I have been using it, low, these many moons, as it covers me for firefox, chrome and vivaldi. The only odd think I ever came across was a problem on standard user accounts; i.e.: * It would update ("definitions", or block lists) on the admin account, but when I then went to one of the standard user accounts the "definitions" had not taken. *On that occasion I had to run as admin on the standard account and update in that user space. It seems OK since. But, honestly, I haven't checked recently if the issue has returned. Cheers. feandur
(Moved this to a separate topic for clarity.) What version of Windows are you on? Do you have User Account Control disabled? (SpywareBlaster is indeed designed to show a UAC prompt on even Standard User accounts, and is then capable of properly updating protection for the standard user account. If you have UAC disabled, that might cause the issue.)
Apologies javacool for the late reply. Just noticed your reply here now. I'm on Win7, UAC enabled. [plus piles of other stuff]. I was under the (mistaken?) understanding that when I update SB in the admin account those updates applied (universally) to all other accounts. Why? Because when I update firefox in the admin account, that updated version of firefox is available in all accounts. Is it rather the case that I need to enter every account (I have 4 standard user accounts, plus 1 admin) and do the SB 'definitions' update in each account? If the answer is YES; well, I can only say I've dropped the ball big time all these years. (and, yes, I do enter each account to individually update each browser extension) Would appreciate your confirmation, javacool, on the "in-account update" requirement, when you get a chance. cheers, feandur < Is there any award for the stupidest use of good software?>
Apologies for the delayed reply. It's a bit of a complicated answer. Some of SpywareBlaster's protection is system / global in nature. Some is browser profile / user profile specific (and hence does need to be applied from each user account). So the short answer is: Depending on the browser protection you have enabled / browsers you have installed, yes, you may need to enter each user account and apply the latest protection when there are updates. (As a note: AutoUpdate handles this automatically.)
