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What can I do if Spybot-S&D is running forever, never stopping the scan? I downloaded the skins, but they are not showing! Why does Spybot-S&D find so many Spyware installers / how is that Download directories setting used? Spybot-S&D finds Prolivation after each scan! I receive ads titled 'Messenger Service', but Spybot-S&D can't find anything! After inserting the hosts my network rects very slowly! Are there any problems using Spybot-S&D 1.1 under Windows 95? The integrated update is not working. Are there any solutions for this? What files do I need to update? Why does Spybot-S&D not detect and remove the Alexa key for the What's related function of IE like other anti spyware utilities? During each scan I get the error message that there is a problem in Malware.sbi and I should look into the Include errors.log file. I can't remove the Sti_Trace.log (or SchedLgU.txt) file; I always get an I/O Error 32 (Version 0.93) or the error sign before the list item. InCtrl5 (or another monitoring utility) shows me that very many registry keys are created. Can you explain this? Other spyware programs find spies in Sypbot-S&D's directory! Some of my internet programs stopped to work. What should I do? Why does Spybot-S&D also removes IE toolbars that look useful to me? Why is Spybot-S&D that fast?