Thanks, I will try this. But as you point out, it's not really a solution.
Shneor Sherman

Joop Klijn <j.klijnREMOVE@quicknet.nl> wrote in message news:<e20lrvskt7s575c2hg20o5ahc2mh259vbh@4ax.com>. ..
> I have found a work-around (not satisfying though):
>
> Start Spybot, select Advanced mode and select 'Actual Names Advsearch'
> as to be excluded.
>
> When scanning, it halts at 'ActualNamesAdvSearch' for quite a while,
> but does not crash.
> It then finishes the scan al the way to the end.
>
> Joop Klijn
>
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>
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>
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:22:48 +0100, Joop Klijn
> <j.klijnREMOVE@quicknet.nl> wrote:
>
> >I have the very same problem on a W98 machine.
> >
> >It happened after I downloaded the most recent update today.
> >
> >I never had problems with Spybot before.
> >
> >It even gets worse: Upon starting Spybot, the machie now crashes.
> >
> >Joop Klijn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 15 Nov 2003 16:00:39 -0800, shneor@my-deja.com (Shneor Sherman)
> >wrote:
> >
> >>I've been using Spybot on two Win2K machines for quite some time. On
> >>one of them, for the past couple of months, Spybot has been crashing
> >>the machine, which then shuts down, every time it hits 3230/10456. I
> >>have the latest update as of Nov. 11. The text for 3230 is "Actual
> >>Names.AdvSearch".
> >>
> >>Does enyone have a clue how I can clean this up? Also, of course,
> >>Spybot never gets to complete the scan.
> >>
> >>TIA.
> >>Shneor Sherman