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1.6 rc1
OK all is good here so far, installed the RC1 over the beta 2 just now and found the things I had questions about working OK now.
1. the screen now opens at the main S&D program screen
2. my disk properties box now opens fast, like it should with the S&D tab removed. this is good cause it wasn't useful anyhow.
As for the speed of scan, its fine by me, I'm used to "slow" lol, I'm even slower than Bill Slowsky, the turtle lololol at least he has DSL, hell I'm still on dial up , smirks. but it seemed to finish the scan pretty fast.
I only have one other deal, which I guess the ones with DSL or cable don't even notice, but why does the program always re update the data base at a new install? I always update to the latest but when installing over another version it never seems to see it and always re downloads the main base again.
Also I still would like a new GUI, or maybe someone has a new skin that looks more like a modern AV type look with 3d bubble buttons.
anyway good deal, it fixed the few items I wanted.
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OK all is good here so far, installed the RC1 over the beta 2 just now and found the things I had questions about working OK now.
1. the screen now opens at the main S&D program screen
2. my disk properties box now opens fast, like it should with the S&D tab removed. this is good cause it wasn't useful anyhow.
As for the speed of scan, its fine by me, I'm used to "slow" lol, I'm even slower than Bill Slowsky, the turtle lololol at least he has DSL, hell I'm still on dial up , smirks. but it seemed to finish the scan pretty fast.
I only have one other deal, which I guess the ones with DSL or cable don't even notice, but why does the program always re update the data base at a new install? I always update to the latest but when installing over another version it never seems to see it and always re downloads the main base again.
Also I still would like a new GUI, or maybe someone has a new skin that looks more like a modern AV type look with 3d bubble buttons.
anyway good deal, it fixed the few items I wanted.
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Here's a history on right click scanning 
Scan single files/folders
Explorer propery sheet plugin: option during installation
Speed up single file scan (SDFiles)
Scan single files/folders
Explorer propery sheet plugin: option during installation
Speed up single file scan (SDFiles)
yet another straw on the back
Lol, what would it scan on a Linux liveCDvD?
Seriously .. would another tab in <app>/Settings/Ignore products specifically for *only* checked items make sense? That way casual users need not comb the other tabs or the rather lengthy All products tab for the possibly few checked products ignored. Sometimes a product may be selected to exclude rather than a single detection and it is an eye-crosser to run that checked excluded/ignored product down on the Ignore products page as-is.
Lol, what would it scan on a Linux liveCDvD?
Seriously .. would another tab in <app>/Settings/Ignore products specifically for *only* checked items make sense? That way casual users need not comb the other tabs or the rather lengthy All products tab for the possibly few checked products ignored. Sometimes a product may be selected to exclude rather than a single detection and it is an eye-crosser to run that checked excluded/ignored product down on the Ignore products page as-is.
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Admin Query
In a future version would it be possible to make Spybot default to using the "Run as Administrator" option in Vista like some other programs do, without having to set it manually in the "Right Click" Properties menu?
In a future version would it be possible to make Spybot default to using the "Run as Administrator" option in Vista like some other programs do, without having to set it manually in the "Right Click" Properties menu?
The reason we did set it as "regular" was that Microsofts Certified for Vista requirements did expect it this way. Since we decided against this certification since it would have limited Spybot-S&D's protection against malware trying to crash it, we're not bound to those requirements, though we of course try to keep the useful majority of them.
One of our directly-after-1.6 steps will be even more separation of modules; the system internals will be a small separate tool, reducing one thing that would require admin rights, and the most important part, the fixing, will most likely also become a separate (well-integrated) file so that we might get to a point where it's no longer required to have the main window need admin rights (and you would e.g. need them only when the fixing part is called).
One of our directly-after-1.6 steps will be even more separation of modules; the system internals will be a small separate tool, reducing one thing that would require admin rights, and the most important part, the fixing, will most likely also become a separate (well-integrated) file so that we might get to a point where it's no longer required to have the main window need admin rights (and you would e.g. need them only when the fixing part is called).
1.6 rc2
Another release? I thought after rc 1 it would wait till the final was ready? Well anyway I downloaded it and installed, all is still OK, and I can't see anything changed from rc1 to rc2.So you gona hold up now and release a final and no more RC's?
BTW can't the program hold the last updates? instead of going back and re downloading them again after a install.
And keep that popup box warning about adaware off once you click "ignore".
I have the free version of that just for the heck of it and have never had any conflicts or problems using it with S&D
Another release? I thought after rc 1 it would wait till the final was ready? Well anyway I downloaded it and installed, all is still OK, and I can't see anything changed from rc1 to rc2.So you gona hold up now and release a final and no more RC's?
BTW can't the program hold the last updates? instead of going back and re downloading them again after a install.
And keep that popup box warning about adaware off once you click "ignore".
