how many times day do i need to scan/update defs

[cootmaster]

hi
How many times a day/week should we run a scan
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread...ti-times-a-day i asked about updating here.

do i need to upodate and scan daily
and multiple times day? this is w 2.1

or is update and scan once week like wed enough since releasing was on wed
or is 2x different

[bbnetwork]

hi
How many times a day/week should we run a scan
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread...ti-times-a-day i asked about updating here.

do i need to upodate and scan daily
and multiple times day? this is w 2.1

or is update and scan once week like wed enough since releasing was on wed
or is 2x different

Update:
It depends if you use the AV-Engime of Spybot (Home Version or above) or not.
If you use it, you should update atleast 1 time per day, better more ofthen. If you use the Free-Version its good enough if you update 1 time in a week

Scan:
this i would say, depends on your computer-usage. if you ofthen download Software or visit risky websites or if you use online-banking, you should scan every day, else 2 times per week should be fine.

[spybotsandra]

doublepost

[cootmaster]

ya ummm i posted about the updates then came back and couldnt edit
so i opened a scan thread :P

it sounds like unlike 1x i usually UPDATE WED when its released and scan
and scan IF something looks like it installed suspiciously.
UPDATES:

no i DO NOT have your AV i have norton
so according to this 1x week is good like wed way 1x was.
i used do ALL DEEP SCANNING on Fridays because end of week and moved it to wed, but now SBSD AND MALWAREBYTES update few times a day, also
i think ill also run updates for SB and MWB MORNING when i wake 2-4p and night.

SCAN
no i dont dl off risky sites BUT i do online banking
again w 1x it WAS FRI then moved to wed because of wed releases
but now its more times i would do it 2x a week
WED :mid week SAT because WED to wed SAT is MIDDLE
id also scan if something looks suspicious

TY :D

[cootmaster]

Update:
It depends if you use the AV-Engime of Spybot (Home Version or above) or not.
If you use it, you should update atleast 1 time per day, better more ofthen. If you use the Free-Version its good enough if you update 1 time in a week

i guess im still confused w new 2.1
if you pres update in 2.1 FREE
i see this
[00:00.000] [i] Update started...
[00:00.016] [+] Updating Service is active.
[00:00.078] [.] Trying to retrieve update info file from http://updates1.safer-networking.org/spybotsd2.uid...
[00:00.391] [+] Retrieved update info file.
[00:00.641] [.] Info file part done.
[00:00.641] [.] Testing which updates apply to this version...
[00:00.688] [.] Downloading updates...
[00:00.688] [+] All files have been processed.
[00:00.688] +++
[00:00.688] [+] The antispyware signatures are up to date.
[00:00.688]

DOES DOWNLOADING UPDATES
actually mean NEW updates
or its looking
if i press it then 4 mins later press it again how is it NEW
if its once a week.
when there is NEW weekly updates what will i see?
it was easy in 1x if u check says NO UPDATES the end
how will i know when new ones are ready

[spybotsandra]

Troll much?!


Yes, as I have already explained here and here and now here again.

Please do not post at several places with the same problem as this just doubles our support time!
THANKS!

DOES DOWNLOADING UPDATES
actually mean NEW updates

It should be pretty self-explaining:

[00:00.688] [.] Downloading updates...
[00:00.688] [+] All files have been processed.
[00:00.688] +++
[00:00.688] [+] The antispyware signatures are up to date.
[00:00.688]

It reads that it is downloading updates, processing them and closing with "The antispyware signatures are up to date."
So there were no new updates.

There are only updates once a week, usually on Wednesdays.
And then there is ONE update.
If the update is available it would look like this:

SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [.] Testing which updates apply to this version...
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] TrojansC-03.sbi (version 20121114) needs to be updated (to version 20121121).
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] Tracks.uti (version 20050217) needs to be updated (to version 20121119).
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] PUPSC.sbi (version 20121114) needs to be updated (to version 20121121).
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] MalwareC.sbi (version 20121114) needs to be updated (to version 20121121).
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] Malware.sbi (version 20121114) needs to be updated (to version 20121121).
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] AdwareC.sbi (version 20121114) needs to be updated (to version 20121121).
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] Adware.sbi (version 20121114) needs to be updated (to version 20121120).
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [.] Downloading updates...
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:27] [+] File "Adware.sbi" needs to be downloaded.
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:28] [+] Downloaded archive "Adware.sbi-20121120.cab" from http://www.antispyware-downloadserve...dates/spybot2/.
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:28] [+] Extracted "Adware.sbi-20121120.cab"!
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:28] [+] Installed "Adware.sbi".
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:28] [+] File "AdwareC.sbi" needs to be downloaded.
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:28] [+] Downloaded archive "AdwareC.sbi-20121121.cab" from http://87.106.139.74/updates/spybot2/.
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:28] [+] Extracted "AdwareC.sbi-20121121.cab"!
SDUpdSvc.exe [2012-11-24 14:13:28] [+] Installed "AdwareC.sbi".

etc.......

[cootmaster]

ok ty
Sorry for all double posts
i understand now
i have leaning disability
and i guess i couldn't understand wo the explanation
i would removed the posts
but u cant edit/remove them
after i found the edit thread
sorry again

[spybotsandra]

Thank you for letting us know.

[cootmaster]

with smaller updates
TODAY Tues jan 21 i noticed it updated TWICE
im assuming it will tomorrow jan 22 WED
was it early or will this be new thing.

also w these updates should i scan several times/a day not just wedsday now