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cheater87
August 16th, 2005, 12:17 AM
i want to scan all accounts with spybot. how do i do this??? is there an option in the options for this???

Capp
August 16th, 2005, 01:12 PM
Spybot S&D scans for known malware which installs itself into specific locations. It doesn't scan the whole system, just where it needs to.

And, if it does happen to be scanning any accounts, it will scan the folder:

c:\documents and settings\<user names>

This is where all your profiles for your different accounts are stored

:)

cheater87
August 16th, 2005, 02:18 PM
but it only scans my account not everyone elses?? i scan the others on their accounts and they have spyware. i just can't get to my bro's and he has a lot.

Capp-Away
August 16th, 2005, 02:29 PM
Have you thought about trying a scan with Ad-Aware? It scans all accounts and usually finds more baddies than Spybot.

I highly recommend using both of these side-by-side.

cheater87
August 16th, 2005, 02:51 PM
i have adaware SE but spybot and adaware find diff things since they are diff programs

Capp
August 16th, 2005, 05:52 PM
What account was Spybot installed under? And, do you have rights to view other people's profiles?

cheater87
August 18th, 2005, 03:30 AM
it was installed under mine and i have an administrater account