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Spybot Search and Destroy

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== Installation ==


This installs Spybot Search & Destroy version 1.4 - a free (as in beer) spyware removal program.

To install, get two files from http://www.safer-networking.org -

# spybotsd14.exe
# spybotsd_includes.exe

Exerpt from packages.xml:

<package
id="spybotsd14"
name="Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4"
revision="1"
reboot="false"
priority="1">

<check type="uninstall" condition="exists" path="Spybot - Search &amp;amp; Destroy 1.4" />
<install cmd='"\\server\wpkg\pkg\spybotsd14\spybotsd14.exe" /silent /nocancel /noreboot'>
<exit code="0" />
</install>
<install cmd='"\\server\wpkg\pkg\spybotsd14\spybotsd_includes.exe" /S'>
<exit code="0" />
</install>
<upgrade cmd='"\\server\wpkg\pkg\spybotsd14\spybotsd_includes.exe" /S'>
<exit code="0" />
</upgrade>
<remove cmd='"%ProgramFiles%\Spybot - Search &amp;amp; Destroy\unins000.exe" /SILENT /nocancel' />
</package>

As the Spybot S&D detection rules need to be updated from time to time and the program's internal update mechanisms (or the mirrors) suck, the easiest way to update all the clients is such:

# download the new spybotsd_includes.exe file into the server
# increment the revision counter by one

'''NB!''' The &amp;amp; in paths that have &amp; (ampersand) in them is no typo. If you use just the ampersand character, it will break your XML handling.
== Running Spybot S&D using WPKG ==

You '''could''' also run the program once using the following package, although i recommend against it, as there might be problems that cannot be resolved without user interaction. And it should preferrably be run when computer is idle and there wasn't a nervous user behind the keyboard who has just logged in and is itching to mess things up.

The priority must be set lower than installation package.

<package
id="spybotsd14-run"
name="run Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4"
revision="1"
reboot="false"
priority="0"
execute="once">

<install cmd='"%ProgramFiles%\Spybot - Search &amp;amp; Destroy\SpybotSD.exe" /autocheck /autofix /autoimmunize /taskbarhide /autoclose'>
<exit code="0" />
</install>
</package>

If you feel like running it again, increment its revision number.

[[category:Silent Installers|Spybot Search & Destroy]]
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