Enabling SpywareBlaster

Discussion in 'SpywareBlaster & Other Forum' started by shirehill, May 25, 2004.

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  1. shirehill

    shirehill Registered Member

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    Hi,

    Just installed SpywareBlaster and reviewed all of the help documents. One quick question, do I have to enable SpywareBlaster after each reboot or does it automatically start itself with each reboot. Once I close it as the help document says, I not longer see it in the active task list. Does/is it part of another active task?

    Thanks,

    Tom
     
  2. LowWaterMark

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    SpywareBlaster's protections come solely from settings it makes in the Windows registry, so it does not have to be left running in order to be effective. Once you've run SpywareBlaster and enabled all protections, you can close it (let it exit and leave it closed - not running) until the next time you run it in order to check for new definition updates. It is recommended to check for updates once per week. Otherwise, you don't need to have it running at all to be protected.
     
  3. shirehill

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    Thanks. If I understand you correctly, because it has made Windows registery entries even after a reboot there is no need to restart it. These entries will activate it on the reboot.

    Tom
     
  4. LowWaterMark

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    Right, when you reboot your PC the protections are still there. There's nothing else you need to do. (Though technically it's probably more accurate to say that the entries are still there after reboot, versus saying they activate on reboot, since there isn't anything that needs to start or run for these protections to be in place.)

    In a way, it may be best to think of SpywareBlaster as a delivery mechanism for the protections Javacool is providing. Run the program and have it set the protections, then from that point the program is not needed - until you check for updates a week later, of course.
     
  5. shirehill

    shirehill Registered Member

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    Thanks very much for the replies. Have a great Holiday weekend.

    Tom
     
  6. BengalBob

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    I understand that sb is working in the background, but every time I run sb and check for updates, the sb screen comes up and says 'please wait while data base is loading.' Is this normal?
     
  7. javacool

    javacool BrightFort Moderator

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    Yep - that is perfectly normal. That's SpywareBlaster itself loading the latest database and verifying all protection.

    Best regards,

    -Javacool
     
  8. Anon.e.mouse

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    Are there any command line switches to enable all protection?
     
  9. MCT

    MCT Registered Member

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    i dont think there are any yet, but if i recall correctly, javacool stated on another thread he was going 2 be working on a network version of spyware blaster that will encorporate switches
     
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