I have the free version of that just for the heck of it and have never had any conflicts or problems using it with S&D
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Suggestion for "immunization requires browser closed"
Am running v1.6 and so far love it. I have it scheduled to update, immunize, and scan at night. If I leave a browser open, it hangs there with the message that open browsers must be closed or immunization may not work. Suggest that you give the user the option to automatically close all open browsers so immunization can complete. The ability to turn this on/off would allow users to choose.
Thanks,
Kenny
Am running v1.6 and so far love it. I have it scheduled to update, immunize, and scan at night. If I leave a browser open, it hangs there with the message that open browsers must be closed or immunization may not work. Suggest that you give the user the option to automatically close all open browsers so immunization can complete. The ability to turn this on/off would allow users to choose.
Thanks,
Kenny
Seems like I'm facing another problem PepiMK. I'm sure, if this has been mentioned before (if it was it was regarding 1.5.2.20)... It seems to me that TeaTimer (1.6.0.30) is using around 50 CPU (I'm not sure if this is how you say it) when Windows loads my account and uses around 40MB of memory.
I took a look again after one hour after bootup and TeaTimer is still consuming the same amount of resources as it did during bootup.
I'm not sure if this is a problem for others, but it is for me.
I took a look again after one hour after bootup and TeaTimer is still consuming the same amount of resources as it did during bootup.
I'm not sure if this is a problem for others, but it is for me.
50 would be 50% CPU time probably
Have you tried the 1.6.1.31 TeaTimer from this thread? Download link is in post #21. Also includes a .reg file to enable a verbose debug mode, in which case Resident.log would tell you where exactly it hangs. Would be very helpful if you could test that
Have you tried the 1.6.1.31 TeaTimer from this thread? Download link is in post #21. Also includes a .reg file to enable a verbose debug mode, in which case Resident.log would tell you where exactly it hangs. Would be very helpful if you could test that
Thanks PepiMK, I'll consider it when I have the time.
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i think this is a suggestion thread for spybot program right?
I have suggestions on how we can improve program updates:
I already made a new thread, but i thought i would add it here so no one can miss it.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=32318
I have suggestions on how we can improve program updates:
I already made a new thread, but i thought i would add it here so no one can miss it.
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=32318
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I have another suggestion
I noted that many users also post about not liking the clean temp files feature that spybot asks about upon launch of the program. I think there should be a question in future releases (upon first launch of spybot) that asks the user if they want the temp file clean enabled by default upon launch of spybot. I also think it should say, note: disabling this option will make scans slower then if this option was enabled. Also, i think you should be able to change that option in the settings page as well in case the user changes there mind.
What do you think?
I noted that many users also post about not liking the clean temp files feature that spybot asks about upon launch of the program. I think there should be a question in future releases (upon first launch of spybot) that asks the user if they want the temp file clean enabled by default upon launch of spybot. I also think it should say, note: disabling this option will make scans slower then if this option was enabled. Also, i think you should be able to change that option in the settings page as well in case the user changes there mind.
What do you think?
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ah
thanks very much PepiMK
thanks very much PepiMK
Suggestion: Making all tools as Standalone Executables
You can make a tools as standalone executables.
Like that you can keep more tools open. And if you can, you can add on Spybot-S&D Main Menu the Tools button which shows all availble Tools.
It could make a better look if all icons are changed. Some icons (Skins, Hosts, action buttons and especially Ignore Cookies) have never been changed.
But, there is something that I don't like. In 1.6, when you click on Update, it automatically looks for updates. I want to update manually.
You can make a tools as standalone executables.
Like that you can keep more tools open. And if you can, you can add on Spybot-S&D Main Menu the Tools button which shows all availble Tools.
It could make a better look if all icons are changed. Some icons (Skins, Hosts, action buttons and especially Ignore Cookies) have never been changed.
But, there is something that I don't like. In 1.6, when you click on Update, it automatically looks for updates. I want to update manually.
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ya...
ya same here, when i click update on the left side of the program, it searches automatically. This makes it harder to select beta updates for download, etc. In the older spybot program, when you clicked search for updates, it searched automatically which is fine. But then if you wanted to select other options beforehand such as beta updates, clicking the "update" button on the left side panel would give you options and then you would press search. The right click teatimer option "search for updates" searches automatically, along with the button "search for updates" in the spybot program. Those are fine. But i think "update" found on the left panel of the spybot program should allow again like it did in previous versions, to click beta updates and then be able to click search instead of it searching automatically.
Hope that makes sense!
ya same here, when i click update on the left side of the program, it searches automatically. This makes it harder to select beta updates for download, etc. In the older spybot program, when you clicked search for updates, it searched automatically which is fine. But then if you wanted to select other options beforehand such as beta updates, clicking the "update" button on the left side panel would give you options and then you would press search. The right click teatimer option "search for updates" searches automatically, along with the button "search for updates" in the spybot program. Those are fine. But i think "update" found on the left panel of the spybot program should allow again like it did in previous versions, to click beta updates and then be able to click search instead of it searching automatically.
Hope that makes sense!
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