Suggestions

[Grongle]

I have 3 suggestions.

1. This one is the easiest. My suggestion is the people who put this superb, time-honoured, beautifully crafted piece of software together should feel very, very happy for having succeeded in a good job well done. You are a good model for us all. Thank you so much.

2. I am not suggesting any changes with this one either, but I think it is an important piece of reference. In recent months, it seems as though ewido has become very popular as a heavy-duty Trojan killer. ewido is free if it is used only for scans. It takes lots of memory, so people run nighttime scans with it.

ewido does not replace Spybot, because they serve different purposes. But a few days ago I saw an internet reference to this effect: "Well, if ewido didn't find anything, I really doubt that Spybot will." Okay, so it might be an idea to consider people will be asking questions about the respective "territories" of both, and how they might best be used together. Expect confusion. I'm suggesting that a new Spybot version might include this in its FAQs: "I already have ewido. Do I still need Spybot?"

3. This is the only very tiny change I'd like to see. Maybe it's been done, but it hadn't been when last I looked. I have stayed with (well, reverted to) Spybot 1.4rc2b, because of that little bit of text that gets hidden in 1.4 just when I need to see it. It's in the Tea-Timer's warning about registry changes, if I recall. Works perfectly in 1.4rc2b, but in 1.4 you must say yes or no without seeing what you're doing--you're blind right where you need to see.

I know it was addressed at the time. There is no problem using 1.4rc2b, but I have checked a couple of times and noticed it was not changed. Has it been fixed? I am totally happy with Spybot, and I have been a Spybot-user for a long time--ages--so please don't think I'm complaining. This is intended only as a reminder about a very small detail, whenever such things are dealt with. Thanks again for such an excellent program.

[noel-pr7]

2 requests:

1. apply updates w/o having to close/reopen spybot
2. create an email list that sends notification when defs are updated.

if either of these are already implemented, please excuse me for not being able to find this infomation. a pointer would be wonderful.

I dont think ANY of these features will be implemented. making an email list or email notification is not necessary (as I read somewhere in another thread) and the email client's high spam settings may block the notifications from reaching the email address.

You may want to configure spybot to download updates automatically by checking the option "Download updated include files if available online" from the Settings, Automation, WebUpdate section. that option works similarly to XP's automatic updates feature.

all right. I've found the quote where bitman said about the email notfication feature:

Updates have been released regularly on Friday (late afternoon in Germany) for months now. See the Announcements Forum for a history.

With this regular schedule, an email notification is un-necessary and a waste of resources (Money).

[noel-pr7]

I hope the next version of Spybot would include Immunization support for Opera 9 web browsers. I just downloaded the final release of Opera 9 browser today and Spybot does NOT offer Immunization for it, even when I checked the "individual profiles" setup option during install of Opera 9. Spybot 1.4 will offer Immunization for Opera 8.5 and earlier but NOT Opera 9.

Opera 9.0 browser installs in a different folder than in previous versions of Opera.

[spybotsandra]

this is a note of a user:

Suggestion-Allow user to designate or exclude folders for search:
The reason this would be helpful is that I have backups on my drive, in a zip format, that do not need to be scanned because they are achival files. Unfortunately, because they can't be excluded it takes forever to run a search and destroy. Other than that it's a great program. Thanks

[spybotsandra]

another note of a user:

Clarity (Font):

When displaying filenames, could you please use a Font that distinguishes between upper-cased "I" and lower-cased "L"? "Tahoma", maybe?

At the moment, the only way to tell them apart is to copy the text to clipboard and paste it into a text program.

I was going through the [Tools > System Startup] list and couldn't understand why SpyBot wasn't detecting the "WINotify" spyware ("AbetterInternet Spyware"). It turned out to be "WLNotify", with a lower-cased "L", not "I".
I almost deleted it manually.

[NerdsOfTech]

Also for the occassional manual-updater-person a "SELECT ALL UPDATES" button would be awesome!

Don't make us click each checkbox for each update

Keep up the good work.
Spybot Team you're the best.

[wk357mag]

and once new updates have all been downloaded, that it will add the newest by program hitting the IMMUNIZE button + Add host file.

I do this everytime I update, to add the new stuff should it have updates in this area.

Might even be a good time to restart the client.

So, updates are gotten, clients installs new updates, REimmunizes itself, REadds the host file and then restarts the client with out prompting. Just happens.

[md usa spybot fan]

NerdsOfTech:

Also for the occassional manual-updater-person a "SELECT ALL UPDATES" button would be awesome!

Don't make us click each checkbox for each update

You don't have to check each update!!! See the following thread:

• would like....
  http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=13104

[boyscout]

What about if teatimer option could be activated/deactivated only by administrative user..., if a "normal" user is able to deactivate teatimer, could it be a little security problem ?!?

Maybe, it could be implement by an option in install step, if admin prefer activate teatimer for all profile ?

Bye & thx for all

[666666]

What about if teatimer option could be activated/deactivated only by administrative user..., if a "normal" user is able to deactivate teatimer, could it be a little security problem ?!?

Maybe, it could be implement by an option in install step, if admin prefer activate teatimer for all profile ?

Bye & thx for all

This would be great.But there are times when you NEED to turn teatimer off.
I had a serious problem when teatimer alerts were literally filling up my screen telling me the same attempts at reg changes were being blocked- due to a long term infection that i couldn't clean.The fill rate was about 3 alert boxes per sec! I needed to turn it off just to get functionality from my pc! So, easy you think.WRONG!It is not. A simple right click on the systemtray icon then navigate up the menu to switch the tea-timer off...but wait...the pop up menu from the systemtray resets/disappears as EACH new alert box appears.So the program and me have approx one third of a second to do the following> right click, render the menu, move the mouse over the relevant option, wait till it highlights the option (this step takes ages for some reason??), then click the highlighted option.
NO CHANCE.It must be because teatimer alerts and the blocking/referencing white/black lists takes up the same processes as using the menu in the system tray. The system tray menu becomes practically inoperable whilst the system is under a continual attack.
I hope i have explained well enough, good luck with a fix, thanks for a good product.