Spybot S&D no longer updates

[ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com]

Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
an update on 4/7.

Has this program some how been hijacked?

Thanks for any input.

[John...]

<ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com> wrote in message
news:1113075688.121964.317270@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
> sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
> Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
> though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
> installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
> upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
> still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
> update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
> an update on 4/7.
>
> Has this program some how been hijacked?
>
> Thanks for any input.
>

Same here,don't know what the problem is.
John

[Ken Russell]

I too was finding no updates. I visited their site and downloaded their
latest update 2005-04-07 from;
http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html

After installing it, SB S&D still shows 2005-03-19 as my latest installed
update.

Not happy Jan :-(

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<d11@anywhere.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:51:29 +0100, "John..." <me@here.com> wrote:
>
>>
>><ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com> wrote in message
>>news:1113075688.121964.317270@g14g2000cwa.google groups.com...
>>> Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
>>> sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
>>> Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
>>> though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
>>> installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
>>> upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
>>> still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
>>> update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
>>> an update on 4/7.
>>>
>>> Has this program some how been hijacked?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any input.
>>>
>>
>>Same here,don't know what the problem is.
>>John
>>
>>You might try the Spybot's forum.
> http://net-integration.net/main/
>

[Ken Russell]

I am having the same problem. I was able to download the update 2005-04-07
from; http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html
but after installing it still shows 2005-03-19 as my latest installed
update.

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Ken Russell

kenrussellyourhat@optushome.com.au
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<d11@anywhere.com> wrote in message
news:3vdg51t6pddd31chlc0qv4hc3ssi7h1d46@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:51:29 +0100, "John..." <me@here.com> wrote:
>
>>
>><ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com> wrote in message
>>news:1113075688.121964.317270@g14g2000cwa.google groups.com...
>>> Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
>>> sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
>>> Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
>>> though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
>>> installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
>>> upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
>>> still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
>>> update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
>>> an update on 4/7.
>>>
>>> Has this program some how been hijacked?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any input.
>>>
>>
>>Same here,don't know what the problem is.
>>John
>>
>>You might try the Spybot's forum.
> http://net-integration.net/main/
>

[Lil' Abner]

ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com wrote in news:1113075688.121964.317270
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
> sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
> Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
> though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
> installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
> upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
> still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
> update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
> an update on 4/7.

Where did you get that information? According to their site, the last
update was on 3/19.
You're probably thinking of AdAware. They had an update on 4/7.

--
-- Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it! --

[Steve R]

Tested it to see what happens.
Moved the content of the includes directory to a temp directory.
Manually installed the update.
Moved original files back.Result:

Windows overwrite prompts showed that all files moved were the latest
version.

Date still shows "2005-03-19".

Its a great program, if not a perfect one. I can live with it :-)

Steve


"Ken Russell" <kenrussellmyhat@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:42583ee6$0$5395$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au ...
>I am having the same problem. I was able to download the update 2005-04-07
>from; http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html
> but after installing it still shows 2005-03-19 as my latest installed
> update.
>
> --
> Ken Russell
>
> kenrussellyourhat@optushome.com.au
> Remove yourhat to reply by e-mail
> .
>
> <d11@anywhere.com> wrote in message
> news:3vdg51t6pddd31chlc0qv4hc3ssi7h1d46@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:51:29 +0100, "John..." <me@here.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>><ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1113075688.121964.317270@g14g2000cwa.googl egroups.com...
>>>> Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
>>>> sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
>>>> Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
>>>> though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
>>>> installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
>>>> upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
>>>> still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
>>>> update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
>>>> an update on 4/7.
>>>>
>>>> Has this program some how been hijacked?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any input.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Same here,don't know what the problem is.
>>>John
>>>
>>>You might try the Spybot's forum.
>> http://net-integration.net/main/
>>
>
>

[Lil' Abner]

"Lil' Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in
news:Xns9633A09F76C3Ebutter@daisymae.com:

> ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com wrote in news:1113075688.121964.317270
> @g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
>> Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
>> sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
>> Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
>> though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
>> installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
>> upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
>> still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
>> update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
>> an update on 4/7.
>
> Where did you get that information? According to their site, the last
> update was on 3/19.
> You're probably thinking of AdAware. They had an update on 4/7.

OK. You're right. I'm wrong... :-)
I downloaded the new definitions manually and the file dates are indeed
newer. But, like everyone is saying... it still "says" 3/19.

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[Doc]

"Lil' Abner" <blvstk@dogpatch.com> wrote in
news:Xns9633B8975600Cbutter@daisymae.com:

> I downloaded the new definitions manually and the file dates are
> indeed newer. But, like everyone is saying... it still "says" 3/19.
>

Spybot pulls the date from the includes.zip file in the spybot\updates
folder. When you manually update and extract the files to the spybot\includes
folder you do in fact have the latest version, but unless you save the zip
file to the \updates folder Spybot does not show the new date.

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Neither had a mother-in-law.

[Doc]

Doc <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in
news:Xns963475AE9869FAardvark@news.xtra.co.nz:

>
> Spybot pulls the date from the includes.zip file in the spybot\updates
> folder. When you manually update and extract the files to the
> spybot\includes folder you do in fact have the latest version, but
> unless you save the zip file to the \updates folder Spybot does not
> show the new date.
>

Disregard the above ..... correction below.

When you do an automatic update, Spybot writes to the file downloaded.ini
which is in the \Spybot\Updates\ folder. When you do a manual update and
extract the files yourself then the .ini file does NOT get updated. The
date Spybot shows on the Info tab is drawn from this section in the
downloaded.ini file.


[includes.zip]
...
InstallDate=2005-04-08
ReleaseDate=2005-04-07 <<<<< this date
...


--
Adam and Eve - the worlds happiest couple ever.
Neither had a mother-in-law.

[dak]

On 9 Apr 2005 12:41:28 -0700, ldbrw@my-Dejanews.com wrote:

>Was running version 1.3. I could not get any updates all of the
>sudden. Somehow all of the mirrors have disappeared except the EON
>Australia. When I connect to it, it says there are no updates even
>though I know there are. I downloaded the newest version 1.4B2 and
>installed it on top of my earlier version. I was not expecting an
>upfrade to version 1.4B2 or I would have uninstalled V1.3 first. I
>still have the same problem of not being able to update it. The latest
>update according to the progream was in March. I know that there was
>an update on 4/7.
>
>Has this program some how been hijacked?
>
No, neither Spybot S&D nor the website has been hijacked. The problem
is not with Spybot S&D, nor is the problem on your or any other user's
end.
The problem is with a corrupted "spybotsd.ini" file (that's the
downloaded updated information file) residing on Patrick's server, not
the update servers.
It truncates after the [-Mirrors.disabled] section header, so Spyware
S&D is never notified that there is an update to download.

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