HELP! I've lost ALL my detection definitions!

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user438

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I am new to this forum and wish to thank any and everyone in advance for help with my problem and for letting me post here with you. :)

When installing the new Version 1.6 of Spybot-S&D, when it came up on the new detections update list on Wed. 8/20/08, the Installer Wizard 'could not complete the installation without a restart'. Once rebooted, the installer was not available. I then tried an install from this home page. The installer went further than previous and completed. However, when I went to Immunize, there where now 0 detection definitions in my archive. I now have virtually no protection. Is there a place, here at Safer Network, I may download all of these old definitions?

I am running w/Windows XP SP2.
 
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However, when I went to Immunize, there where now 0 detection definitions in my archive.
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Could you clarify this for me,please?What do you see when you click Immunize in Spybot? :)
Also,could you open Spybot,click mode->advanced mode->Settings->File Sets.Do you see a long list of stuff in there,or is it just one or two things?
 
from starter: Problem semi-solved

I am 'user438' and I have semi-solved my problem myself. I re-downloaded Version 1.52 (and a few other downloads that looked promissing) from the Safer Networking home page (here) and got got my detection definitions back. I had to re-'Check Again' in 'Immunize' which showed the definitions there (64000+) but '0' were protected. I knew I was on my way home at this point. All I had to do was 'Immunize' them all again.

Now I say semi-solved because this is Version 1.52. I am happy with this at this point, but I still have to attempt updating to Version 1.6 again. We'll see.

For those that responded to my problem, thank you for your interest to help.

I shall return from time to time, maybe I can help someone else in return.
 
If you mean you downloaded from the Spybot home page/download page,it should be version 1.6.I didn't see older versions available from any of the mirrors.This page:
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html
Unless you mean you downloaded an older version of Spybot from the forum(here),somewhere.

Are you having any problems when checking for updates,after Spybot is installed,so you went back a version,or anything like that?

If you are a newer user,there's a how to update tutorial here:
http://www.spybot.info/en/howto/update.html
And a first run tutorial on here:
http://www.spybot.info/en/tutorial/index.html
 
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