Seems Spybot is lacking answers and with no sign of any new versions for some time I can only assume it is no longer as effective as more current tools. I am uninstalling it and going to get something else.

For some time now it has failed on every attempt to run a scan and no one seems to have an answer. Then recently I ran a system check using a respected scan service and found six items with "High" danger ratings had slipped past Spybots immunization.

I seriously wonder if any programmers are even working on a new version with it being nearly two years since first talk of a 2.0 version being just months away.

Can no one redeem my faith in Spybot?

Here is my original post:
Quote Originally Posted by Harrier View Post
I get this message constantly when trying to run a check.

Have tried reinstalling without effect.

I am running Vista SP2with IE7. I did breifly use IE8 then reverted to IE7, not sure if that could have messed things up.

Machine specs: AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core 2.1gb with 2gb ram.

Here is what I see I stopped the check after a few lines:

Error during check!: AdDestination [3 - $4623E24D] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: BannerStyles.Optimizer [1 - $2C3CEB96] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SmartShopper [1 - $54AC8049] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Ask.MyGlobalSearch [1 - $B47ABFF2] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Ask.MyGlobalSearch [2 - $EA8D9CCB] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: BaiduBar [13 - $3A36419F] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: BaiduBar [14 - $90F34298] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: BaiduBar [15 - $5C01E09A] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: BaiduBar [16 - $66630E61] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: BaiduBar [17 - $9AF9820D] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: BaiduBar [18 - $03A207E5] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: CouponBar [1 - $F94955F6] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: DuDuAccelerator [3 - $BC771D63] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: DuDuAccelerator [4 - $70B6B6FB] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: M.R.Advertising [3 - $B324FCA9] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Need2Find [3 - $6510BC55] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Need2Find [4 - $EFDB1636] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: RecipeFeeder [3 - $E9898A2B] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SmartShopper [1 - $1A13EB0A] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SmartShopper [2 - $ABADEA0C] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SmartShopper [11 - $C53B727D] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SmartShopper [12 - $673D058E] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SmartShopper [13 - $4D6A6ACA] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SmartShopper [14 - $EF6C1D39] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SuperJuan [3 - $2C2B13CF] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SuperJuan [4 - $67408DFD] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: SuperJuan [5 - $4E4E0E50] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Tencent.AdressBar [7 - $F0192FCA] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Tencent.AdressBar [8 - $93494FE2] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Win32.TrafficSol.c [1 - $D51F741A] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Win32.TrafficSol.c [2 - $55ED6FF2] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Win32.TrafficSol.c [3 - $F047FE64] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Win32.TrafficSol.c [4 - $52C89157] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Win32.TrafficSol.c [5 - $246DB58F] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Win32.Webdir.c [1 - $2324A3F3] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Zango [2 - $2399B1BF] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)


Error during check!: Zango [5 - $2DF701C6] (Failed to get data for '') (Status)



--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.6.2 (build: 20090126) ---

2009-01-26 blindman.exe (1.0.0.8)
2009-01-26 SDFiles.exe (1.6.1.7)
2009-01-26 SDMain.exe (1.0.0.6)
2009-01-26 SDShred.exe (1.0.2.5)
2009-01-26 SDUpdate.exe (1.6.0.12)
2009-01-26 SDWinSec.exe (1.0.0.12)
2009-01-26 SpybotSD.exe (1.6.2.46)
2009-03-05 TeaTimer.exe (1.6.6.32)
2010-01-24 unins000.exe (51.49.0.0)
2009-01-26 Update.exe (1.6.0.7)
2009-11-04 advcheck.dll (1.6.5.20)
2007-04-02 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)
2008-06-14 DelZip179.dll (1.79.11.1)
2009-01-26 SDHelper.dll (1.6.2.14)
2008-06-19 sqlite3.dll
2009-01-26 Tools.dll (2.1.6.10)
2009-01-16 UninsSrv.dll (1.0.0.0)
2009-10-08 Includes\Adware.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\AdwareC.sbi (*)
2009-01-22 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)
2009-11-03 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\DialerC.sbi (*)
2009-01-22 Includes\HeavyDuty.sbi (*)
2009-05-26 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\HijackersC.sbi (*)
2010-01-20 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\KeyloggersC.sbi (*)
2004-11-29 Includes\LSP.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\MalwareC.sbi (*)
2009-03-25 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\PUPSC.sbi (*)
2009-01-22 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)
2009-01-13 Includes\Security.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\SecurityC.sbi (*)
2008-06-03 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)
2008-06-03 Includes\SpybotsC.sbi (*)
2009-11-03 Includes\Spyware.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\SpywareC.sbi (*)
2009-06-08 Includes\Tracks.uti
2009-12-08 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)
2010-01-19 Includes\TrojansC.sbi (*)
2008-03-04 Plugins\Chai.dll
2008-03-05 Plugins\Fennel.dll
2008-02-26 Plugins\Mate.dll
2007-12-24 Plugins\TCPIPAddress.dll
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