Re: Spybot and BHO

From: Tom Pepper Willett (tompepper_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/27/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:09:22 -0600

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Tom
"JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message
news:%23BcnpfmMFHA.3960@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| So do I correctly infer that the "immunize feature" is protection against
| malware, so that a system scan should never find any?
| Is it your view that enabling this feature is a good idea, or is it ever
| problematic? If the latter, how does one disable it--short of uninstalling
| and reinstalling Spybot?
| <Vanguard> wrote in message news:YvSdnZqJjPa7c9jfRVn-rg@comcast.com...
| > "JD" <Erehwon@Example.com> wrote in message
| > news:%23GlGiPlMFHA.3228@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| >>I just installed Spybot S+D, and I notice that a BHO called "Bad
download
| >>blocker" was installed in IE.
| >> I don't see anything about this in Help, and I'm curious as to what
this
| >> add-on does.
| >> Is it a "real time" protection of some sort? Will it prevent the
| >> downloading of malware?
| >> Additionally, I wonder if someone can enlighten me regarding another
BHO.
| >> This one is called Research, and it shows no name under Publisher and
| >> none under File name.
| >>
| >
| >
| > You enabled the Immunize feature in Spybot, so you told Spybot to
install
| > its BHO.
| >
| > Use BHO Demon to list the BHOs that are installed. They also have a
| > database of known BHOs and maybe your's is one of them, so it will show
| > some vendor info for the BHO in its display listing the BHOs.
| >
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