Spybot 1.5 beta bugs and false positives.

[Rosenfeld]

XP home SP2, IE 7, WMP 11 All updates.

I downloaded and installed (after complete uninstall of 1.4) Spybot 1.5 beta from Neowin site. Fully updated, including beta.sbi. Teatimer not set to run.

I found the following bugs/false positives.

1. With SDHelper enabled, I cannot open the pages to SuperAntiSpyware, nor its forum:
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://forums.superantispyware.com/index.php
I just get a blank page, no message.

Unchecking SDhelper in Tools/resident, closing/reopening IE, I can access those sites. So it is definitely SDHelper that is blocking them.

2. In settings, ignore cookies, the cookie for auto login to SuperAntiSpyware forums is shown in red (as if it were a tracking cookie). If I check it to save it, go out of ignore cookies, go back, I get a message

You have excluded tracking cookies from the search. Do you really want to NOT check for them?

If I click No, the cookie is unchecked. If I click yes, it is not clear whether all tracking cookies will not be searched for or just that one.

What has Spybot got against SuperAntiSpyware? It is a perfectly respectable software, albeit you might consider it to be a competitor, that is no reason to
disable access to its web pages with SDHelper enabled, nor to treat its autologin cookie as a tracking cookie. Version1.4 did not do this.

3. Most tracks not showing up in scan.
I have tracks.uti checked, nothing excluded. The only tracks that show up in the scan are Log and Common dialog. There were lots more with v 1.4.

--- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.5 (build: 20070525) ---

2007-06-15 blindman.exe (1.0.0.6)
2007-06-15 SDMain.exe (1.0.0.4)
2007-06-15 SDUpdate.exe (1.0.6.3)
2007-06-15 SDWinSec.exe (1.0.0.8)
2007-06-15 SpybotSD.exe (1.5.1.10)
2007-06-15 TeaTimer.exe (1.5.0.9)
2007-06-17 unins000.exe (51.46.0.0)
2007-06-15 Update.exe (1.4.0.5)
2007-05-23 advcheck.dll (1.5.3.0)
2007-04-02 aports.dll (2.1.0.0)
2007-04-02 DelZip179.dll (1.79.5.3)
2007-06-15 SDHelper.dll (1.5.0.6)
2007-01-02 Tools.dll (2.0.1.0)
2007-06-13 Includes\Beta.sbi (*)
2005-02-16 Includes\Beta.uti
2007-06-13 Includes\Cookies.sbi (*)
2007-05-30 Includes\Dialer.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\DialerC.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\Hijackers.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\HijackersC.sbi (*)
2006-10-27 Includes\Keyloggers.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\KeyloggersC.sbi (*)
2007-05-30 Includes\Malware.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\MalwareC.sbi (*)
2007-03-21 Includes\PUPS.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\PUPSC.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\Revision.sbi (*)
2007-05-30 Includes\Security.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\SecurityC.sbi (*)
2007-06-06 Includes\Spybots.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\SpybotsC.sbi (*)
2005-02-17 Includes\Tracks.uti (*)
2007-05-16 Includes\Trojans.sbi (*)
2007-06-13 Includes\TrojansC.sbi (*)
2007-06-06 Plugins\TCPIPAddress.dll


I am reverting to 1.4 for now, as I definitely want to be able to use SDHelper and be able to delete some tracks.

Please let us know when the above are fixed.
Please let me know

PS Found the SDHelper log, that clearly shows it is blockin Superantispyware:

17/06/2007 04:37:49 Blocked HTTP://FORUMS.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/INDEX.PHP: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)
17/06/2007 04:44:00 Blocked HTTP://WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)
17/06/2007 04:44:33 Blocked HTTP://WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)
17/06/2007 04:44:39 Blocked HTTP://WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)
17/06/2007 04:45:56 Blocked HTTP://WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/?TAG=SUPERANTISPYWARE: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)
17/06/2007 04:47:57 Blocked HTTP://WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)
17/06/2007 04:48:02 Blocked HTTP://WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)
17/06/2007 04:48:41 Blocked HTTP://WWW.SUPERANTISPYWARE.COM/: /AntiSpyWare2007 (Blacklisted URL)

[wolfgang]

What is new in this version ?

