Spybot S&D, MSN messenger and Avenue A

I've been using Spybot Search and Destroy for awhile and my one big complaint
is that it takes over your computer. I thought I had it set to only run when
I opened it, but it appears to always run in the background.

It blocks me from opening many pages including The Drudge Report, and from
downloading MSN messgenger from Microsoft. A message pops up stating that
"Spybot S&D reports that you want to download "Avenue A, Inc". This is a
known threat. Do you want to block this download?"

Even if I click no, I can't download MSN messenger! Anyone else have this
problem or use this program?

"Moe Hair" <mohair.DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:98qvc.33981$eU6.7418286@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> I've been using Spybot Search and Destroy for awhile and my one big
complaint
> is that it takes over your computer. I thought I had it set to only run
when
> I opened it, but it appears to always run in the background.
>
> It blocks me from opening many pages including The Drudge Report, and from
> downloading MSN messgenger from Microsoft. A message pops up stating that
> "Spybot S&D reports that you want to download "Avenue A, Inc". This is a
> known threat. Do you want to block this download?"
>
> Even if I click no, I can't download MSN messenger! Anyone else have this
> problem or use this program?


You have Spybot set to promt you each time it wants to block a cookie or
spyware download. I had similar problems getting certain pages to load when
I had that setting on. Turn it off. Click on the Immunize button. In the
drop down list at the bottom of the window, change it to "Block all bad
pages silently".


Bob