Spybot 2.0 ????

spybotsandra said:
Hello,

You will find new updates about the product and the development on our Twitter page.

Further you will find an outlook at Spybot 2.0 here.

Best regards
Sandra
Team Spybot
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New updates about Spybot's development and its "outlook" mean exactly nothing when it's taken you this long to come up with a new version that's not clunky, doesn't take forever to load, doesn't interfere with IE7/IE8, is such an antiquated application that very few people even use it anymore. Spybot has pretty much dropped off the antispyware/antimalware map altogether. I just installed it on a Windows 2000 Professional computer I'm working on (866mhz PIII, 512mb RAM, 40gb 7200rpm WD hard drive, fresh install of 2kPro) because very few good apps providing real-time protection even support 2kPro anymore, Spybot takes a minute & a half to load. That's unacceptable...

Until 2.0 comes out with vast improvements over the current version, I won't use Spybot nor can I in good conscience recommend it to anyone.

You've been working on this for over a year, what's the deal? -kd5-
 
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It seems that there are no changes... not even in 2.0 alpha subforum... I have no idea are they even work on it anymore...
 
We all want the new version, and see how good it is. But, I guess the Spybot team is doing their best, and we have to wait. On the other hand, I totally agree with you guys. They said that the beta/alpha should be released in april, so did not.

However, we have to wait. We can't travel in time - yet.
 
no, this is just speculation, because we do not answer the everydays question "when is it ready, when is it ready, when is it ready......?" ;)
 
Safari 5 just might be immunizable too.

According to the developer of Safari AdBlock, Safari 5 (available for Windows XP and later) is able to block content: http://safariadblock.com/
FAQ

Q: Does AdBlock for Safari actually prevent stuff from being downloaded, or just hide it after the fact?
A: The former. Chrome doesn't support preventing resources from being downloaded, but Safari does, and I added code to support that. This also means that SCRIPT tags will be blocked in Safari by the EasyList rules, whereas in Chrome we've had to constantly bandaid this with custom rules to block the elements the scripts put onto the page.
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Whatever mechanism is exploited by this extension might be put to use by the Immunization feature in Spybot 2.0 (or at worst it might only be usable by those with AdBlock installed, by adding a custom filter subscription...which might also be a good idea to make available for the AdBlock extensions for Chrome and Firefox and lesser-known browsers).
 
Answer to my e-mail received.

Thanks for sending me an electronic birthday card.:red:

What is the relevance of this program of yours? As of Today?:spider:

I will not even bother trying this ancient program ever again.:rolleyes:

Good Luck with the next version of it, anyway!muha:
 
I am more into restabilizing my machine's O.S. than a so-called immunization from Hacker-made malware program. Besides, theses malwares are immune to firewalls, antiviruses and, any possible immunization programs like Spybot S&D.

Tune-up programs will fix anything the internet can send to your machine, anytime, anyday. They will then, reconstitute the image of Windows installation and its registry in no time flat.
;)
 
Luc J. Patenaude said:
I am more into restabilizing my machine's O.S. than a so-called immunization from Hacker-made malware program. Besides, theses malwares are immune to firewalls, antiviruses and, any possible immunization programs like Spybot S&D.

Tune-up programs will fix anything the internet can send to your machine, anytime, anyday. They will then, reconstitute the image of Windows installation and its registry in no time flat.
;)
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Immunization prevents many avenues of malware installation from being used at all, by blocking certain websites or specific URLs (and in the case of IE, sending them to the Restricted zone), blacklisting plugins, and adding ActiveX killbits:rolleyes:

I'll admit that it won't remove any malware that's already there, but it has the potential benefit of keeping some malware from "phoning home" if, say, its update site is redirected to 127.0.0.1 in the HOSTS file.
 
lewisje said:
According to the developer of Safari AdBlock, Safari 5 (available for Windows XP and later) is able to block content: http://safariadblock.com/
Whatever mechanism is exploited by this extension might be put to use by the Immunization feature in Spybot 2.0 (or at worst it might only be usable by those with AdBlock installed, by adding a custom filter subscription...which might also be a good idea to make available for the AdBlock extensions for Chrome and Firefox and lesser-known browsers).
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Chrome is now also able to actually block content, although the developer of Chrome AdBlock (who is also the creator of Safari AdBlock) says it doesn't work all that well...
 
That was then, this is now.

spybotsandra said:
This has been addressed on page 7 of this thread.
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Back then it wasn't possible to block content in Chrome; now according to the developer of the Chrome AdBlock extension, it is: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

Check out the development of this remarkable new feature: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=35897

Chrome development goes fast; by the time a beta gets pushed out you might be able to fully immunize rather than use a plugin to do the browser's job for you.
 
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