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Thread: Upgrading problems

  1. #1
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    Default Upgrading problems

    I just installed the latest version of Spybot. I was using an older version. Now when I click on the Spybot icon to start the program the 'A' drive lights up a couple times and the it takes about 1 minute before Spybot starts.

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    Hello,

    There are different ways to search for spies.
    Spybot - Search & Destroy takes the advantage to check for all existing drives. Antivirus solutions do this also by the way.
    It is checking inactive installations and storing a list of really available drives to avoid unnecessary lookups at later points. The creating of such an overview is taking place right at the start of Spybot - Search & Destroy. At this moment Spybot makes a quick scan to proove if itself is modified by malware or some kind of baddie. So this can take quite a few seconds. Please be patient.

    If it takes too long to load - we already have located the startup problems in Spybot S&D version 1.5 and fixed it:
    http://forums.spybot.info/project.php?issueid=85
    Here is the download file for the fix - the new Spybot beta:
    http://www.safer-networking.org/file...15he-beta1.exe

    Best regards
    Sandra
    Team Spybot

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    Thanks Sandra. That works fine.

  4. #4
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    Hello Sandra,

    I have downloaded the beta you linked above, and it does improve the starting time of 1.5, but it is still 2-3 times slower starting up when compared to 1.4.

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