V5-259 or V4 3/4?

[Reodor]

One might wonder.
One thing for sure: Vechio might be close to a heart attack.;)

It seems lighter, but only time will tell what have disappeared.
Intelli signatures have dropped to 180.430 - looks rather close to V4?
Scan time (full scan): 38 min, with 205 earlier it was 44.
But watch out: Scanned files: 239.674? In 205: 213.000, in 258: 207.000 what have happened?
VM seems however to much the same (230+), but so far no peaking of the CPU caused by any of the SD exe's.

Let us se if history file keeps on without holes like a Swiss cheese, if updates are recorded, if the Portugeese language file is corrected..........

Cross Our fingers and see what happends.

[Stablesgh]

If there are any real changes they are not obvious. The GUI will still not close down for me without the error message that I have reported in the past. Subjectively I have to click on the close button more times than ever to get rid of the error message.

I suppose having paid for the year, I shall persist with SD5, but I have teminated my automatic subscription, and as things stand, I shall not renew it at the end of the year.

I shall have to hope that competitors produce something as effective at detecting malware, which actually works with my computer, rather than trying to work against it.

I note that even though I have terminated my subscription, I am still shown here as a subscriber? Perish the thought, but does the re-install automatically re-instate the subscription? If this is the case, I shall remove Spyeare Doctor from my system, and I shall not be back.

I notice also that the GUI now shows my subscription as being valid for 365 days.

[Reodor]

'I notice also that the GUI now shows my subscription as being valid for 365 days.'

That will change at next re-boot - normally. It allways comes up like that at every 'new' install..

As for the shut down problem of Your GUI, I guess 'something' is blocking Your SDtray.exe. Open Your task manager (process) while You try to shut down and see if there is any abnormal active other process.

[swannie]

Ok here we go again! So far everything is running fine.

One question - why does the tools button have to be downloaded separately each time? Is it an optional add-on?

[mjq424]

Hi
The tools section (i.e. Malware Detective) is only available to paying customers, hence why it is downloaded seperately.
Hope that helps

[Reodor]

:Ok here we go again! So far everything is running fine.

One question - why does the tools button have to be downloaded separately each time? Is it an optional add-on?

It is part of the 'slimming' process as well as Site Guard etc.
You only need it for Malware detective so why bother?

I have by the way got the intelli signatures up again, but fighting with some other 'bugs' when switching user accounts.
Another 'problem' I shut off SD from sys tray, just shut down - no reboot, to check the PF usage: Massive 273 MB in difference!!!!!:mad:
When I restarted SD again, system froze up and went on with 100% CPU.
The processes that all of the sudden started was csrss.exe and msoffice.exe (office97) in 'guest' account? This happends if I do not log out of Guest account, shut off SD and then restart SD. If I log out of 'Guest' open 'admin' I can shut off and restart SD without problems.
Will have a closer look tomorrow, time to quit for the day.

[Reodor]

If there are any real changes they are not obvious. The GUI will still not close down for me without the error message that I have reported in the past. Subjectively I have to click on the close button more times than ever to get rid of the error message.

I suppose having paid for the year, I shall persist with SD5, but I have teminated my automatic subscription, and as things stand, I shall not renew it at the end of the year.

I shall have to hope that competitors produce something as effective at detecting malware, which actually works with my computer, rather than trying to work against it.

I note that even though I have terminated my subscription, I am still shown here as a subscriber? Perish the thought, but does the re-install automatically re-instate the subscription? If this is the case, I shall remove Spyeare Doctor from my system, and I shall not be back.

I notice also that the GUI now shows my subscription as being valid for 365 days.


I noted in my playing around that the PF goes sky high - up 273 MB when opening the GUI. Check in Task Manager that You do not Your limmit, that will stop it from closing down!

[Stablesgh]

The CPU briefly goes to 50% when opening the GUI, but is virtually zero as the GUI closes, and when the error message appears.
The memory usage barely changes.

Thanks for trying!

[swannie]

Does 'Subscriber' refer to the fact that you're a paying customer or that you're a subscriber in the forum?

Just wanted to say that Intelli sigs have gone from 646,873 to 647,053 and scanned items from 157,658 to 158,450 going from V205 to V259. Doesn't seem like a big change. And so far no holes in History but keeping an eye on it.

