re: spybot, still have 'error retrieving update info file!' despite reinstalling
Monday, May 31, 2004 at 1:32 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by eddie
(1 messages posted)
i don't know if this has been answered already but i think that the solution may
lie in your HOSTS file.
Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
(you may need administrator access for Windows NT/2000/XP)
open the hosts file with notepad or wordpad. you may have a lot of entries there
and some may have like www.noadaware.com or no-spybot.com .. i believe this is spyware
taking over your computer making sure you dont get any updates. delete those enteries.
in fact delete everything EXCEPT
127.0.0.1 localhost
i have adsubtract so i also have:
127.0.0.1 AdSubtract # Added by AdSubtract for auto-dial.
127.0.0.1 ie3.proxy.aol.com # Added by AdSubtract for AOL support.
but take the other stuff out. save the file, reboot possibly.
try to update.
another thing i found that was annoying but i dont believe had anything to do with
spybot is internet explorer setting a proxy on its own. ive had problems with my
dad's computer and going to tools/internet settings/connection/LAN Settings and unchecking
the proxy option fixed a lot of stuff that was happing. like programs not connecting,
or losing internet every few hours. .. it kept rechecking itself but i found out
its because ad-subtract was configured to use a proxy. so internet explorer options
proxy setting will turn itself on if anything is set to use a proxy. if you still
have problems, turn that off and find any program you had running and make sure its
not trying to use a proxy
eddie
On Monday, May 19, 2003 at 3:16 pm, Manuel wrote:
>I've read with interest some recent messages regarding spybot and problems with
updates.
>I've tried reinstalling spybot 1.2 and, whenever I choose the search for updates
>option, I am still getting this "error retrieving update info file!" message despite
>reinstalling. I've tried both easy and advanced mode. Is anyone else having the
same
>problem, and can anyone help at all?
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