XP SP2 Update Annoyances

[Steve N.]

Yes, I do use Spybot S&D regularly.

I had no idea that it had any effect on the Security Center settings. Any
idea why it does?

Doug is right, some malicious software will disable Security Center
warnings so Spybot S&D is designed to check those registry entries.

Thanks for the tip. I'll keep an eye out for that.

You're welcome. Good luck.

Steve N.

 

[John Waller]

Thanks Doug.

So:

a) is there any point in me manually disabling the Security Center warnings
if Spybot will be restoring them every time?

b) is the regular use of Spybot good practice in general? I also run
Ad-aware regularly and am trying out Webroot Spoy Sweeper (which I find a
bit invasive with regular warnings on screen etc etc)

 

[John Waller]

Thanks Steve.

See my reply to Doug.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

I haven't used SpyBot in quite a while, but you should be able to turn this functionality off, I would think.

 

[Steve N.]

Thanks Doug.

So:

a) is there any point in me manually disabling the Security Center warnings
if Spybot will be restoring them every time?

b) is the regular use of Spybot good practice in general? I also run
Ad-aware regularly and am trying out Webroot Spoy Sweeper (which I find a
bit invasive with regular warnings on screen etc etc)

It may be due to the Immunize function of Spybot S&D. Try the Restore
function, don't Immunize, see if that helps.

Steve N.

 

[Richard]

It may be due to the Immunize function of Spybot S&D. Try the Restore
function, don't Immunize, see if that helps.

Steve N.

I believe you can instruct Spybot to ignore the Security Center warnings
in future Spybot scans.

Richard

 

[John Waller]

I believe you can instruct Spybot to ignore the Security Center warnings

in future Spybot scans.

Thanks for that, Richard.

I found it in the Advanced Mode.

Advanced Mode > Settings > Ignore Products

Under the "Security.sbi" tab, if the Security Center entries there
(AntiVirusDisableNotify etc) are checked, Spybot says it will ignore them
during a scan.

 

[John Waller]

It may be due to the Immunize function of Spybot S&D. Try the Restore

function, don't Immunize, see if that helps.

Thanks Steve.

See my reply to Richard. I found the relevant settings under Advanced Mode.

I'm glad I asked the question now. It's good to find satisfying answers

 

[Richard]

Thanks for that, Richard.

I found it in the Advanced Mode.

Advanced Mode > Settings > Ignore Products

Under the "Security.sbi" tab, if the Security Center entries there
(AntiVirusDisableNotify etc) are checked, Spybot says it will ignore them
during a scan.

You're welcome.