SpywareBlaster item unprotects itself.

[Andy Walker]

Buffalo wrote:

>1)Uninstall and reinstall SpyWareBlaster

I would suggest if you plan to do this, that you first unprotect all
items before uninstalling SpywareBlaster. You can re-protect the items
after reloading and updating.

[Buffalo]

Andy Walker wrote:
> Buffalo wrote:
>
>> 1)Uninstall and reinstall SpyWareBlaster
>
> I would suggest if you plan to do this, that you first unprotect all
> items before uninstalling SpywareBlaster. You can re-protect the items
> after reloading and updating.


GOOD catch! I am surprised that the uninstaller doesn't do that
automatically.
Here it is from javacoolsoftware, themselves:
https://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sup...eid=30&nav=0,4
"For a clean uninstall of the SpywareBlaster program:

To shut down SpywareBlaster:


a.. Open SpywareBlaster and select "Disable All Protection"


b.. Close SpywareBlaster


c.. Close the AutoUpdate program, if open. To check, use CTRL-ATL-DELETE:


a.. Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and at the same time hit the DELETE
key once to open the Windows Task Manager

b.. Click on the "Processes" tab in the Windows Task Manager (you can
sort the list alphabetically by clicking on the "Image Name" header)

c.. Look for a program called sbautoupdate.exe

d.. If you find sbautoupdate.exe, click on it and then on "End Process"

e.. If you also see a program called spywareblaster.exe, use "End
Process" on it too


To uninstall SpywareBlaster (once it is shut down):


a.. Open the Control Panel (click on START in the lower left corner of
your screen, then on CONTROL PANEL)


b.. Open ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS


c.. Search for the SpywareBlaster entry and select REMOVE - this should
uninstall it


d.. Reboot.

If you can close down SpywareBlaster but the uninstaller is unable to do its
job (perhaps due to previous incomplete uninstalls), you may need to
download and install SpywareBlaster over-the-top of your old installation.
This will give you a good copy of the uninstaller, and you should then be
able to follow the steps above and uninstall completely."

[Heather]

Thanks, Buffalo (Canada??) and Andy.....I did download the last one over
top of the previous one, but perhaps it is time to uninstall and
reinstall. The fact that 2 of us are seeing the same thing become
*unprotected* strikes me as a fault of some sort in the program. Any
comments?

I haven't had time to query the site.

Heather (Toronto)

"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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>
>
> Andy Walker wrote:
>> Buffalo wrote:
>>
>>> 1)Uninstall and reinstall SpyWareBlaster
>>
>> I would suggest if you plan to do this, that you first unprotect all
>> items before uninstalling SpywareBlaster. You can re-protect the
>> items
>> after reloading and updating.
>
>
> GOOD catch! I am surprised that the uninstaller doesn't do that
> automatically.
> Here it is from javacoolsoftware, themselves:
> https://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sup...eid=30&nav=0,4
> "For a clean uninstall of the SpywareBlaster program:
>
> To shut down SpywareBlaster:
>
>
> a.. Open SpywareBlaster and select "Disable All Protection"
>
>
> b.. Close SpywareBlaster
>
>
> c.. Close the AutoUpdate program, if open. To check, use
> CTRL-ATL-DELETE:
>
>
> a.. Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and at the same time hit the
> DELETE
> key once to open the Windows Task Manager
>
> b.. Click on the "Processes" tab in the Windows Task Manager (you
> can
> sort the list alphabetically by clicking on the "Image Name" header)
>
> c.. Look for a program called sbautoupdate.exe
>
> d.. If you find sbautoupdate.exe, click on it and then on "End
> Process"
>
> e.. If you also see a program called spywareblaster.exe, use "End
> Process" on it too
>
>
> To uninstall SpywareBlaster (once it is shut down):
>
>
> a.. Open the Control Panel (click on START in the lower left corner
> of
> your screen, then on CONTROL PANEL)
>
>
> b.. Open ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS
>
>
> c.. Search for the SpywareBlaster entry and select REMOVE - this
> should
> uninstall it
>
>
> d.. Reboot.
>
> If you can close down SpywareBlaster but the uninstaller is unable to
> do its
> job (perhaps due to previous incomplete uninstalls), you may need to
> download and install SpywareBlaster over-the-top of your old
> installation.
> This will give you a good copy of the uninstaller, and you should then
> be
> able to follow the steps above and uninstall completely."
>
>

[Buffalo]

Heather wrote:
> Thanks, Buffalo (Canada??) and Andy.....I did download the last one
> over top of the previous one, but perhaps it is time to uninstall and
> reinstall. The fact that 2 of us are seeing the same thing become
> *unprotected* strikes me as a fault of some sort in the program. Any
> comments?
>
> I haven't had time to query the site.
>
> Heather (Toronto)
>

Heather, try the uninstall directions and then reinstall and let us know how
it works.
Thanks,
Buffalo

[Heather]

"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message
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>
>
> Heather wrote:
>> Thanks, Buffalo (Canada??) and Andy.....I did download the last one
>> over top of the previous one, but perhaps it is time to uninstall and
>> reinstall. The fact that 2 of us are seeing the same thing become
>> *unprotected* strikes me as a fault of some sort in the program. Any
>> comments?
>>
>> I haven't had time to query the site.
>>
>> Heather (Toronto)
>>
>
> Heather, try the uninstall directions and then reinstall and let us
> know how
> it works.
> Thanks, Buffalo

OK, did that after I posted and it uninstalled perfectly and I
reinstalled it. There were a few backup copies of hosts and also
*ssave.sss* files in the folder. Just checked and they are still there,
but none of them have today's date.

