Removing Opera from Spybot's Immunize list

[History Fan]

I have a PC running XP Home SP2. I'm using Spybot 1.5.2, among other
security programs. Just today, I uninstalled the Opera web browser. Yet
when I open up Spybot and go to the Immunize page, Spybot still lists Opera
as a program I can immunize. How can I remove Opera from this list? I
checked the registry, but didn't see any key that I could delete to fix
this.

 

[Dave M]

Hi History Fan;

Did you re-boot your computer or at least re-start Spybot after you removed
Opera?

 

[History Fan]

Hi History Fan;

Did you re-boot your computer or at least re-start Spybot after you
removed Opera?

Yes, I did both.

 

[Ron H]

Try running CCleaner and the Live OneCare Safety Scanner (Just use the broom)
and re-boot again :
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm?s_cid=mscom_hp

 

[History Fan]

Try running CCleaner and the Live OneCare Safety Scanner (Just use the
broom)
and re-boot again :
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm?s_cid=mscom_hp

I forgot to mention in my original post that I have CCleaner in my
startup folder. I also ran CCleaner's registry cleaning tool after
uninstalling Opera.

Using the link above, I installed and ran the Live OneCare cleanup
scan, and it found quite a bit. I rebooted, but Spybot still lists Opera in
the immunize section.

 

[Dave M]

Sorry, I really don't intend to hijack the OP's thread but I do need to say
this...

Legitimate Registry Cleaners were useful for early Windows operating
systems, but if your using a modern operating system like XP or Vista,
there is far more potential risk than possible benefit to be gained by
using any one of them, including OneCare Safety Scanner's Cleanup function.
Reports of registry breakage occur on that site regularly.

AUMHA Discussion: Should I Use a Registry Cleaner?
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099

Why I don't use Registry Cleaners by Ed Bott
http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000643.html

 

[Ron H]

History Fan, How many Invalid Registry entries did the safety scanner find
after you cleaned with CCleaner and did the scanner clean them all ?
The reason i ask is i just removed AVG-AV and there are three files that are
being found in the scans as invalid registry entries BUT aren't being
cleaned.
They show up after the scan as errors, and if there are files you can check
what they are. Just curious.

 

[History Fan]

History Fan, How many Invalid Registry entries did the safety scanner
find
after you cleaned with CCleaner and did the scanner clean them all ?
The reason i ask is i just removed AVG-AV and there are three files that
are
being found in the scans as invalid registry entries BUT aren't being
cleaned.
They show up after the scan as errors, and if there are files you can
check
what they are. Just curious.

I don't remember the exact amount....perhaps about 140 entries were
detected for removal by the OneCare Live tool. I believe they were all
cleaned but one.

 

[Ron H]

Dave, I think i installed CCleaner the same week i installed MSAS back in
early
2005 and i don't think there ever was a problem with the registry after
hundreds
of cleanings. Also i've used the Safety scanner without any problems and i
feel
safe using it, only using it after a removal of a program. And i could only
wonder
how many invalid registry entries would still be there with all the
programs I've
tried and removed over the last four years. Just this last week i un and
reinstalled
SiteAdvisor a couple of times along with Trend Protect,FinJan and AVG-AV and
the scanner found 35 invalid entries, now if i didn't clean them up with
Onecare
What would had happened to these entries in the registry? Couldn't they screw
up a reinstall of one of these programs or stop a proper install ?

 

[Dave M]

Hi Ron;

I'm siding with the internals experts. Here's what Mark Russinovich author
of Windows Internals had to say about Registry junk:

Q. Do you really think that Registry junk left by uninstalled programs
could severely slow down the computer? I would like to 'hear' your opinion.

A. No, even if the registry was massively bloated there would be little
impact on the performance of anything other than exhaustive searches.

On Win2K Terminal Server systems, however, there is a limit on the total
amount of Registry data that can be loaded and so large profile hives can
limit the number of users that can be logged on simultaneously.

I haven't and never will implement a Registry cleaner since it's of little
practical use on anything other than Win2K terminal servers and developing
one that's both safe and effective requires a huge amount of
application-specific knowledge.

http://www.whatthetech.com/2007/11/25/do-i-need-a-registry-cleaner/

 

[History Fan]

I have a PC running XP Home SP2. I'm using Spybot 1.5.2, among other
security programs. Just today, I uninstalled the Opera web browser. Yet
when I open up Spybot and go to the Immunize page, Spybot still lists
Opera as a program I can immunize. How can I remove Opera from this list?
I checked the registry, but didn't see any key that I could delete to fix
this.

I figured I would take the more drastic step and simply undo all
Spybot immunizations, uninstall Spybot, reboot PC, clean out any Spybot
remnants in the registry and files on the computer, and reinstall the
program. I did exactly that, but the Opera listing is still there!

 

[Ron H]

History Fan , Here's a little to read :
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=25597

 

[History Fan]

History Fan , Here's a little to read :
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=25597

Before I uninstalled Spybot I made sure to undo all immunizations.

 

[Kkaiser1]

I've noticed that, sometimes, when uninstalling programs the whole program
doesn't get uninstalled. Have you check your Local Disk/Program Files, is the
Opera Folder still there. If it is, Spybot may be detecting the remaining
parts of the program and therefore the immunizations for it. That is if any
of the program was removed, sometimes the uninstall will only kill the
process from running, not delete any files.