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This could happen if you enable all of the Program automation
settings.
And due to a bug not reproducible but happening, during some installs, random
settings are applied instead of the default ones. In that case, all Automation
options could be enabled, forcing the program to scan and exit automatically
afterwards. As this will not even allow you to enter the program, you need to
reset the settings. There are two ways to do this:
1. You can delete the configuration file (which is named
Configuration.ini). Where it is located depends on your Windows version...
For Windows 95/98, the file is located in C:\Windows\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\.
For Windows ME, the file is located in C:\Windows\All Users\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\.
For Windows NT/2000/XP, you will find it in C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Spybot - Search & Destroy\.
Either delete that file, or edit it (for example in notepad), and set
all the Automation values in it to zero.
2. You can download a small tool that will do those changes for you:
click here.
If this does not fix the problem, your system is possibly infected by the
CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller (v1 and v2). This is a new, really ugly variant of CoolWWWSearch.
When running, it will close every browser window visiting an anti-spyware-site.
It will even close Spybot-S&D and some other anti-spyware applications as well.
So if your copy of Spybot-S&D (or the anti-spyware application of your choice) closes
a few seconds after starting, or your browser closes whenever you try to visit an
anti-spyware site, check our CWS.SmartKiller removal utility.
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