I run WinXP home SP2
At first I installed Spybot 1.6.'something' on top of the older version. Later I wasn't really sure which was which, so I uninstalled both.
I got the typical 'you have to reboot to complete uninstall' message. After rebooting I hoped both versions would be uninstalled so I could start over and do it right.
Version 1.6 was however still installed and was still working like a charm, at least for a week or so.
After that week I started to get the errormessages about the updater (and about Blindman.exe which had to be replaced by using the updater)
I am concerned that some sort of malicious software is 'destroying' my Spybot program, like what happened a few years ago on a different machine.
(I got a message about how the program was externally changed and how I should scan my PC, during which it would crash)
Would completely uninstalling and re-installing the version on the link you gave me be enough to solve the problem?