One thing though - Intelli Scan takes 6.50 minutes and Full Scan a very long time. Will do one shortly and report back.

[swannie]

Hi
The tools section (i.e. Malware Detective) is only available to paying customers, hence why it is downloaded seperately.
Hope that helps

Yes it does mjq424. Thanks!

[mjq424]

Hi
Subscriber means that you have a paid subscription to Spyware Doctor either by manual or auto-renewal.
(I have to say that the definitions still dont beat AVG AntiSpyware which has 879,772 defs!)

[swannie]

Hi
Subscriber means that you have a paid subscription to Spyware Doctor either by manual or auto-renewal.
(I have to say that the definitions still dont beat AVG AntiSpyware which has 879,772 defs!)

Well, I have a paid subscription and I don't see any subscriber under my name!!!

(Also have AVG AS for on demand scanning.)

[tom.tdw]

Well, I have a paid subscription and I don't see any subscriber under my name!!!

(Also have AVG AS for on demand scanning.)did you use the same email address to register SD as you did to join the forum?

[swannie]

Ahhh... maybe not, as I have more than one. Is that the secret and if so, what should I do? - don't want to look like a freeloader.

[vecchio]

One might wonder.
One thing for sure: Vechio might be close to a heart attack.;)

It seems lighter, but only time will tell what have disappeared.
Intelli signatures have dropped to 180.430 - looks rather close to V4?
Scan time (full scan): 38 min, with 205 earlier it was 44.
But watch out: Scanned files: 239.674? In 205: 213.000, in 258: 207.000 what have happened?
VM seems however to much the same (230+), but so far no peaking of the CPU caused by any of the SD exe's.

Let us se if history file keeps on without holes like a Swiss cheese, if updates are recorded, if the Portugeese language file is corrected..........

Cross Our fingers and see what happends.

:mad: NO reodor this is not ok
the portuguese language still have problems with cut and the wrong translation for designed a clean machine(LIMPAR is the wrong word) I SEE the correct on AChen's SS but i still see the wrong word on my GUI
and of course the old story of the counter changing drastically without a good explanation continues.
so , NO god NEWS
NO GOLDEN MEDALS

[tom.tdw]

Ahhh... maybe not, as I have more than one. Is that the secret and if so, what should I do? - don't want to look like a freeloader.you could try changing your forum contact details or canceling autorenew for SD and switching the email address

anyway most people don't have a clue what subscriber means

[swannie]

you could try changing your forum contact details

anyway most people don't have a clue what subscriber means

Changed my forum contact details but don't think it makes any difference. Let's see.

[swannie]

OK No difference. There must be a way to do this - anyone who knows, please tell me. I know it's not important but I AM a subsciber.

[tom.tdw]

OK No difference. There must be a way to do this - anyone who knows, please tell me. I know it's not important but I AM a subsciber.a moderator probably could fix it for you

[swannie]

OK I'll ask. How should I go about asking? New Thread? PM?

[tom.tdw]

first could you try sudbscribing to this thread and see if this changes the status just in case me and mjq424 are wrong

you could PM

[mjq424]

Hi
I would suggest a PM to AChen, he's rather efficient at such things :)

[vecchio]

:mad: NO reodor this is not ok
the portuguese language still have problems with cut and the wrong translation for designed a clean machine(LIMPAR is the wrong word) I SEE the correct on AChen's SS but i still see the wrong word on my GUI
and of course the old story of the counter changing drastically without a good explanation continues.
so , NO god NEWS
NO GOLDEN MEDALS
OK i have made a mistake
here the facts:
i made two 259 installs,on the first i recieve a BIG update file (arround20 mb) for dowload .then i installed 205 again
when i tried 259 for the second time i have a small(just some KB) for dowload..why?
i cant undestand it
now i have to admit the counter seems STABILIZED(AND HERE IS MY MISTAKE) so PCTOOLS PLEASE keep the SAME COUNTER on the future versions please or simply replace it with something
on another way, yes i still have the wrong word LIMPAR on my GUI.and also an error on the "system scan" screen
it merge english and portuguese
see the buttons in portuguese and the rest in english

[BenJr]

So I should stick to .205...right?
Because I'm not as adventurous as you guys are.

Oh, and swannie, thanks for the AVG for On Demand scanning tip.

