SpywareBlaster 3.1 released!

Discussion in 'SpywareBlaster & Other Forum' started by javacool, Apr 7, 2004.

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  1. Jerry666

    Jerry666 Registered Member

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    [3.1 all i get is BSOD when it installs and tries to run . no luck .
    win 98 se
     
  2. rogerwilco

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    Not here! Poor v3.1 can't get past startup before Windows announces a "problem" which it doesn't specify. So 3.1 joins 3.0 as unusable in this machine: Mac 10.3.3/Virtual PC 6.1/WinXP with all updates installed. Yuk. Tried everything mentioned so far.
    :(
     
  3. Khaine

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    Thanks javacool :)
     
  4. basa

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    Hmmm..........3.1 installed and runs fine on my W98SE with Avast, whereas 3.0 presented no GUI (but no other problems such as crashes BSOD etc.)

    I did remove all protection and registry entries before un-installing 2.6.1 though...could be the solution ??
     
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  5. manOFpeace

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    Thank-you Javacool, I too would like a safe way to pay you for your hard work and great programme. ;)
     
  6. ghodgson

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    Dear Java cool, Just to say Ver 3.1 is up and running on my Win XP AND Win 98 SE without any problems. Bug fixed!!
    Thanks Gordon
     
  7. frebo

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    3.1 works fine on this pc, but cant seem to find an update on 3.1 that i saw on another forum.
     
  8. ajg

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    Hi,

    Just replaced SB-3.0 with 3.1. Now when I fire up SB it takes fully 13 minutes to load the protection data. The majority of the time is is taken up by loading the mozilla data.

    Is this long loading time expected or have I done something wrong? 3.0 loading was much faster.

    ENV: Win98se, Mozilla 1.6
    Thanks

    AJG
     
  9. javacool

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    Whoa! Something isn't right there.

    When you say the majority of the time is spent when it's loading the mozilla data, is that as it is determining how many items are protected/unprotected? (i.e. after the green progress bar stops moving, but as the "Data loading..." messages are being replaced with "0 items unprotected")

    Also, how many Mozilla profiles do you currently have? Have you created/removed lots of profiles?

    Thanks,

    -Javacool
     
  10. ajg

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    Q: When you say the majority of the time is spent when it's loading the mozilla data, is that as it is determining how many items are protected/unprotected?
    (i.e. after the green progress bar stops moving, but as the "Data loading..." messages are being replaced with "0 items unprotected")

    A: Yes!

    Q: Also, how many Mozilla profiles do you currently have?

    A: One!

    Q: Have you created/removed lots of profiles?

    A: Have created and removed one.

    AJG
     
  11. Unregistered

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    I am running Win98 with 128 MB of memory. I followed instructions for running unprotect all and deinstalled 3.0. I installed 3.1. When I run I immediately get "runtime error 7, out of memory". Am I out of luck and need more memory on my system?

    Thanks,

    robert.harrison@sun.com


     
  12. javacool

    javacool BrightFort Moderator

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    SpywareBlaster may take a bit to verify protection for Mozilla/Firefox, but it certainly shouldn't take 13 minutes. o_O

    A few more questions for you:
    Have you ever installed a version of Firefox?
    How fast is your computer's processor?

    Can you also check under C:\Windows\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla and see how large the registry.dat file is?
    (At the same time, please check to see if "Firefox" and "Phoenix" folders exist under that Application Data folder.) Thanks! :)

    EDIT: And a little notice: SpywareBlaster's Mozilla protection will only work with Mozilla 1.7 and up (not 1.6, unfortunately - there were some major changes in the 1.7 version, and since that will be the new long-lived stable branch I decided to go ahead and support it - there's a very stable beta version available now).

    Best regards,

    -Javacool
     
  13. ajg

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    Things have changed since last post.

    First I deleted my netscape 7.1 thinking that this may be a problem. Mozilla 1.6 continued to work well.

    Re-ran SB but this time it did not find Mozilla and thus no protection for it.

    When SB was fired up it gave me a blank dialog box which persisted for about 4 minutes. Then it loaded IE and Restricted protection and did not detect Mozilla (1.6 at that time).

    After reading you post I replaced M-1.6 with M-1.7b. I uninstalled and reinstalled SB. SB performace was the same as described above (4 minute wait before display and could not find mozilla 1.7b.

    Then enabling "all" protection took the same 4 minutes and of course no Moziilla protection.

    Now to respond:

    Q: SpywareBlaster may take a bit to verify protection for Mozilla/Firefox, but it certainly shouldn't take 13 minutes. o_O

    A: Yes now it may be faster but Mozilla was not found.

    Q: Have you ever installed a version of Firefox?

    A: No.

    Q: How fast is your computer's processor?

    A: 800 MHz

    Q: Can you also check under C:\Windows\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla and see how large the registry.dat file is?

    A: There is *no* registry.dat file there. Also C:\Windows...\<username> is the only folder and is different from the profile name being used by mozilla. o_O??

