Spybot - Registry changes?

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Terry Pinnell

Instead of just showing the familiar simple list of a few
viruses/tracking cookies/possible trojans/etc in its list of Critical
Objects, Spybot has now started reporting a whole kluge of stuff about
Registry changes. They have no checkmark against them, so what are
they supposed to be telling me? Most appear to be basic configuration
details in dozens of applications, such as 'Recently used file;, 'Last
opened browser', etc.

How long has this change been in place please? IMO, it's a backward
step.
 
Terry said:
Instead of just showing the familiar simple list of a few
viruses/tracking cookies/possible trojans/etc in its list of Critical
Objects, Spybot has now started reporting a whole kluge of stuff about
Registry changes. They have no checkmark against them, so what are
they supposed to be telling me?
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They are saying your registry has been changed to improper settings
and showing you what they should be.

Chech your firewall here as a first step (shields up test):
http://www.grc.com

If your AV program detects any trojans you will have to remove them
before you change the registry back to the right settings.


Most appear to be basic configuration
 
Instead of just showing the familiar simple list of a few
viruses/tracking cookies/possible trojans/etc in its list of Critical
Objects, Spybot has now started reporting a whole kluge of stuff about
Registry changes. They have no checkmark against them, so what are
they supposed to be telling me? Most appear to be basic configuration
details in dozens of applications, such as 'Recently used file;, 'Last
opened browser', etc.

How long has this change been in place please? IMO, it's a backward
step.
Click to expand...

What version?

BTW, lately, more often than not, when I try to download the updated
detection rules, or the English Language updates, I get !!!bad check
sum!, which means the server is busy. If I try to Ctrl alt delete out,
Task Manger shows Spybot running, and eventually shows not responding.

Know if there's another server to go to, and how would we get to it?

Bruce
 
What version?

BTW, lately, more often than not, when I try to download the updated
detection rules, or the English Language updates, I get !!!bad check
sum!, which means the server is busy. If I try to Ctrl alt delete out,
Task Manger shows Spybot running, and eventually shows not responding.

Know if there's another server to go to, and how would we get to it?

Bruce
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Found additional servers:

http://www.voiceofthepublic.com/SSD/udssdcp.html

but still takes about 5 minutes to dl a 1Mb update.
 
Bruce said:
What version?

BTW, lately, more often than not, when I try to download the updated
detection rules, or the English Language updates, I get !!!bad check
sum!, which means the server is busy. If I try to Ctrl alt delete out,
Task Manger shows Spybot running, and eventually shows not responding.

Know if there's another server to go to, and how would we get to it?
Click to expand...

Often I get the check sum error, but since I changed to a different server
WITHIN the program, I don't have a problem. On the screen for updating, the
second graphic from the left has an arrow to the right of it. Click on that
to pick a different server.

HTH.....Heather
 
Often I get the check sum error, but since I changed to a different
server WITHIN the program, I don't have a problem. On the screen for
updating, the second graphic from the left has an arrow to the right
of it. Click on that to pick a different server.

HTH.....Heather
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Found it, and it worked as very nicely.

Thanks much,
Bruce
 
Bruce said:
Found it, and it worked as very nicely.

Thanks much,
Bruce
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You are most welcome. Often people don't realize that there are all those
choices with the arrow.....it doesn't exactly jump out at you, grin.

Cheers....Heather
 
Terry Pinnell - 03.12.2005 20:22 :
Instead of just showing the familiar simple list of a few
viruses/tracking cookies/possible trojans/etc in its list of Critical
Objects, Spybot has now started reporting a whole kluge of stuff about
Registry changes. They have no checkmark against them, so what are
they supposed to be telling me? Most appear to be basic configuration
details in dozens of applications, such as 'Recently used file;, 'Last
opened browser', etc.

How long has this change been in place please? IMO, it's a backward
step.
Click to expand...

choose another server to download from within the program. "Europe2"
normally is working.
 
Poster said:
They are saying your registry has been changed to improper settings and
showing you what they should be.

Chech your firewall here as a first step (shields up test):
http://www.grc.com

If your AV program detects any trojans you will have to remove them
before you change the registry back to the right settings.
Click to expand...


The above would apply to those listings which are not corrected when
you choose to remove them. If you are working with XP and you get a
"Security Center" listing, that is a red flag that your firewall is
most likely disabled.

Most appear to be basic configuration
Click to expand...


These are records of your browsing and can be deleted.
 
Poster 60 said:
The above would apply to those listings which are not corrected when
you choose to remove them. If you are working with XP and you get a
"Security Center" listing, that is a red flag that your firewall is
most likely disabled.




These are records of your browsing and can be deleted.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the replies. I discovered that the advanced setting 'Usage
Tracks' had somehow become enabled. That accounts for most of those
200 or so entries. Harmless enough, but I don't like the clutter so
have disabled that option again. Puzzling how it set itself on after
several years. Maybe the latest revision makes it a default?
 
Terry said:
Thanks for the replies. I discovered that the advanced setting 'Usage
Tracks' had somehow become enabled. That accounts for most of those
200 or so entries. Harmless enough, but I don't like the clutter so
have disabled that option again. Puzzling how it set itself on after
several years. Maybe the latest revision makes it a default?
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I would think - yes - since it does in version 1.3.
The latest version is 1.4

http://www.safer-networking.org
 
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