On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 22:21:07 -0700, "flan" <flan@flannery.net> wrote:

>siljaline wrote:
>>
>> Forgot the SpyBot auto-updater, which should *only* be run when there
>> are known-confirmed
>> updates available...
>>
>Why?
>
>
If you run the auto-updater without updates being available you risk corrupting your
current reference files.


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siljaline

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-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
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