SpywareBlaster 3.0 is out!

[JPamplin]

SpywareBlaster is becoming one of my favorite free apps to include in my setups since spyware has become such a rampant problem. This ranks right up there with Ad-Aaware as a must-have app. The cool thing about it is that it doesn't have to be running to protect you - it specifies which ActiveX controls should not be installed or run on the PC, so it basically just sets registry settings and then you can close it.

A new version was released yesterday (3.0) and includes a totally new UI, an auto-update feature (which costs $10/yr), restricted sites protection, and Mozilla/Firefox support. Manually updating is still totally free.

Get it: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Now how would I install it silently? I checked the installer and it's an Inno package. The script I tried from Start...Run... was the old one I used to use for 2.6.1, and it seemed to work, but I didn't try to kill it afterwards:

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Spyware Blaster ...
start /high /wait %A%\Spyware1\Spyware1.exe /verysilent /SP-
taskkill /IM spywareblaster.exe /F
xcopy %A%\Spyware1\*.dtb "%ProgramFiles%\SpywareBlaster\*.dtb" /Q /S /C /E /R /Y

I think this will work, because 3.0 comes up with an intro screen so it would need to be killed during an unattended install. The XCOPY I do afterwards is to copy the latest definitions into the program folder so I don't have to download an update to it.

Can anyone verify that this would be the correct way to install 3.0 (I haven't got the time at this moment to run another test install with it), or is there possibly a way to run an Inno package and not have to kill the process afterwards?

NOTE: Don't try to run this script word for word - I rename the app for 8.3 DOS compatibility and have some variables stuck in there for folder names. Your mileage may vary, so you may want to modify this to suit your own environment.

Just curious, thanks - by the way, support these guys, this is a nice app to have.

JP

[strawberry]

that solution didn't work for me with version 2 and neither works with 3.1, it still loads after installation

thanks anyway...

just found this thread http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...=spywareblaster

[killerbee]

hi,

i just installed spywareblaster 3.1 fully unattended.

Done with a "spywareblastersetup.exe /VERYSILENT /SP- /NOCANCEL" and a following "taskkill spywareblaster" to close the upcoming window.

BTW: I install it via XPlode @ T-9min-Stage

hope this helps

cya

Killer Bee