    Q:(At the same time, please check to see if "Firefox" and "Phoenix" folders exist under that Application Data folder.) Thanks! :)

    A: No.

    EDIT: And a little notice: SpywareBlaster's Mozilla protection will only work with Mozilla 1.7 and up (not 1.6, unfortunately - there were some major changes in the 1.7 version, and since that will be the new long-lived stable branch I decided to go ahead and support it - there's a very stable beta version available now).

    Gottit - Diddit.

    Many thanks.

    Andy
     
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  14. rogerwilco

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    Javacool wrote:

    Well, here goes...again,

    Neither 3.0 nor 3.1 will run on my XP system. Couldn't be because I'm running XP on Virtual PC for Mac (Mac OS 10.3.3). Old 2.6.1 worked fine.

    The error message says only that Windows has encountered a "problem" with SB and has shut it down immediately. The details window adds nothing new.

    I'm using the full retail version of XP Home. All protection is disabled and all previous evidence of SB trashed before installing 3.1 several times over before giving up again.

    Any ideas would be most appreciated. SB is one essential program!
     
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  15. javacool

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    Actually, the problem probably is caused by you running Win XP under Virtual PC for Mac.

    Let me see if I can find a Mac machine around here (with Virtual PC), and test it out. I may be able to come up with a solution for you.

    Best regards,

    -Javacool
     
  16. Q Section

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    Old SpywareBlaster - no problems
    3.0 - no problems
    3.1 - no problems
    98SE 450mHz/320RAM
     
  17. Robert Worrill

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    Greetings All,

    I just installed this latest version and since then I have been unable to log into my ICQ email. Is there any chance that this could have been caused by the new update? I have been trying now for four days to find out why I can't log on but to no avail. I am not at all sure that it is the update that is causing the problem but none of my other email sites, I have 5 more, are having any problems and I have cleared all the usual cookies, temp internet files and index.dat but nothing will allow me to log on! It seems that my computer may not be accepting the cookie from ICQ but I can't locate which one on the list in Spyware Blocker is causing the problem. Any help appreciated.

    regards Rob.
     
  18. trparky

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    May I ask what programming language it was developed it?
     
  19. masterwriter

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    I just wondered why version 3 was updated to 3.1 so soon and will this be changed again soon. Nice interface. Had a small problem with 3 on updates once but then it worked fine and 3.1 runs the update fine but no updates are available. have defs 7 April. Is this the latest
    Thanks for SB
     
  20. tgebling

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    I am using version 3.1 now. It seems to be a very good software program. But I would like to offer one suggestion. It would be very helpfull if the program had a search function so a person could type in a name of a spyware threat like "cws.googlems.3" then the program would check and see if that spyware was in its data base and being blocked.

    I am saying all this because I also use PestPatrol on my system. When I last ran that program it found "cws.googlems.3" on my computer, I removed it off my system, then went to SpywareBlaster to see if I would be protected from furture attacks. But their was no easy way to look through all the spyware that your program protests from. I still do not know if I am protected from "cws.googlems.3".

    You are providing a very much needed service to us internet users, keep up the good work!
     
  21. ajg

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    Recently I said that I did not have have registry.dat file. However I finally found it in a different location:

    C:\Windows\Application Data\mozilla\registry.dat size = 40,697 kB.

    Does anay of this mean anything?

    AJG
     
  22. Veronica

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    Re: SpywareBlaster 3.1 released! or I HATE Progress!!

    Well..it looks to me like my Spywareblaster career is over

    I didn't realise I had to uninstall my 2.6 first, and I got an error message saying
    that either my hard drive was damaged, or there was a virus around

    Then I thought.."maybe I should have uninstalled first"
    So I used 'add/remove'
    Then installed 3.1
    Same error message

    I re-installed 2.6 (but of course the database is way old, and of course, I now cannot update, unless I use 3.1)
    2.6 opened normally, as I have come to rely on

    One attempt at loading 3.1 was successful without the error message, until I tried to open it the following day, to update the database

    Grrrrrrr!!
    I DETEST progress!!!
    I wish geniuses would allow me to keep using 2.6 forever, and leave me alone in my bliss!

    Veronica
     
  23. TheApostate

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    Re: SpywareBlaster 3.1 works on Win98se

    Well, javacool, I've downloaded and installed the latest version and like it so far. It's a very different version to the earleir incarnations, but in a nice way :)

    TheApostate
     
  24. petersil

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    Re: SpywareBlaster 3.1 BUG - doesn't recognize Mozilla

    I had no issues with any past releases, including 3.0, but ver. 3.1 DOES NOT recognize Mozilla (1.6) or Firefox, so the protection is disabled. How about a fixo_Oo_O :'(
     
  25. ajg

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    Re: SpywareBlaster 3.1 BUG - doesn't recognize Mozilla


    I had same problem - You need to update Mozilla to 1.7b.

    Cheers,

    AJG
     
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