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Thread: Spybot 1.6.2 update and Runtime Error 216

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    Hi all, especially Buster, who has worked so hard on this.

    I hate to throw a spanner in the works, but this is what I did and why and what happened.

    Working with Buster, I had changed a few files in Spybot looking for possible options to identify the problem. Just to make sure that I was working with the same system as everyone else, after those changes and before running with different .sbi sets disabled, I compared the Spybot files on computer #1 (below) with computer #2 (below, which never exhibited the Runtime error). There were some significant differences which I attributed to the work Buster and I had done.

    So - in order to get to the same benchmark as the rest of you I completely uninstalled Spybot using the 'Revo uninstaller' and deleted all remainders including registry keys manually.

    I then re-installed Spybot.

    1st run - no errors.
    2nd run - no errors.
    I rebooted - 3rd run - no errors.
    I surfed a bit (just to see if anything changed) then checked for updates (there were none, of course, except the English description, which I never bother to download).
    4th run - no errors.

    I don't pretend to understand, but there it is. My Spybot seems to be fixed.

    I'll continue to watch this thread with interest and to offer my (somewhat incompetent) help if needed.

    By the way, especially as TerminalMan asked, I had uninstalled and reinstalled as a first step to problem solution. It didn't help then. Perhaps the Revo uninstaller (which I didn't use the first time)and hunting down reg keys helped. I don't pretend to know.
    Last edited by NotGeordie; 2009-08-07 at 11:43. Reason: To clarify
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    Did you already reboot your system since the re-installation?
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    Yes, Buster. I ran twice before re-booting, no errors. I re-booted and have now run it 6 times with no errors.

    Does it make any sense to you?
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    Did you already download the latest advcheck.dll update?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
    Did you already download the latest advcheck.dll update?
    I didn't do so manually from any site and, carelessly I neglected to check the dates of the updates I downloaded when I did the re-install.

    If the new advcheck.dll was downloaded as part of the standard downloads upon re-installing, then I guess I did.

    The advcheck.dll in my Spybot folder is Version 1.6.3.17, size 1.47MB.

    Does that help?
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    Quote Originally Posted by NotGeordie View Post
    The advcheck.dll in my Spybot folder is Version 1.6.3.17, size 1.47MB.

    Does that help?
    Oh, and if it's helpful, Date Created for the .dll is 07/08/2009 4:08AM, but I think that refers to the time I did the re-install. I could be wrong. It's happened before.
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    Hmm, this is exactly the same advcheck.dll which caused the error in the past. Lets see, if somebody else can figure out which sbi file is causing this, who still has this error. But anyway, this is also an interesting information. Thanks for reporting NotGeordie!
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    info;
    i did the same unistalled with revo,the only diff is i downloaded the english help files.
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    i downloaded the advcheck.dll ticked the trojan.sbi file set;no errors.

    i have made some changes to my pc i am now useing nod32
    (webroot isnt the product it used to be imo)

    i was useing webroot anti spyware/anti v with za free.


    i will try more file sets but i cant sit here for ages (pian from prolased disc/trapped satic nerve) i will post anthing i find thou.
    Last edited by kinos; 2009-08-07 at 23:09. Reason: tyops

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    I have Spybot ver 1.6.3.51 installed

    I don't have
    nod32
    advcheck.dll
    advcheck163.dll
    oUltraf.sys
    amon.sys

    I am running
    xp home sp3
    norton 360
    advcheck163.exe

    I have recently been getting the same error messages as all of you.
    Last edited by whocando; 2009-08-08 at 16:47.

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