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    Default Problem with detection rules

    I'm having a problem with Spybot detecting anything. When I do a search it checks 35 things, none of them spyware, and these are the results:

    Congradulations!
    No immediate threats were found.
    +Cache (1 entry)
    +Common Dialogues (1 entry)
    +Cookie (1 entry)
    +Logs (12 entries)

    It's been doing this for a while and I don't have any clue what's going on. A little help, please?

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    From your description it seems that at one time you may have gone into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Settings > File Sets and checked "Usage Tracking".

    The options checked within "File Sets" control what Spybot checks for when doing a "Check for problems". "Usage Tracking" is not normally set as a default option. When set it will list the following items for optional deletion:
    • Cache (actually IE Cache)
    • Common Dialogs
    • Cookies
    • Logs (logs that may contain MRU [Most resently Used] information)

    In Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Settings > File Sets, the items "Usage Tracking" and "Tracks.uti" are not normally set (checked) by default.

    The "File Sets" defaults look similar to the following:

    Set/Filename

    ■ Spybot - Search & Destroy
    … ■ Cookies.sbi
    … ■ Dialer.sbi
    … ■ Hi|ackers.sbi
    … ■ Keyloggers.sbi
    … ■ Malware.sbi
    … ■ PUPS.sbi
    … ■ Revision.sbi
    … ■ Security.sbi
    … ■ Spybots.sbi
    … ■ Troians.sbi
    □ Usage Tracking
    … □ Tracks.uti
    Last edited by md usa spybot fan; 2006-06-15 at 23:09.

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    That was it, thank you very much.

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