many zip files in Updates folder?

[HAL9001]

While trying to get to the bottom of the recent plague of false error messages concerning the error log and 'trojan include files', I discovered that I have many zip files in the Updates folder within Spybot. Is it okay that these files exist, or are they evidence of updates which have not loaded properly in the past?

P.S. I don't need any help with the false error messages. I have read and understand the various recent posts which deal with that topic.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

Those files are the updates.

About the includes error:
You seem to be using a dated version of Spybot-S&D.
Please download our current version Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.5.2. That should fix it.
You will find links to several download locations for this new version on our web site:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
Please search for new updates after installing Spybot-S&D 1.5.2.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[HAL9001]

Sorry I don't understand your answer about the updates. Are you saying that it is normal for all these zip files to be left over after applying updates over the years, or are you saying that these files are evidence of updates which did not get applied for some reason?

[Greyfox]

Hal9001,

At any point in time, the zip files in the Updates folder contain the latest update for the particular catagory and normally these would have been applied. Not all catagories are updated at every dowload so the date of the files will vary. For comparison, I use the latest SpybotSD (1.5.2.20) on XP-Home, and currently there are 18 zip files, 2 ini files and 1 uiz file in this folder. The earliest zip file date is 25/7/2007 (clsid.zip)and the latest is 16/5/2008. As far as I am aware, when a catagory is updated, its zip file is replaced/overwritten so the number doesn't keep growing indefinately.

Your first post in this thread leads me to also believe you may not be using the current version 1.5.2.20. as was suggested by spybotsandra. If this is the case, when you do update to the current version, un-immunise first with your present version, then uninstall it and delete any residue before installing the new version. This will also ensure that there are no orphaned files left over.

The following link describes the recommended method of uninstalling Spybot
http://www.spybot.info/en/howto/uninstall.html
I would also recommend running the clean up utility "this very small fix" available from the link in the uninstall instructions.

Hope this helps

[drragostea]

Hello. Sorry to push in. Greyfox, I would like to know... Say like a future version of Spybot-SD comes out in 2009, for example. It would be Spybot-SD 1.5.3. So as Spybot users, we have to un-immunize and uninstall Spybot 1.5.2? Do we have to run the registry fix mentioned in the link after uninstalling? Or can we just uninstall without un-immunizing and then install v. 1.5.3 just like that. Thank you.

[spybotsandra]

Hello,

You should unimmunize before uninstalling, otherwise you do not have that option of unblocking the blocked site in your browser.

And by the way...we are still developing version 1.5.3 aka 1.6.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot

[Becky]

Hi, Just to clarify a little.
For each "type" of immunize there will be an associated zip file, I had not yet immunized today's update, but my files are as follow:

Directory of C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates

clsid.zip---------------559,133 07-25-07 2:29p
desc.english.zip--------269,036 05-14-08 8:22p
fpfix.zip-----------------2,283 05-16-08 8:22p
help.english.zip--------474,895 01-23-08 2:33p
includes.zip------------539,419 05-21-08 1:08p
includes.dialer.zip-----118,184 12-26-07 2:27p
includes.pups.zip--------83,845 03-26-08 3:54p
includes.keyloggers.zip--69,457 04-30-08 2:29p
includes.security.zip-----8,174 01-09-08 2:30p
includes.malware.zip----353,337 05-21-08 1:07p
includes.spybots.zip----163,639 04-16-08 2:13p
includes.hijackers.zip--149,544 04-30-08 2:28p
includes.trojans.zip----484,474 05-21-08 1:07p
plugchai.zip------------406,024 03-05-08 1:41p
plugfennel.zip----------406,090 03-05-08 1:42p
plugmate.zip------------347,637 03-05-08 1:42p
supplemental.zip--------534,540 05-22-08 1:07p
17 file(s) 4,969,711 bytes

As you can see, there will be no more files, they just increase on size
And remember, it is always better if you undo all the immunization before uninstall. Also it will be nice to copy your black list and your white list from Tea Timer (in case you have put something in there)
After that you can uninstall and reinstall
Hope that will help

[drragostea]

Thank sandra. I'll stop posting in this thread as it intervenes with Becky's problem. Sorry Becky.

[HAL9001]

Hope this helps

Thanks Greyfox. That answers my question.