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clark1221

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I'm using version 1.5 and the sig count after the last update was 343,000+.
It took over an hour to get to 136,000 before I cancelled the scan.
Is this normal? The program used to be fast, and I can see it taking more time as updates are added, but this is ridiculous.
Thanks for any help.....
 
drragostea said:
You're using a dated version of Spybot-Search&Destroy. The latest version if 1.6.0.30. Download and upgrade from:
http://www.spybot.com/en/mirrors/index.html
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Watch it be ridiculously fast.
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Nice to see a fast reply.
But what warranty is there that S&Dv1.6 runs fast and is not cripled as in July?
I had to revert to S&D v1.52,
see here: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?p=236261#post236261

until the last update on Friday Nov.7th, when a large immunization base was applied, my scans never took more than 40-45min, however after the update I got the following:
PC with XP SP2, single core 2.39Ghz RAM 1Gb - 95min
PC with XP SP2, dual core 2.7Ghz RAM 4Gb - more than 4 hours, no joke here!
 
When I last ran Spybot a fortnight ago, the scan took 35mins:eek: which is a darn sight better than the 50+ mins 1.5.2 used to take:laugh:!

My PC has Vista SP1, 1GB Ram and an Intel Dual Core 1.60 Ghz processor.
 
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user139:

user139 said:
... But what warranty is there that S&Dv1.6 runs fast and is not cripled as in July? ...
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No warranty but the facts are:
  1. The Spyware scan count has doubled since July, elongating the scan times for everyone:
    • 2008-07-02 » 170305
    • 2008-11-12 » 340602
  2. Spybot 1.6 scans faster than Spybot 1.5.
  3. Thanks to DougCuk's perseverance in discovering that an excessive amount of stored cookies cause a slowdown in Windows Explorer and/or Internet Explorer with the original Spybot 1.6 SDHelper active. That problem has been resolved with a new SDHelper that has been available via the intergraded update process since 2008-09-24.
Other than upgrading to Spybot 1.6, I see no solution to your complaint. If you find that Spybot 1.6 is still unacceptable you can always revert back to Spybot 1.5 again as you did originally.
 
Terminator said:
When I last ran Spybot a fortnight ago, the scan took 35mins:eek: which is a darn sight better than the 50+ mins 1.5.2 used to take:laugh:!

My PC has Vista SP1, 1GB Ram and an Intel Dual Core 1.60 Ghz processor.
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Wow, very funny.
Thank you for your valuable contribution.

A PC is a tool for work, I do not consider time spend for maintenance lost, but if products force reverting to a previous version, as it was with S&D, and considering the time looking for knowledgeable support, I rather revert to a Mac.
The most important for me is the fact that I kind of don’t trust S&D anymore.
 
md usa spybot fan said:
user139:


No warranty but the facts are:
  1. The Spyware scan count has doubled since July, elongating the scan times for everyone:
    • 2008-07-02 » 170305
    • 2008-11-12 » 340602
  2. Spybot 1.6 scans faster than Spybot 1.5.
  3. Thanks to DougCuk's perseverance in discovering that an excessive amount of stored cookies cause a slowdown in Windows Explorer and/or Internet Explorer with the original Spybot 1.6 SDHelper active. That problem has been resolved with a new SDHelper that has been available via the intergraded update process since 2008-09-24.
Other than upgrading to Spybot 1.6, I see no solution to your complaint. If you find that Spybot 1.6 is still unacceptable you can always revert back to Spybot 1.5 again as you did originally.
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Thank you for taking time to reply,
I see no other way but to upgrade to v1.6, v1.52 really messed things after last Friday.
 
Spybot 1.6

I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this question or not. I have been having the same problem starting within the last week or two, and I also noticed a sizeable increase in the count. But, I am wondering if Spybot 1.6 is compatible with Windows XP_sp3? I haven't installed Service Pack 3 yet, but was just getting ready to do so. Any known issues here?:scratch:
 
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ronald, the scan counts increase with each update. This is because more detections are being added and updated in the database. Spybot-Search&Destroy 1.6 tries to give you the fastest scanning time.
Spybot-SD 1.6 is fully compatible with Windows XP Home/Professional Edition SP3.

user, I really don't know how the scan times may take so long. On my XP a decent 15-20 minutes is enough. But there are so many variables (number of files, processes, etc.). If you plan to revert to 1.5.2.20, I would suggest you stick with 1.6.0.30. I mean like if there is a time difference between the scans of the two versions.

The least I can suggest is clear the temp. files, cache from browsers, cookies, and defragment your drive. I can't promise it might help. But it would be great, even if it was the tiniest bit.
 
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