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SpyBot - Search & Destroy Free Edition SpyBot - Search & Destroy Free Edition is an on-demand anti-spyware scanner. It searches your hard disk for all known types of spyware, adware and potentially unwanted programs. It offers powerful features to remove these threats and thus protect your privacy. It automatically detects: adware networks, attempts at host redirection, registry modifications, and unwanted changes in the browser configuration of Internet Explorer and Firefox. If an attempt is made to redirect your computer to a different Domain Name Server without your permission, Spybot can detect and stop this happening. It also protects your privacy by removing these tracks. SpyBot - Search & Destroy 2.4.40.0 is the last compatible version with Windows XP (and Vista) and free of charge. It still receives latest definition updates in these days as reported by @Cixert. Comparison of features: Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20140703163113/https://www.safer-networking.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140701051907/http://www.safer-networking.org/private/details/#Free Version number: 2.4.40.0 Date of creation: 24.06.2014 Date of release: 01.07.2014 System requirements: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 Release notes: https://www.safer-networking.org/new-spybot-2-4-fixes-several-updating-problems/ Review: https://softchamp.com/download-spybot-search-and-destroy Download links: Installer: http://updates3.safer-networking.org/spybot1/spybot-2.4.exe Offline updater for antispyware definitions: https://www.safer-networking.org/updates/files/spybotsd_includes.exe Instructions for offline updating: Apply the executable spybotsd_includes.exe. Select the programme folder of Spybot – Search & Destroy. The files will be added to the Includes folder within the Spybot program folder. Screenshots: SpyBot - Search & Destroy was written by the German software engineer Patrick Michael Kolla, and is distributed by Kolla's Irish company Safer-Networking Limited. I used SpyBot - Search & Destroy a long time under Windows ME and some years under Windows XP. It served me well in those days. Thanks to @Cixert for reporting that SpyBot - Search & Destroy 2.4.40.0 is the last version which still receives definition updates in 2023! Cheers, AstroSkipper

the government doesn't plan to shutdown networks, but ISP may fear of being disobedient of that order.

Sorry, I thought that almost everyone was aware of OnlyFans now! Yes, it's a site often used by 'adult' performers, but not by any means exclusively so. It was working fine in 360Chrome the last time I looked a few weeks ago, but no longer. Turing all the extensions off makes no difference. It's certainly not blocked by my ISP, if it was I would get a block message from them. Still works fine on my Windows 10 browsers of course.

That's because it's only 18+. BTW, you confirmed what I thought, it's indeed CF doesn't like something from Dave's network.

I always thought @Dave-H is a musician. Looks more like the infamous "just a moment" cloudfare protection fingerprinting. https://community.cloudflare.com/t/checking-your-browser-before-accessing-on-loop/281082/13 https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/103vsgx/need_help_with_browser_check_loop/

well, I think managed to make it work correctly, it was some kind of incompatibility with "4t tray minimizer". I reinstalled both and now its working.

My definitions are now 4 days old. Manual update is not working. Also, I created a Microsoft account this weekend. Successful, but when I tried to enter my landline number, it tried to text me a security code. I do have a cell phone now, but it is for emergency use only. If I start handing out that number, I might start to get calls on it, which I do not want.

Should read "WDDM is..." (WDM is an unrelated driver model, not a display model at all.)

I checked that file, and it remains unchanged, even when I install all of that 6003 series upgrades. (looks like it's from the original SP2, released on April 2009)

I tend to disagree, I noticed the overall speed of booting increased, some games gave more FPS, not like it's night a day difference, but noticeable on my old PC, especially good when used with ex-kernel. It's trial and error, actually, I had to test lots of them, before I found that good one.

Nothing in my reply was angry or uncalm.

Found an easy and fast way to replicate SP2 with nothing, except: Install in order 1 - KB971512 2 - KB2117917 3 - Apply redirecting via registry 4 - Install one of these non-beta monthly rollups (like KB4487023, KB4480968, kb 4493471). 5 - Reboot 6 - Place kernel, shell, user locally, you will see no dialogs open at all.

Good to know. Upon further investigation, I notice the Event Log there's an Schannel Fatal Alert 40. It only happens when I press the update button in Windows Defender. At the same time in the Windows Defender "Operational" Logs, there's an error under Event ID 2001 at the same time. I still can update manually though. I wonder what changed.

Why 1809? Chromium 117 works even on TH2 version (1511). So maybe this API is not needed after all

Has anyone not been able to update Windows Defender on Windows 8 for the past week or two?

Could you please describe in details? What did you mean "kill Vista"?

And what are business consulting firms for? No one would risk such vast amounts of money without doing a proper research first.

Your driver is missing this dependency *shown in red on you photo. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dependency+in+programming

In any case, save this driver, you might need it in the future, it's a very rare one for Kaby!

just add your device ID, if it doesn't find it! there's 1000000 millions of tutorials about it.

You're welocome! Official sources is what always preferred on this forum! Enjoy.

Great! Congrats! You did it!

Did you install a security program like Eset, Malwarebytes or Avast? These programs have a lot of features, one of them is a HTTPS Scanning feature and can be problematic if connected via HTTPS.

The meaning of your error code: 0x80072F78 = ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_SERVER_RESPONSE = The server response could not be parsed. Anyway, you have connection problems to MU server. Check your firewall settings and disable security feature called "https scanning " in your security software if existing. Try to disable Windows Firewall temporarily while accessing MU web site. And please upload WindowsUpdate.log!

Alright, I see, proxy is deactivated. I thought it is activated.

Ok, actually it should look like mine:

Thanks, but I will not provide download-links to Russian servers anymore. Sorry, it's very sad but we must make a mark, no matter how small it is! Besides, the changes are minor and can be done by users themselves according to their needs. Generally I try to provide download-links pointing to locations of original sources. But anyway, thanks for your offer! BTW, a modified and updated version of ProxHTTPSProxyMII 1.3a (20150527) for old computers which haven't got a CPU with SSE2 instruction set, will be soon released by me when test phase has been successfully completed.

No new Easter egg from me! Either I've been just a bit too careless while writing and correcting or it is due to a kind of senility! Thanks for reporting again! I'll correct that immediately, of course! No, the fixed version of cacert Updater can be downloaded from first post in my thread in section Downloads: The changes are minor indeed and can be done simply by applying cacert Updater Fixed. BTW the AIO package has been created by @Windows7fan from MDL. Therefore maintaining of it isn't my job. And I totally agree, if actions are performed manually, users get full control because one knows what has been done and what has to be performed next. Very important if verifying of each step is necessary.

I am so sorry! Truth to be told I really thought you are female because of your name Mina (read in forum "Introduce Yourself!") meaning "heaven". Once again, I have to apologize to you! Do not be angry! Appearently I am not a Sherlock Holmes. Wow! You are the only one who has found my easter egg! That means you have really read my guide carefully! Thanks for reporting! Good luck! Hope it will work this time! Kind regards, AstroSkipper

In fact, an early build of chrome51 works fine on vista chrome51 2679