[tom.tdw]

try the new version, it works great for me:D & others

but create a restore point first incase you want to go back and you can also get the old installer of my archive

[BenJr]

I'm always scared to update. It's become a phobia.
I guess I could do it, but why, everything seems to be fine.
The disease to stay updated always overcomes the phobia.

[AChen]

Hi All,

Reodor - Regarding the intelli-signatures, see below.

Stablesgh - With the GUI displaying 365 days, please run a Smart Update and restart SD to update the information. Also, could you provide a screenshot of the error message you are receiving when trying to close Spyware Doctor.

Swannie - What Tom and Matt have said is correct. If you use a different email address from the purchase and signing up to the forum, the subscriber will not be displayed. To fix this, please PM me the email address you have used to purchase SD.

Vecchio - With the Spyware Doctor evaluation version, the database version is smaller as this has been repackaged. For registered users, the database version is smaller during installation, but by performing a Smart Update, you'll be able to download the full database version.
With the languages, we'll add this to the next Smart Updates shortly. I'll let you know asap.

[Reodor]

Does 'Subscriber' refer to the fact that you're a paying customer or that you're a subscriber in the forum?

Just wanted to say that Intelli sigs have gone from 646,873 to 647,053 and scanned items from 157,658 to 158,450 going from V205 to V259. Doesn't seem like a big change. And so far no holes in History but keeping an eye on it.

One thing though - Intelli Scan takes 6.50 minutes and Full Scan a very long time. Will do one shortly and report back.

My refference of file count is for 'full system scan' , I guess Yours if for intelli scan. Can You do a 'full scan' count with refference to 205?

And Vecchio if You read: May You do the same?

[Reodor]

......., yes i still have the wrong word LIMPAR on my GUI.and also an error on the "system scan" screen
it merge english and portuguese
see the buttons in portuguese and the rest in english

Did You see my last comment in the Language sticky?
I do not quite understand why You are not able to edit it, I have no problems 'twisting' the language files to whatever I want. You just have to be carefull in which 'section' You edit.
Copy the file and do Your changes and test. When You got it all right, remember to save a copy for the future, it might be needed if You need to do another un-install - re-install!

[vecchio]

Did You see my last comment in the Language sticky?
I do not quite understand why You are not able to edit it, I have no problems 'twisting' the language files to whatever I want. You just have to be carefull in which 'section' You edit.
Copy the file and do Your changes and test. When You got it all right, remember to save a copy for the future, it might be needed if You need to do another un-install - re-install!
Reodor,
about edditing the language,i already followed exactly your suggestions and I don't understand the reason of soon after editing, I receive the file with the same mistakes through smart update
and about the counter,yes i am sure i have made a full scan

[Stablesgh]

Hi All,

Reodor - Regarding the intelli-signatures, see below.

Stablesgh - With the GUI displaying 365 days, please run a Smart Update and restart SD to update the information. Also, could you provide a screenshot of the error message you are receiving when trying to close Spyware Doctor.

Swannie - What Tom and Matt have said is correct. If you use a different email address from the purchase and signing up to the forum, the subscriber will not be displayed. To fix this, please PM me the email address you have used to purchase SD.

Vecchio - With the Spyware Doctor evaluation version, the database version is smaller as this has been repackaged. For registered users, the database version is smaller during installation, but by performing a Smart Update, you'll be able to download the full database version.
With the languages, we'll add this to the next Smart Updates shortly. I'll let you know asap.

I have already sent you this error message on several occasions over the past months. I see no future in this, I am afraid.

[Reodor]

Reodor,
about edditing the language,i already followed exactly your suggestions and I don't understand the reason of soon after editing, I receive the file with the same mistakes through smart update
and about the counter,yes i am sure i have made a full scan


1: I think the reason You got the same mistake again was that PC Tools messed up un editing! So again: Do Your own translation and save a copy in case they keep on.;)

2: Just did another full scan: This one: Counter 266.024 in 39 min 40 sec
It most definately have added some 50.000 since 205.

[tom.tdw]

hi
could you try making the file readonly once you have edited, if that doesn't work you could try making it hiddenReodor,
about edditing the language,i already followed exactly your suggestions and I don't understand the reason of soon after editing, I receive the file with the same mistakes through smart update
and about the counter,yes i am sure i have made a full scan