I will check it every day and see if I ever get those two being
unchecked again.

Thanks....Heather
>
>
>
>

[Andy Walker]

Heather wrote:

>The fact that 2 of us are seeing the same thing become
>*unprotected* strikes me as a fault of some sort in the program. Any
>comments?

I've seen this type of thing happen before when another anti-spyware
program sees the registry entry for a domain as threat and deletes the
entry (even though the entry actually places the domain in the
restricted zone). I think this has happened with Spybot Search &
Destroy and Windows Defender in the past, and probably others.

[Heather]

"Andy Walker" <awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote in message
news:48c9d1a7.88967468@news.webtv.com...
> Heather wrote:
>
>>The fact that 2 of us are seeing the same thing become
>>*unprotected* strikes me as a fault of some sort in the program. Any
>>comments?
>
> I've seen this type of thing happen before when another anti-spyware
> program sees the registry entry for a domain as threat and deletes the
> entry (even though the entry actually places the domain in the
> restricted zone). I think this has happened with Spybot Search &
> Destroy and Windows Defender in the past, and probably others.

Thanks Andy.....yes, I run Spybot once a week and also SuperAntiSpyware
every 10 days or so......so it could have been something in one of them.
That would make sense.

Cheers....Heather

[Andy Walker]

Heather wrote:

>
>"Andy Walker" <awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote in message
>news:48c9d1a7.88967468@news.webtv.com...
>> Heather wrote:
>>
>>>The fact that 2 of us are seeing the same thing become
>>>*unprotected* strikes me as a fault of some sort in the program. Any
>>>comments?
>>
>> I've seen this type of thing happen before when another anti-spyware
>> program sees the registry entry for a domain as threat and deletes the
>> entry (even though the entry actually places the domain in the
>> restricted zone). I think this has happened with Spybot Search &
>> Destroy and Windows Defender in the past, and probably others.
>
>Thanks Andy.....yes, I run Spybot once a week and also SuperAntiSpyware
>every 10 days or so......so it could have been something in one of them.
>That would make sense.

I ran some tests and it appears to be a problem with the immunize
feature within Spybot. It looks like they are corrupting the key for

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet
Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\5starvideos.com

This causes the key to be useless for protection and SpywareBlaster
recognizes that the key needs to be reset. You should run
SpywareBlaster after you immunize with Spybot in order to reset the
key until Spybot fixes the problem. I don't feel like reporting it to
them myself so if someone else wants to, then be my guest.

[slate_leeper]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:55:00 -0400, Andy Walker
<awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote:

>I ran some tests and it appears to be a problem with the immunize
>feature within Spybot. It looks like they are corrupting the key for
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet
>Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\5starvideos.com
>
>This causes the key to be useless for protection and SpywareBlaster
>recognizes that the key needs to be reset. You should run
>SpywareBlaster after you immunize with Spybot in order to reset the
>key until Spybot fixes the problem. I don't feel like reporting it to
>them myself so if someone else wants to, then be my guest.


You are exactly correct. Running "immunize" with SpyBot SD causes the
problem, even though Spybot SD shows zero unprotected items both
before and after the immunization run.

Therefore I agree that there really is no problem to worry about as
far as infection or safety of my system is concerned.

Thanks much, awalker!

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[Heather]

Thanks, Andy......I will follow your suggestions.

Heather

"Andy Walker" <awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote in message
news:48c9f4cf.97967328@news.webtv.com...
> Heather wrote:
>
>>
>>"Andy Walker" <awalker@nspank.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:48c9d1a7.88967468@news.webtv.com...
>>> Heather wrote:
>>>
>>>>The fact that 2 of us are seeing the same thing become
>>>>*unprotected* strikes me as a fault of some sort in the program.
>>>>Any
>>>>comments?
>>>
>>> I've seen this type of thing happen before when another anti-spyware
>>> program sees the registry entry for a domain as threat and deletes
>>> the
>>> entry (even though the entry actually places the domain in the
>>> restricted zone). I think this has happened with Spybot Search &
>>> Destroy and Windows Defender in the past, and probably others.
>>
>>Thanks Andy.....yes, I run Spybot once a week and also
>>SuperAntiSpyware
>>every 10 days or so......so it could have been something in one of
>>them.
>>That would make sense.
>
> I ran some tests and it appears to be a problem with the immunize
> feature within Spybot. It looks like they are corrupting the key for
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet
> Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\5starvideos.com
>
> This causes the key to be useless for protection and SpywareBlaster
> recognizes that the key needs to be reset. You should run
> SpywareBlaster after you immunize with Spybot in order to reset the
> key until Spybot fixes the problem. I don't feel like reporting it to
> them myself so if someone else wants to, then be my guest.