spysafe:
- No Idea. Since I started using Spybot with Spybot 1.2, Spybot has always added the registry entries necessary for an entry in add remove programs.
- It should have. The unins000.exe and unins000.dat are stored in the program folder and these are the files that add remove programs entry registry entries point to.
- The only files that Spybot normally creates are in the in the:
- Program folder:
- C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy.
- Application data folder:
- C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy ( in Windows 2000).
- Note: The application data directory (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy) contains logs, configuration settings, etc. I do not recommend deleting that directory unless you are permanently uninstalling Spybot.
- Because of the evolution of Spybot and the changes between various new releases of Spybot, my personally opinion is that you should always fully uninstall the previous version of Spybot before installing a new one. Although installing new versions of Spybot over old ones normally works, it has in the past left remnants of old versions in the system (part of the reason for the remove-spybotsd-settings.reg file). For example going from Spybot 1.4 to higher versions of Spybot causes:
- Having two entries in Add/Remove programs.
- The orphaning of immunization registry entries in registry hives no longer being immunized in Spybot-S&D 1.5.
- That's entirely possible. In Spybot 1.4 and below adding Spybot's HOSTS file entries was a definitely a separate facility in the Tools facility. Because of the close proximity of the final release of Spybot 1.5 and the beta testing for Spybot 1.6, I may have confused exactly when the "Global (Hosts)" item was added to the "Immunize" facility
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- No.
- You shouldn't have a problem with proxies if you don't use a proxy server. However, there seem to a problem caused by certain firewalls blocking access to the internet without notification when trying to do updates during the installation. Actually I believe that this problem actually started in Spybot 1.5 with introduction of a separate update program (SDUpdate.exe) so if you didn't encounter the problem with Spybot 1.5 you shouldn't encounter it now. In any case, the solution to this problem is to skip trying to updating during the installation and update after the installation, making sure that you authorize program SDUpdate.exe to access the internet via your firewall. Read my suggestion in post #5 of this thread:
- Install Issue...
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=24601- Both the resident "SDHelper" (Internet Explorer bad download blocker) and resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) are checked by default in the "Select Additional Tasks" screen of installation process.
- Entirely your choice. There are three "Miscellaneous locks" on Spybot's IE tweaks page:
- Lock Hosts file read-only as protection against hijackers
- Will be automatically be added if you immunize "Global (Hosts)"
- Lock IE start page setting against user changes (current user)
- If you use TeaTimer you should be warned of changes of your IE Home Page (Start Page) without the lock in place.
- Lock IE control panel against opening from within IE (current user)
- Prevents the use of Internet Explorer » Tools » Internet Options. I personally find this option inconvenient.