Interpretation guide for SB 2.4.40.0 scan results?
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tashi
Member of Team Spybot
Hello Exerciser,
Tutorials: http://www.safer-networking.org/support/first-steps-tutorial/
Which results are particularly unclear, is it the rootkit scan?
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?46-RootAlyzer
Best regards.
Tutorials: http://www.safer-networking.org/support/first-steps-tutorial/
Which results are particularly unclear, is it the rootkit scan?
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?46-RootAlyzer
Best regards.
I didn't use the RootKit, at least not intentionally. I simply scanned the C-drive. In the old SpybotS&D, many things get queued up, and then processed. It was clear whether there was a problem. Now, there is a very long list of things, each rated with a green bar. Most of mine are rated 2. The answer is no longer clear. If it was a 5-point scale, and say 0 meant 0% chance of a problem while 5 meant 100% chance -- we can then roughly equate 2 to 25% chance of a problem. But there are countless number of line items, each with 25% (on average). Conversely, there are countless items with 75% of being good. If you had 3 independent items, each having 75% of being good, then there is (0.75)^3 x 100% chance of being good. This drops pretty quickly as you increase from 3 items.
I admit, it's an oversimplified model. But the new SpybotS&D really begs the question of how to interpret the output. When should I be worried?
P.S. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to open up the results again.
I admit, it's an oversimplified model. But the new SpybotS&D really begs the question of how to interpret the output. When should I be worried?
P.S. There doesn't seem to be an obvious way to open up the results again.
tashi
Member of Team Spybot
Hello Exerciser,
Threat level documentation was to be improved, as I'm not sure where that stands I will made a request.
If you run another scan check this short 'how to' so you easily find the logs: How to create a report
Threat level documentation was to be improved, as I'm not sure where that stands I will made a request.
If you run another scan check this short 'how to' so you easily find the logs: How to create a report
I followed option#2 and found myself in the folder C:\ProgramData\Spybot - Search & Destroy\Logs. There are *.txt files and *.log files. The latter merely show that a scan took place. The *.txt files do not show the green bars that reported by the GUI after a scan. Is there a simple way to determine whether anything needs attention? Before, it was easy. Now, it isn't.