A couple of times now when I try to update Spybot S&D, I'm getting a message stating "Bad Checksum". The download list comes up and the most recent updates are displayed, but when I click download, I'm getting a red "X" followed by "Detection Rules" and then the words "Bad Checksum!!" Can anybody tell me what's going on? Thanks, mike
Spybot S&D Updater: Bad Checksum?
- Thread starter mikejamm
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Hi mikejamm
Try to download from another mirror.
Or download manually from here: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
JR
Try to download from another mirror.
Or download manually from here: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
JR
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it happens occasionally..
Various reasons for why it happens - most likely simply a mixup in the file download to your machine. It's a 'good thing' that the bad checksum fails (it checks itself by a protocol to ensure the file dl'd is the same as the source file, you can do basically the same thing manually with md5 or sha* digests if given).
As noted above by J', another mirror may help or simply re-do the update..
hth
Various reasons for why it happens - most likely simply a mixup in the file download to your machine. It's a 'good thing' that the bad checksum fails (it checks itself by a protocol to ensure the file dl'd is the same as the source file, you can do basically the same thing manually with md5 or sha* digests if given).
As noted above by J', another mirror may help or simply re-do the update..
hth
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