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This has occurred for me in the past. Log file below.
10/30/2005 11:01:16 AM Downloaded update info file. (http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini)
10/30/2005 11:01:47 AM downloaded update Detection rules 10/30/2005 11:01:47 AM - URL: http://www.see-cure.de/updates/files/includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:01:47 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:01:47 AM - FILE REJECTED because of bad checksum
10/30/2005 11:02:08 AM downloaded update Immunization database
10/30/2005 11:02:08 AM - URL: http://www.see-cure.net/updates/files/clsid.zip
10/30/2005 11:02:08 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\clsid.zip
10/30/2005 11:02:27 AM downloaded update Detection rules 10/30/2005 11:02:27 AM - URL: http://www.see-cure.de/updates/files/includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:02:27 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:02:27 AM - FILE REJECTED because of bad checksum
10/30/2005 11:02:31 AM Downloaded update info file. (http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini)
10/30/2005 11:03:01 AM downloaded update Detection rules 10/30/2005 11:03:01 AM - URL: http://www.see-cure.de/updates/files/includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:03:01 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:03:01 AM - FILE REJECTED because of bad checksum
10/30/2005 11:03:42 AM downloaded update Detection rules
10/30/2005 11:03:42 AM - URL: http://www.spybotupdates.com/updates/files/includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:03:42 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\includes.zip
10/30/2005 11:03:48 AM Downloaded update info file. (http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini)
11/21/2005 7:30:16 AM Downloaded update info file. (http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini)
11/21/2005 7:30:42 AM downloaded update Detection rules
11/21/2005 7:30:42 AM - URL: http://www.see-cure.de/updates/files/includes.zip
11/21/2005 7:30:42 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\includes.zip
11/21/2005 7:30:42 AM - FILE REJECTED because of bad checksum
11/21/2005 7:31:38 AM downloaded update Detection rules 11/21/2005 7:31:38 AM - URL: http://www.see-cure.de/updates/files/includes.zip
11/21/2005 7:31:38 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\includes.zip
11/21/2005 7:31:38 AM - FILE REJECTED because of bad checksum
11/21/2005 7:31:46 AM Downloaded update info file. (http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini)
11/21/2005 7:32:04 AM downloaded update Detection rules
11/21/2005 7:32:04 AM - URL: http://www.spybotupdates.com/updates/files/includes.zip
11/21/2005 7:32:04 AM - Local file: C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Updates\includes.zip
Thank you larry_d. I firstly checked for updates from the main Spybot program and then simply clicked 'Download'. I solved the problem by re-installing Spybot. Is there another option you know of?
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