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    Default slow scan

    i installed todays update 01/05/07
    and its taking forever to scan.
    so far 10 mins vet little change.
    i uninstalled and reinstalled no difference

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    This might not work,but you could try running a scan in safe mode,and see if Spybot's any faster.
    There are instructions for running Spybot in safe mode in the second half of this post,if you need any help:
    http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...29&postcount=2

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    ill try that

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    ok i ran it in safe mode took 10 mins

    but up untill this newest update took less than 5 to run

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    A ten minute scan time doesn't seem too bad,running a scan in normal mode just now took a little over ten minutes for me.How is it when you run a scan in normal mode,does it take a lot longer than ten minutes?

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    i stoped it at 45 mins:(

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    That is quite a long scan time.It's odd that the scan time increased that much after the update.Maybe try temporarily shutting down any non-essential things(if you have any running)when doing a scan with Spybot,and see if that helps the scan time any.Stuff like messenger programs,etc.

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    ill ty but only new thing was the update

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    theres nothing running that i can asscern thats not supposed to

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    Smile ok good news

    i riped every shred of spybot out regestry is spotless, reinstalled and its running 10 mins

    must been a courupted file

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