[Rosenfeld]

You ask what's new:

I have not seen a change log, except it is now "Works with Vista" (not relevant for Windows XP users, of course).

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

But there have clearly been some changes, judging from the fact that individual components have different version numbers from their equivalents in 1.4. Changes appear to be mainly internal. From user's perspective there are no major changes in functionality; minor changes to the GUI and a few of the icons, and new pop up interface when checking for updates.

[PepiMK]

First, this is not really a public beta; it is a version that's not secret, but was intended for some pre-beta-release tests by a few people. I guess someone just tried a few likely filenames on the server when the beta was announced

1/2. Might be due to "antispyware.com" being added in an unsecure way to the block list (like the something...gator.com F/P we had a few years ago).

3. I'll look into that.

Regarding the changes, they are, as guessed, not to be found in the UI really
A real list will be available with the real public beta then...

[Rosenfeld]

Thanks for response. Sorry if I jumped the gun.

I did post separately in http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=13375

asking if it was the official 1.5 beta, but Tashi's reply was a little ambiguous, so I thought I'd try anyway.

At least you'll have the chance to fix the things I found before the official release :-)

[wk357mag]

First, this is not really a public beta; it is a version that's not secret, but was intended for some pre-beta-release tests by a few people.

Care for a few more volunteers?

[PepiMK]

Well, sinee someone (Neowin) already found out the link where the current version is, why not?

spybotsd15.exe
(Newer than the one on Neowin Still called beta though)

[PepiMK]

The changelog as well as currently known open and fixed bugs, and the download, can be found here.

[dk2005]

Ok, I gave the above 1.5 a try(the one PepiMK posted).

I think my host files weere damaged by some program(Comodo BOclean), since Spybot 1.4, when I try to use the "Add Spybot hosts lists". It'll give me this error message: .
Nothing more. Spybot 1.4 just stays as per normal.

But when try to "Add Spybot hosts lists" in 1.5, in addition to the same error message(above), more follows, and spybot 1.5 crashes. These are the error messages that displays when I click "Add Spybot hosts lists", in sequence:








Clicked Don't Send


Then spybot 1.5 just crashes. Note that nothing of this sort happens in Spybot 1.4 except for the first Error Msg. Also, in both 1.4 and 1.5, my Lock host files setting, is greyed out.

Running on Windows XP home. IE 7.

I would also appreciate a solution for what's possibly my damanged host files.

[wk357mag]

Well, sinee someone (Neowin) already found out the link where the current version is, why not?

spybotsd15.exe
(Newer than the one on Neowin Still called beta though)

Thanks I got it installed now and working with it seems nice. I did get Tea Timer to CRASH a few times. Also one time I had TWO TT's showing in my tray and also in my task manager too. So I rebooted. Then after I tell TT to allow a change (and remember it too), after the second one, it will crash. Icon is still in system tray, but a mouse over will make it go away. Task manager doesnt show TT anymore. Starting Spybot application will start TT again. Though ever time I tell it to allow something, the second one will CRASH TT again.

OK, one other thing, not really a problem, just seems weird.

When you "Search for Updates", alittle window pops up. Searches, then says "No newer updates available". Hit OK, then you got to hit exit on that popup window. Is there away to make it so that when you hit the OK, when there is no newer update, that it also EXITS the popup window too? No real big deal though.

Lastly, If you would offer an option to HIDE the TeaTimer icon, I would be happy. You did give me the edition needed to be added to registry, to hide it. This option still works, but requirs manual addition to reg. Would be a nice option to have with in the SETTINGS. But if you against this, then maybe just go ahead and have the installer ADD this key in registry anyway, but with a value of "0", which we can edit later, should be choose to.

So, would be cool to have this as an offcial option with in settings, but if not can you install this in registry so all we got to do is change value.

Thanks, I will keep working with this and look foward to the next beta version!