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SpyBot S&D 1.5 slow to start

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by Christer, 2008/01/09.

  1. 2008/01/09
    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Hello all!

    Today, I uninstalled SpyBot S&D 1.4 and installed 1.5. It takes almost two minutes to launch with 100% CPU for SpyBotSD.exe. Is this normal?

    Thanks for your time,
    Christer
     
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    PeteC

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    Hi Christer

    It's a bug of sorts of which they are aware and it annoyed me intensly :) Solved by downloading a beta 1.5.1.16 - runs/starts as normal.

    Nearest link I could find today is .....

    http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=19408 - Post #4

    The update for 1.5 is due out shortly according to the forum.
     
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  4. 2008/01/09
    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    Hi Pete!

    Thanks for that piece of information. I could have searched and possibly found it myself but instead, I did a few empirical tests. Uninstalling the Swedish version and installing the English version made no difference. Both worked well until updated. I planned to download one update at a time to find out which one is the culprit but now ... :cool: ... I won't but will sit on my hands.

    This upgrade was "prompted" by Ad-Aware 1.06 no longer being supported and when I had substituted Ad-Aware 2007, I thought I might as well abandon SpyBot S&D 1.4 and go for SpyBot S&D 1.5 but It will have to wait until next month.

    Christer
     
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  5. 2008/01/10
    uXu

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    There is a fix for the slow start problem posted in a thread in their forums.

    It's located here: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=22481

    I hope it's okay to post this link.
     
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  6. 2008/01/11
    PeteC

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    uXu - that's the link I was after, but any of the subsequent beta's should have the same effect. Worked for me!

    Thanks.
     
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    Christer

    Christer Geek Member Staff Thread Starter

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    uXu,
    thanks for that but I think I will stick with 1.4 until the working version of 1.5 is out of beta and on the normal download site.

    Christer
     
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  8. 2008/01/13
    uXu

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    I know of a few people who decided to stick with 1.4 and I'm considering switching back, because now for some reason, since adding the fix, Ad-Aware is loading extremely slow.... I'm not sure if its related to the fix, but I have to admit, it seems strange.....
     
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  9. 2008/01/13
    PeteC

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    Which version of Ad-Aware? - I have no problems with 2007 loading slowly with the fixed Spybot installation.

    BTW - since Jan 1 only manual updates, not web updates, are available for the previous version of Ad-Aware.
     
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  10. 2008/01/13
    uXu

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    I never knew about the manual updates for the "older" version, which I just happen to have been using.

    The problems I was having (on 3 computers) was that it would load extremely slow and the other was that it would not update unless it was done manually. I never knew the updates had to be done manually for previous versions, before Jan 1...

    Thanks PeteC, the problem seems to solved.... everything is running fine again... :D
     
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    PeteC

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    Thanks again PeteC and I will check out that thread... :)
     
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