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We have to admit, it was delayed a few times, mostly because we always had some new feature we wanted to implement in mind, but now it’s finally here: we’re proud to announce the availability of Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5. This new version features a lot of improved detection mechanisms (which in parts were already made available through the regular 1.4 updates in the past months), improved Operating System support (Windows Vista integration, restored support for Windows 95, more compatibility with Wine, support for bootable Windows CDs), improved browser support (e.g. for immunization) and much more.
One Response
Bill Bright
October 1st, 2007 at 10:17 pm
1I do not share the enthusiasm here. When you install the new V1.5x it will, without your consent, install a SDHelper BHO (plug-in) in IE – this occurs without your knowledge or consent – even is you opt to not install SDHelper. Even upon exit of the program, those two BHOs remain active. 🙁
The browser extention, Spybot – Search & Destroy Configuration is also installed.
If you should run into a cookie (“BadURL”) it thinks may be malicious, like doubleclick, a SDHelper popup will yell at you. While this may be nice, I don’t like programs that install stuff on my computer without my knowledge and I especially don’t like programs that do not terminate completely when I exit them. Fortunately, with IE7, it is a simple process to disable BHOs, but that’s not the point.