Spybot - anyone else having problems?
Spybot - anyone else having problems?
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Flat in Fifth

Original Poster:

48,850 posts

281 months

Sunday 27th November 2005
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It is taking for EVER to download updated detection rules.

Only a 1MB file and already been running two hours, and that is on a 2MB ADSL.

4.5Mb virus udpate.dat from Network Assocs normally takes about 20 seconds.

All other sites seem to be running OK, and PC seems to be operating OK.

Trooper2

6,676 posts

261 months

Sunday 27th November 2005
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I downloaded the new definition files last night and it only took a minute or so.

Have you tried one of the other mirror sites from the drop down list?

BN File Forum [world] was the one that was automatically selected when I downloaded and that mirror worked fine.

FunkyNige

9,836 posts

305 months

Sunday 27th November 2005
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Just downloaded the updates (about 1 meg) in about 10 seconds here, had a bad checksum error but I normally get that the first time I try anyway.

voyds9

8,490 posts

313 months

Sunday 27th November 2005
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Change which server you download from Safer Europe 1 seems ok at the moment.

Flat in Fifth

Original Poster:

48,850 posts

281 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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All sorted thanks.

nickjm

361 posts

260 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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just a tip!

If you ever get bad checksums, tick only one update and choose to download it from Safer Networking #1. Then do each update in turn, this usually works.