recovery folder

[kshaw]

What is the purpose of this folder? I have found on one computer hundreds of .zip files dated in 2003 and 2004 and occupying 2.5 MB. Can I get rid of these? The other two computers have just a few entries and they have recent dates. I'm running V1.4 on all three but the "strange" one originally had V1.3. (Docs and Settings>All users>Application data>Spybot S&D>Recovery)

Thanks

[md usa spybot fan]

When you do a "Fix selected problems" after a "Check for problems" by default Spybot creates backups of the fixed problems to facilitate recovery (with the exception of tracking cookies and other minor fixes with Spybot-S&D 1.3 and later). These backups (recovery files) for Spybot-S&D By default are stored in one of the following directories:

• Windows 95 or 98:
  C:\Windows\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Recovery
• Windows ME:
  C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Recovery
• Windows NT, 2000 or XP:
  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Recovery

The recovery files themselves are stored in password protected zipped folders within the Recovery directory. I believe that they are password protected to prevent accidental deletion, archiving, inspection and deletion by other anti-spyware products, etc. The fact that the files are password protected should not prevent you from deleting the files that are no longer required because all actions required to use the recovery facility can normally be done from within Spybot, i.e. recovery, purging.

The recovery files can be deleted (purged) by going into Spybot > Recovery > and selecting the item(s) that you no longer want to keep and using the "Purge selected items" option on the top of the screen.

[kshaw]

Thanks for your reply. I'll get rid of the oldies. Strange how they have hung around but I won't worry about that.