
I've been experiencing similar problems, after having previously had Spybot performing without a hitch.
I first tried launching Spybot S&D for a routine scan, and the window never came up. After several tries, the SS&D window came up, but as soon as I clicked the "Search for Problems" button, SS&D just shut down ... no, it didn't freeze ... it was as if I simply closed the window myself!
The next thing I tried was removing SS&D and reinstalling it again. On the first attempt, the window closed itself as soon as the download completed! I finally got SS&D reinstalled, and got the updates. Once again, I got SS&D launched, but as soon as I clicked the "Search for Problems" button, SS&D just shut down again, all by itself.
I have no idea what is going on .... is there malware out there that targets security software and shuts it down?
*** My system parameters***
Dual Athlon CPUs
1 GB DDR RAM
Two Maxtor 180GB HDDs
Windows XP Professional, SP2 (slipstream installation)
CA EZTrust antivirus
ZoneLabs firewall
Spybot S&D, AdAware, HijackThis, Pocket Killbox
Thanks for all info, comments and suggestions
- Dave G.