Spybot S&D no longer updates

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 23:08:00 -0500, dak
<alt-privacy-spyware@spamtrap.cjb.net> wrote:

> 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.

Dak ... is there a workaround that might involve the .ini file?
Thanks in advance.

[dak]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 06:45:27 +1000, "Ken Russell"
<kenrussellmyhat@optushome.com.au> wrote:

>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.

The manual update writes the wrong line to the "download.ini" file.
Spybot S&D reads the RELEASEDATE line under the [includes.zip] header
for displaying in the program, which the internal update writes to, but
the manual update writes/adds an UPDATEDATE line instead.
I understand that this issue is known and is to be fixed in a later
release.

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[dak]

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 23:58:29 GMT, Doc <postmaster@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

>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
>..
>
The manual update does update the "downloaded.ini" file, but instead of
updating the "ReleaseDate=" line it adds the "UpdateDate=" line, so the
program display isn't changed.
Now that I think about it, I believe the "UpdateDate=" line is the
manual update's equivalent to the internal/auto update's "InstallDate="
line and will show the actual date it's applied and not when it was
released.
At any rate, either way, it's a known issue and to be corrected in a
later release.

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[dak]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:16:49 GMT, " <--------- Which Way --------->"
<traxless@msn.com> wrote:

>> 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.
>>
>Dak ... is there a workaround that might involve the .ini file?
>
Not that I know of (or have been able to find or figure out), sorry.
It's downloaded from <http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini>
(Patrick's site) directly by Spybot when you check for updates. It's
this control file that contains all the needed update information.
I have no idea how to redirect the fetching of this file, or if it's
even possible. And if I did, I don't have an old, good "spybotsd.ini"
file to use as a pattern, mine's a copy of the corrupt one.
I'm sure it will be corrected as soon as Patrick knows about it, but it
could also be as late as Monday morning (in Germany).
As it stands, the two choices are manual update or wait....

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[Compfix]

"dak" <alt-privacy-spyware@spamtrap.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:7ach51l2c0dc6on1fde17tsjqccbvhvc37@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:16:49 GMT, " <--------- Which Way --------->"
> <traxless@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>Dak ... is there a workaround that might involve the .ini file?
>>
> Not that I know of (or have been able to find or figure out), sorry.
> It's downloaded from <http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini>
> (Patrick's site) directly by Spybot when you check for updates. It's
> this control file that contains all the needed update information.
> I have no idea how to redirect the fetching of this file, or if it's
> even possible. And if I did, I don't have an old, good "spybotsd.ini"
> file to use as a pattern, mine's a copy of the corrupt one.
> I'm sure it will be corrected as soon as Patrick knows about it, but it
> could also be as late as Monday morning (in Germany).
> As it stands, the two choices are manual update or wait....
>
> --
> dak
> My SpywareBlaster Custom Blocking List:
> <http://customblockinglist.cjb.net/>

Mine updated fine this morning. Shows 8th April 2005 in the 'about' screen.

Bob

[Ken Russell]

Yes, all seems well now.

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"Compfix" <compfix@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "dak" <alt-privacy-spyware@spamtrap.cjb.net> wrote in message
> news:7ach51l2c0dc6on1fde17tsjqccbvhvc37@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:16:49 GMT, " <--------- Which Way --------->"
>> <traxless@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>Dak ... is there a workaround that might involve the .ini file?
>>>
>> Not that I know of (or have been able to find or figure out), sorry.
>> It's downloaded from <http://security.kolla.de/updates/spybotsd.ini>
>> (Patrick's site) directly by Spybot when you check for updates. It's
>> this control file that contains all the needed update information.
>> I have no idea how to redirect the fetching of this file, or if it's
>> even possible. And if I did, I don't have an old, good "spybotsd.ini"
>> file to use as a pattern, mine's a copy of the corrupt one.
>> I'm sure it will be corrected as soon as Patrick knows about it, but it
>> could also be as late as Monday morning (in Germany).
>> As it stands, the two choices are manual update or wait....
>>
>> --
>> dak
>> My SpywareBlaster Custom Blocking List:
>> <http://customblockinglist.cjb.net/>
>
> Mine updated fine this morning. Shows 8th April 2005 in the 'about'
> screen.
>
> Bob
>