Error Deleting File or Folder

[lucycat]

Tried to remove Spybot S&D, 1.4 by following FAQ link 'How to uninstall?'. In "Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs", attempted to delete the installation folder, the following error message came up:

Cannot delete advcheck.dll: access is denied. . . . . insure disk is not full, write protected or not in current use

Is this due to Teatimer running in the background? If so, how is it disabled?

Will appreciate any help I can get.

Lucycat

[md usa spybot fan]

The advcheck.dll is used by TeaTimer. To exit TeaTimer:

• Right click Spybot's TeaTimer System Tray Icon.
• Click Exit Spybot-S&D Resident.

However, if you are permanently uninstalling Spybot there could be other remnants left in your system depending on the features used while running Spybot. For example the startup entry for TeaTimer will not be deleted by exiting TeaTimer.

My recommendation on how to completely uninstall Spybot-S&D 1.4, including any system registry entries or files that may have been altered while using various features of Spybot:

• Go into Spybot > Immunize
  • Click "Undo" button (at the top)
  • Uncheck (if checked) the following:
    "Enable permanent blocking of bad addresses in Internet Explorer"
• Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Resident
  • Uncheck (if checked) the following:
    Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) Active.
• Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > IE Tweaks.
  • Uncheck (if checked) any of the following "Miscellaneous locks":
    • Lock Hosts file read-only as protection against hijackers
    • Lock IE start page setting against user changes (current user)
    • Lock IE control panel against opening from within IE (current user)
• Go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced Mode > Tools > Hosts file
  • Click the "Remove Spybot S&D hosts list" button (at the top)
• Exit Spybot-S&D
• Make sure that TeaTimer is not running by checking for the TeaTimer System Tray Icon. If the icon is there:
  • Right click Spybot's TeaTimer System Tray Icon > click Exit Spybot-S&D Resident. TeaTimer should close.
• Go to Windows > Control panel > Add or Remove Programs > Locate "Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.4" > Remove.
• Using Windows explorer, verified that the following folder has been delete. If not, delete it:
  • C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy
• If you want to make sure that all the registry entries that Spybot-S&D added during installation are removed, there is a .reg file available on the safer-networking.org WEB site that can do that. See the following article:
  • FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
    How to uninstall?
    http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/27.html
  • The direct download link is:
    this very small fix
    --- or ---
    remove-spybotsd-settings.reg
  • Download the file.
  • Double click on it
  • Answer Yes then OK
• Depending on the operating system, delete the following folder (please note that deleting the following folder will remove all logs and "Recovery" files that were created while using Spybot. You may want to delay the deletion of this folder until you are sure that you never want/need to use Spybot again):
  • Windows 95 or 98:
    C:\Windows\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy
  • Windows ME:
    C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy
  • Windows NT, 2000 or XP:
    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy