What this means is some site you've visited has disabled your virus and malware protection to allow establishing tracking cookies (among other bad things) on your system. Let Spybot remove/correct the indicated problems and then run Spybot again to make sure your system comes up clean. Did you by chance click on a pop up alert message saying you computer was infected with a virus and to "click here" to remove it, etc.?

This may be of interest to you as well: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_virus&message.id=41849

Message Edited by VCraig on 05-04-200609:46 AM

Thank you both for your reply.

I ran Spybot again and Windows Security, etc. appeared.  I clicked "Fix Problem", afterwards ran Spybot again and it was clear!  Great.

Now when I checked for Updates it showed I needed......

1.Advance Detection Library, 

2.Detection Rules, 

3. English Description

After running updates, each item had an exclamation point in front of it with a Red circle and line through it...  Also, "Bad checksum" was next to each item.  Don't know what this means.

Re double spacing above:   I am not doing this, computer is.  I try to single space and I'm unable to?

If "Bad checksum" means something "BAD" please let me know.

 

 

Another thought...you might try disabling MS's Defender before trying to install the updates. I forgot to note that sometimes I've run into problems with Spy Sweeper running but after disabling it the Spybot downloads would run, then I reenabled again afterward.

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@baronna wrote:

Thank you both for your reply.

I ran Spybot again and Windows Security, etc. appeared.  I clicked "Fix Problem", afterwards ran Spybot again and it was clear!  Great.

Now when I checked for Updates it showed I needed......

1.Advance Detection Library, 

2.Detection Rules, 

3. English Description

After running updates, each item had an exclamation point in front of it with a Red circle and line through it...  Also, "Bad checksum" was next to each item.  Don't know what this means.

Re double spacing above:   I am not doing this, computer is.  I try to single space and I'm unable to?

If "Bad checksum" means something "BAD" please let me know.

 

 

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 I periodically (and recently) run into the "bad checksum" message with Spybot updates (probably a faulty upload from the source) but in a day or two the updates will load properly. If it continues after a few days or so, uninstall Spybot then download and install it again.

As an aside, I, too, don't like or use McAfee for the reasons the other poster noted. As for spyware detection, Webroot's Spy Sweeper ($30) is a highly rated application that has saved my bacon more than once. It monitors your system in real time and will block malware attempts as they occur. The downside is it requires an annual malware definition subscription, but then, so does every commercial AV or malware package. By the way, I don't own Webroot stock or otherwise have financial interest in it - it's simply a great product as I noted.

Message Edited by VCraig on 05-04-200607:31 PM

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@baronna wrote:

I'll do that.  Also, should I use the immune on Spybot....I never have?

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Yes, always run the "Immunize" option after updating Spybot. I run it twice to make sure my system is "immunized" with the new definitions after installing any update. Would suggest you spend some time reading the Help topics/info by clicking on Help on the Tool bar to learn how as well as other features.

A bad check sum usually means heavy server traffic.you can just choose another download location.I used to have good luck with BN file forum