Spybot starts immunization/update automatically

[dess086]

Like the title says, my Spybot will occasionally start automatically and either update or immunize, but in either case, minimize a fullscreen game I may be running at the time. I've looked through the settings and can't find a way to stop this behaviour (although admittedly I am having a bit of a confusing time adjusting to this new Spybot). It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't minimize my fullscreen games which then can't be recovered and have to be Task Manager-terminated even if they are not unresponsive.

Any help appreciated,
thanks

[Zenobia]

Are you using a Home or above edition?
http://www.safer-networking.org/private/
In those,updates and immunization are scheduled,but they should be configured to be silent by default.

[dess086]

Hi! Thanks for responding!

I'm using the free edition. I've looked at scheduling but as it's a free edition, I can't change anything. It's more than a little frustrating. I'm also unsure as to whether the updates are current or not, it's been telling me that 83...or something... files have been up to date for weeks now, as well as telling me it's been over 8 days since the last check even when I may have checked only yesterday. So basically, I have two things worrying me - Spybot crashing my fullscreen programs with automatic immuni-updating and the possibility of it not having been up-to-date for who knows how long.

[Zenobia]

You're welcome.

Unfortunately,I'm not sure why your Spybot is auto updating and immunizing.Your version shouldn't be.
The immunizing logfile doesn't look like it has anything in it useful as far as this is concerned,I'll skip that for now.
I'm not sure if your updates file will tell me what's happening,but that one might be worth a look.
Could you open Spybot-S&D Start Center,checkmark Advanced User Mode,click Update,then over to the left click Show Update log.Go to edit,select all,then rightclick,select Copy,then paste it here.

As for the updates,when you first click on Update,it does a status check,and the box comes up and tells you how many files are up-to-date.After that,you can click on the Update button to download any new updates.

[bbnetwork]

Dess are you using the Windows Task-Planer?
Which Version of Windows are you using?

[dess086]

You're welcome.

Unfortunately,I'm not sure why your Spybot is auto updating and immunizing.Your version shouldn't be.
The immunizing logfile doesn't look like it has anything in it useful as far as this is concerned,I'll skip that for now.
I'm not sure if your updates file will tell me what's happening,but that one might be worth a look.
Could you open Spybot-S&D Start Center,checkmark Advanced User Mode,click Update,then over to the left click Show Update log.Go to edit,select all,then rightclick,select Copy,then paste it here.

As for the updates,when you first click on Update,it does a status check,and the box comes up and tells you how many files are up-to-date.After that,you can click on the Update button to download any new updates.

The whole update log? It looks pretty hefty! It's exceeding the character count, I can't seem to post it here. I've uploaded it to pastebin, here is the link to the log - Spybot update log

I have just reinstalled it as well, thinking I missed something during installation of the new Spybot. During first installation, I must have chosen the option "I want to be protected without having to attend to anything myself", although it did say at that point that I can change that setting later...
I also must have left everything ticked at Select Additional Tasks screen during installation... it confuses me. If free edition doesn't even have scheduling, why was I given these options (especially considering that if ticked scheduling works, I have no way of turning it off in free ed)?

Dess are you using the Windows Task-Planer?
Which Version of Windows are you using?

I have Win7 64-bit and not using task scheduler, I like having full manual control of my system whenever possible and feasible.

Thanks for taking an interest in this, I was starting to worry I would have to do without Spybot altogether, a prospect I do not like. I've never been without it.