Rude Awakening

[Duchess44]

Ok, recently I had to reformat my computer. When I went to download Spybot, I was a little concerned because the version and installation were not the same as I remember.

Anyway, turns out there is a new version out than what I had. Now, I am totally lost Seems that Spybot is coming up with popups asking for permissions, putting icons in the system tray, and taking up a huge amount of resources and is very slow running. I don't really care for the new version myself. But I guess I can try to get used to it as I love the program.

A few questions...how do I stop the constant nagging about every little thing? It's almost like a firewall I used to have that did the same thing.

The update process is very weird. It keeps bringing up "bad checksum" errors so I can't update the program.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Which messages do you mean exactly?
Allow and denies from the resident TeaTimer or an url that was blocked by the bad downloadblocker?

If you search for updates and a 'HTTP Error 403' or 'bad checksum' is displayed, this has a simple reason - millions of people trying to download from the same server.

In order to overcome the problem, please have a second look at the update-menu-bar after searching for new updates. Therefore choose the update site from the navigation bar on the left. Now you'll see the update menu bar. It has a pull-down item to select a mirror. Click the arrow beside it, and select a different location (try the ones located nearest to you first), where you'll most probably have better chances to download. For a better understanding we have placed a picture at this link on our website.
In section 4 you'll see how to select a download location nearest to you.

If this sounds too difficult please try to download the updates manually.
Here is the direct download link.
Just download and run that file - it is self-installing.

The information about "bad checksum" is also available in our FAQ.

For more information please do also have a look into our forum:
[url]http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=63&highlight=checksum

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot