May 21st, 2013· Virus scanning and removal (Home Edition and above): The inclusion of the anti-virus engine means that we can now offer live protection against viruses. The anti-virus signature files are multiple times every day. This means real protection always.
· Simplified view of update screen. Information is now displayed in a clear, understandable graphical format.
· Selective removal. Choose only the malware you want remove. You can view what is suspected to be malware on your system and decide if you want to keep it or remove it.
· Enhanced GUI: We have simplified the view of many component parts to make it easier for our users to understand what is happening.
· Multilingual support: we have now included French and Italian languages. The language can easily be changed from within the settings section in ‘Start Center’
· MRU (Most Recently Used) Scan: If you just want to only do a quick scan you can tell Spybot to only scan the most recently used files.
· Scan mode for usage tracks only: You can do a dedicated scan and remove only usage tracks.
· Rootkit Scan:- Rootkit scan has been improved.
· Faster scan speeds: In the Home Edition and above the scan engine now supports ‘Multi-core’ processors.
· Live Protection:- Real time live protection can be turned on or off depending on users requirements.
· Internet Protection: an integrated proxy server blocks suspicious cookies and access to suspect URLs.
· Improved ‘Protected Repair Environment’: This exclusive feature is now easier to use as it has its own dedicated easy to use ‘Spybot Taskbar’. The PRE allows you to work in an independent environment that is free from malicious threats.
· Updated Boot CD Creator: Integrated tool for creating a Boot CD to allow you to do a ‘clean boot’ of an infected system.
· Extensive white list for system files: This is now shared among other Spybot components to further increase scanning speed. You are prompted to create white list in the Start Center on newly commissioned systems
July 5th, 2012· Extended whitelisting identification for File Scanner and Startup Tools
· New Protected Repair Environment allows to run all Spybot - Search & Destroy tools in a separate and secure desktop
· Full Scan runs faster through files in your download directory
· Separate File Scanner can now handle huge folders
· Fixed problems with Cleaner on reboot
· Added Russian localisation
· Included is a Professional Edition Test License (valid for 2 months)
May 11th, 2012· Windows 8 Security Center support
· A modern and cleaned up user interface
· Updated help document and style
· Master Boot Record scans using SDRootAlyzer
· Installer now detects more recent versions of Spybot-S&D
· Added Uninstall Wizard to maintain undo immunization or recovery
· Fixed exceptions when scanning files on a network share
February 8th, 2012· The Uninstaller has been revised
· Memory consumption during scans has been optimized.
· The detection criteria were improved and now detect more malicious files.
· Extended logging is now easier to understand.
· Added support for big fonts and made navigation without a mouse easier.
· Start Center: New views have been added and links have been revised.
· Refreshed the GUI: The navigation bar has been shortned.
· The dialogs have been edited.
· Files and Folder Scan detects even more malware (by extending the heuristic scope).
· Files on any network resource can now be scanned (viz. UNC support).
· The Rootkit scanner has been updated.
· Memory consumption has been reduced.
· Event logging has been updated.
· The installer now prompts to uninstall a previously installed version of Spybot-S&D 2.0.
· The uninstall procedure has been optimized.
· Issues with Windows Security Center and Action Center integration have been fixed.
· The "Jump to registry" mechanism has been optimized. The content of any detected item in your registry can now be easily checked.
· Grouping has been added to SDUpdate.
· Support for blind users has been improved.
· Support for big fonts has been added.
· Increased interoperability with 3rd party scanners.
October 7th, 2011· Live Protection is now enabled by default
· Performance improvements for Live Protection
· Live Protection scans can be cancelled
· Improved compatibility with third-party products
· Explorer Context Menu Extension for files and folders
August 5th, 2011· Improved Live Protection allowing you to block and remove detected malware.
· Global system file whitelisting for Windows XP and Windows 7.
· The personal whitelisting component has been updated.
· Improved scanning speed.
· Updated browser detection and immunization.
· Updated settings for background services.
· Added URL whitelisting and cookie protection to Google Chrome extension.
· Enhanced error reporting.
· Fixes for known memory leaks and update issues.
August 5th, 2011· Reduced download size compared to Spybot-S&D 2.0 Beta 1.
· Faster installation procedure with a new option to preconfigure Spybot-S&D for a care free setup.
· Experimental plugin for Google Chrome.
· Experimental on-access scanner.
· Optional heuristic scans.
· Spybot-S&D's modules can now be directly opened from its tray icon.
· Fixed known uninstallation issues and tons of other bug fixes.
July 8th, 2008· Improved Scan Speed
· Reported a few weeks ago as one of the big issues users face, Spybot-S&D 1.6 integrates parts of the future 2.0 file scanning engine to speed up the on-demand scan.
· Up-to-date browser support
· Both immunization and the on-demand scan are able to access a dozen different browsers, which now includes the latest revisions of the most popular ones, Firefox and Opera.
· Easier On-Access Use
· Until now, our on-access part was able to block bad entries, but at the same time, confused many novice users by asking for confirmation on changes of other monitored system entries as well. While this is a great feature for all experienced users who want full control over their systems, we decided that we need to make this easier for the average user, and integrated automated decisions based on the system entry database built through our RunAlyzer, containing more than quarter of a million decisions.
· OpenSBI
· Safer Networking also announces OpenSBI, our attempt at opening up the fight against malware to anyone who wants to participate. OpenSBI means we've published documenation and tools that anyone can use to create their own malware detection patterns for use with Spybot-S&D, and share those with other Spybot-S&D users.
· Diversity - everyone can create detection templates for any software, without depending on a central authority to acknowledge its threat.
· Neutrality - we cannot be bought to remove detections from our database, but if you do not believe us, you can simply publish your own rules against some malware.
· Continuity - OpenSBI ensures that you'll get updates as long as someone is interested in updating the database (which does not mean we intend to do less work in adding new detections).
· Flexibility - as a system administrator using the network edition, you can make sure that working time is not wasted by employees playing the latest Moorhuhn clone if you add your own detection for it. Keep in mind that some relaxation is said to even improve work results.
July 3rd, 2008· Speed up Firefox 3 support,
· SDFiles.exe now auto-registering,
· Proper order of white & blacklists in TeaTimer,
· Fixed usage tracks cookie fixing for FF3,
· Fixed another thing related to delzip179.dll
June 30th, 2008· Scan speed vastly improved (with default settings: ca. 5x)
· IE addon has more options
· More browsers supported
· Improved Terminal Services support
· Improved Vista support
· Improved blind/disabled users support
June 19th, 2008· Need option to disable temp folder cleaning
· Avoid Administrator warning dialog when being non-admin
· Warnings on installing over 1.5.2 version
· Explorer propery sheet plugin: option during installation
· Skins not loading in latest beta
· When fixing a huge list of scan results, DelZip179.dll may cause problems
June 5th, 2008· Scan speed vastly improved (with default settings: ca. 5x)
· IE addon has more options
· More browsers supported
· Improved Terminal Services support
· Improved Vista support
· Improved blind/disabled users support
January 31st, 2008· Improved compatibility
· More effective detections
· New functions
· Fixed: the immunization sometimes needed to be applied twice before sticking
· File shredder is back
· Fixed: impossible to remove entries from the user blacklist in the Internet Explorer plugin
· Long starting time of Spybot-S&D 1.5.1 fixed
September 4th, 2007· Restored Win95 compatibility
· Improved Wine compatibility
· Fixed HyperThreading issues
· Improved 64 bit immunization
· Create Portable.ini in main folder to use app folder as data folder as well
· New warnings about missing admin rights on Windows Vista
· Support for multi-line bookmarks (IE 7 / Vista)
· New Immunization for Firefox & Mozilla
· Improved Immunization for Opera
· "Single excludes" now include filenames to be more unique
· Improved settings retrieval from registry (mixed installations)
· Fixed .reg import bugs
· Added support for automated removal of F/Ps from host lists
· Changed update UserAgent and Referrer
· Improved (Vista-compatible) support for fast user switching
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