Mary:

I have always uninstalled the old, and installed the latest version of Spybot, available here:
http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd162.exe

I can't recall if it is available through Spybot's internal updater.

Mary, before you uninstall the old version, go to Immunize and disable all browser protection, etc. (It may take a few minutes for everything to Undo.) Then uninstall the program. Reboot, and install the new one.

Thanks, Joe and Bugbatter, I just finished, and all went well.  I could have sworn the last program update came through the internal updater, but I decided to just go ahead and uninstall.  I hate these senior moments!!

Mary

I just uninstalled the old version and installed the new without doing anything with the immunization feature. Did I mess anything up? I see this new version still has that annoying feature that will empty your temp files by default unless you say no.

I love just crusing the fourms and getting information on stuff..its better than facebook..LOL anyway..my question is what is MBAM. I have spybot and was wondering what that was..thanks for your time.. Dee

Hi Dee:

MBAM is MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware, one of the best anti-malware programs available.

You can get it as a free on-demand scanner, or as a paid version that provides real-time protection, from here:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

I just uninstalled the old version and installed the new without doing anything with the immunization feature. Did I mess anything up?

I don't think so Dale. I uninstalled without un-immunizing, and all seems well:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/howto/uninstall.html

I do know that a clean uninstall of SpywareBlaster requires that you disable all protection, but I wasn't aware of a similar requirement for Spybot S&D.

Good job, Mary. It does make a cleaner installation that way.

Dale, leaving the immunization isn't as much of a problem unless you completely remove Spybot without installing the new version. In those cases we have to re-install Spybot, undo the BHO protection and uninstall it again.

Speaking of that, why don't you just uninstall Spybot and stay with MBAM? I did that a year or so ago and never looked back.

I love just crusing the fourms and getting information on stuff..its better than facebook..LOL

anyway..my question is what is MBAM.

I have spybot and was wondering what that was..thanks for your time..

Dee

I wasn't aware of a similar requirement for Spybot S&D.

The malware removal schools teach that in order to avoid problems. The cleaner the removal, the better. As mentioned above, there have been problems.

"Speaking of that, why don't you just uninstall Spybot and stay with MBAM? I did that a year or so ago and never looked back".

I'm just about ready to...sorta keeping it around like an old warm comfortable sweater...or some kind of security blanket!  :emotion-5: 

Have never figured out how to quote correctly.

And completely off subject...but I just HATE this format and all this white space...almost have to put on my shades to come post  here. :emotion-11: