Error Message During SpyBot Scan

[Zenobia]

For this:

1. The error message being received related to "trojans......" No big deal for me I just click ok and the scan continues.

Please see here:

What version of Spybot are you running (Spybot » Help » About)?

If you are not running Spybot 1.5.2.20, upgrading to Spybot 1.5.2 will solve the problem (Mirror selection - The home of Spybot-S&D!).

The current errors with the Trojans.sbi and TrojansC.sbi files that started with the 2008-04-09 updates are caused by new detection rules that are incompatible with versions of Spybot prior to 1.5.2. These new detection rules use the new Anti-Rootkit plugins #1, #2 and #3 that only have been offered as updates to Spybot 1.5.2. If you upgrade to Spybot 1.5.2 you will not only eliminate the error messages but in also will be performing rootkit searches while doing a Spybot "Check for problems".

If there is a reason that you cannot upgrade to Spybot 1.5.2, you can try the Anti-Rootkit plugins #1, #2 and #3 with Spybot 1.4, but they are not officially supported. From this post in the following thread:
Problems in Spybot S&D Includes-trojanC
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=27194
Quote:
Originally Posted by PepiMK
Well, you can download the manual installer for the newest anti-rootkit plugins and install them on 1.4 as well. They do have a compatibility mode when loaded by 1.4, but not with official support

Note: "... but not with official support ".

The downloads for the Anti-Rootkit plugins are on the following Web page:
Downloads - The home of Spybot-S&D!
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html
This item:
Anti rootkit plugins 1.0 - product description
md5: EE7278BC89D4557CFD7127EACC37EE70

Supported only for version 1.5.2 or above!
This adds improved capabilities to find rootkits. Only needed if you do not want to use the update function integrated into Spybot-S&D.
Please note: Supported only for version 1.5.2 or above!

The direct download link is:
http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd_plugins.exe

http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...74&postcount=3

[brucebot]

Thanks.

How about the "Zlob" issue? Am I correct that you have to exclude it every time you run a scan?

[md usa spybot fan]

brucebot:

Once excluded, Zlob.Downloader.bs will say excluded until you remove the exclusion.

On my system a Full scan (spyware only - no usage tracks) took 29:59. A scan of just Zlob.Downloader.bs took 1:34.

[brucebot]

Yes you are correct, I just checked. I could have sworn I saw it unchecked after I had previously checked it. But the system was doing some weird things so I'll chalk it up to that.

When I did a scan without any exclusions it hung up at "Zlob" and I finally stopped it. When I ran a scan with "Zlob" exlcuded it took about 50 minutes, which is typical for my system.

Still wonder if this issue is permanent and/or will it occur with other products?

[Jonssen]

Re: Trojans errors. Well, there are still some of us running W98 that cannot use Spybot 1.5.2 because it won't install/run, so having now got error messages regarding Trojans.sbi and TrojansC.sbi files (spybot stops until "ok" is entered, and causes the PC to freeze if I do anything else) we are rather up the creek without a paddle.

Frankly I'm rather amazed that no one seems to care about this issue. Spybot has been running hassle free for years, yet this year has become a pain in the butt! When you guys had created a well liked, handy little utility that was well received and well supported, I'm surprised that you have now spoilt it.

So far, the only thing we are offered is a non-supported patch... And even if that works for now, it seem likely that further problems may ensue later on. I'd willing upgrade to 1.5.2 if only I could, as I expect would others plagued with the same problems.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

What problems do you have exactlywhen you try to install Spybot version 1.5.2?
Do you get any error massage or what exactly does not function?

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[Marc816]

What exactly is zlob downloader bs?

[drragostea]

Marc. That's exactly what it says. Zlob. It's a "fingerprint" in Spybot's database in identifying that kind/specific malware.

[Marc816]

Drragostea......Thanks for the info.

[Marc816]

My scans were being stalled by zlob downloader bs. Once I removed it from the list of items to be scanned, Spybot worked fine for me.