Suggestions

Client Protection

Does spybot protect ITSELF?
I imagine since so many people use it, at some point some clever spyware writer will try and quietly disable it, just like they do with windows firewall.GRRRRRRR!
If not, maybe it should. I know some expensive security progs do this and some don't.I don't know how you would go about it but if you checked things like file locations and exact sizes you could maybe see if something had been tampered with??
Just an idea.
 
Suggestions for Spybot 1.5

I hope that Spybot will look more streamlined, and better in its detection for spyware. TeaTimer should also improve such that it can be much user friendly. TeaTimer in Spybot 1.4 is a bit complicated to understand and use.
 
@666666: there are multiple levels of self-protection; from those that detect if the executables have been changed (both simply through the Authenticode certificate, as well as through our own checks); on Windows Vista, we integrate into the Windows Security Center which will warn if Spybot-S&D gets inactive, and a few more.

@darkdestiny, Despise_Spyware, Chaos17: well, the looks... I admit I tend to look more at functionality than at looks ;) The 1.5 GUI won't have a lot of UI changes; but the 2.0 UI will be completely redesigned, and that redesign should start next weel.

@boyscout: new TeaTimer has an option to get disabled in the context menu.

@Reggie Stry: there'll be an extra page on the website for beta overviews :)

**JameS**: getting fingerprints out of other software is a huuuuuge copyright violation.

@unsure: parental control? Hmmm... parts of Spybot-S&D (Settings, Tools) can be protected through a password... that's undocumented though ;)

@LeAd DiAg: when the entries where created cannot be determined from looking at the registry (a registry key has some additional information, registry values do not). But there's the snapshot mechanism - right-click many of the Tools lists, and you can create a snapshot. Every change after that will be highlighted in bold until you make the next snapshot.

Also, for not having to check each entry, RunAlyzer might be a better choice, since it has some better classification mechanism, and will replace the Tools section in 2.0.

@anonymous user: font has actually been changed to Tahoma as wished for :)

@BrainDedd: smaller updates have also been implemented months ago, just didn't reply here yet ;)

@Osc: whether you have to close/reopen depends on the type of updates. Some just need restarts, e.g. for .exe and .dll updates.

Mailing lists have been planed for years, just never have been set up really ;)
As noel-pr7 said though, the fixed day (currently Wednesday, because it gives a better response time in case of problems than Friday) makes it easy.

@wceti: there were interim versions of 1.4, and 1.5 will support additionally attached harddisk from the scratch: it will search all drives for Windows installations, and then will be able to scan files and even the registry of those inactive installations. This works without any changes when booting Windows PE (Bart PE...), or when specifying /allhives when starting Spybot-S&D.

@Osc: Scheduled updates: should be even easier now due to separate SDUpdate.exe

Guess I should try to give answers more in time to show that I actually read this :rolleyes:
 
Just to add about the latest 1.5.1.16 and additional file patches and reg-patch for floppy-seek at startup.

The patched & regfile imported system, it still seeks for floppy at startup & update.

& are there more people using SS&D & Spywareblaster ?
Since immunizing using SS&D1.5, spywareblaster takes a much longer time checking the Mozilla/Firefox protections enabled.
 
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I use spywareblaster and notice no changes, but, I use IE!

I also have updated things, and still have floppy seek too
 
Hello ,

Is there a way now , in v1.5x , to allow Spybot to scan other Drives other than "C" ?

Scott.................:sad:
 
Scott:

There are no settings within Spybot to scan specific drives and it is not normally necessary. Unlike anti-virus programs and some other anti-spyware programs, Spybot does not do an in-depth scan of every file on the primary drive. For a brief description of how Spybot scans see:
There is a special scan for Spyware installers (files not installed yet) that can be limited to specific directories (actually it should be limited) which can be located on either internal or external drives. To activate this feature go into Spybot > Mode > Advanced mode > Settings > Directories and add directories. There is more on what this feature scans for here:
 
Scan a file option in resident

I was wondering if you could add an option to scan a file when the resident blocks a registry change.
I'm currently using Spybot S&D 1.4, great program btw, and am not sure whether it already has this.
Thanks
 
Sugestion

My only suggestion for this great program would be a pause scan button, while scanning.
 
More suggestions

heh, thanks for the response. Now that my only suggestion has been resolved, i can only consider spybot s&d to be 99.9% perfect!:laugh:

Thanks for all your hard work on this essential software!
 
Another suggestion would be aswell as a progress bar, is it possible to also have a percentage count aswell. Now im being a little picky!

And also, when a new version of spybot is available, show a link to the download page in the updater window aswell. You could also include an option to check for beta program updates or even have a direct download link to the files.

And finally, during a scan, show the time remaining of the scan, to give people a rough idea of how long the scan would take.
 
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my input

honda12 last post i agree with.
Addaware was good, why cant spybot tell you the registry being scanned, and memory, and active spyware products in memmory etc, and an estimate scan

-I WANT to see an option to kill running processes, like for real,
-and the ability to remove items on boot, like right lick them and select 'remove on boot',
-and the option to uninstall any program, like those nasty pricks that wont uninstall.
-And the option to lock the entire internet but spybot so spybot can download the latest updates and the spyware/trojans on your pc cant download friends and update themselves and hog internet use before you remove them.
 
What exactly is an "option to ill running processes, like for real"? Is our method in any way "unreal"?

And Spybot-S&D asks you whether you want to remove items on reboot if you can't reboot them, why confusing the user with another option to do that from the context menu?

What exactly would be "an option to uninstall any program"... if Spybot-S&D doesn't complete remove something, you can always inform our detectives and they will improve detection for that program... or you can even write detection files yourself... but the "option to uninstall any program" is usually called "format c:" ;)

The last one is a good idea to keep in mind though :)
 
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