This problem began somewhere around the middle of last year. After installing Spybot (which I have been using for many years), it runs nicely for a week or two. Then, suddenly, I get a bitdefender error when shutting down. The online advice I have found was to uninstall Spybot and then reinstall it. But this is becoming very annoying. I have yet to see an actual explanation of what is causing the software to become corrupted. Any help would be deeply appreciated.

I use this PC only to refer to online dictionaries and make posts to my blog. No web surfing, no downloading. No problems with any other software. Obviously the issue is coming from somewhere (malware of some sort?); and if there is a way to prevent this from happening, I would like to know, so I can take the appropriate steps. Obviously, it is not helpful to continue using a software that is continually becoming corrupted.

Any help that anyone can give will be deeply appreciated.

-- dmburkus