TUTORIAL: Correct the screwed up Spybot S&D Dialog Box !

[Vishal Gupta]

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Guys!
I installed Spybot S&D a few days before and I found that the dialog box which notifies us about spywares, etc, is screwed up, i.e., the checkbox saying "remember the decision" was overlapping with "Allow, Deny", etc buttons! It was very very irritating.

I opened Spybot site and searched for this problem and found that it was a BUG in the s/w.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/news/2005-06-22.html

So an Idea came to my mind and I started resource hacking to various files into Spybot folder yesterday night !

And VOILLA, I found the entry saying the same text of the checkbox in the file called "teatimer.exe", which was located into "C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\" folder. (Here C:\ is the system drive where the windows is installed!).

So here we go:

1.) Disable the teatimer in Spybot S&D coz we hv to edit this file.

Open Spybot S&D.
Select Advanced Mode from Mode Menu.
Goto: Tools -> Resident.
Uncheck the option saying [b]Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of over-all system settings) active.
Exit from Spybot S&D.

2.) Now open teatimer.exe file in Resource Hacker.

Goto: RCData -> TFORMREGISTRYWARNING -> 0.
And in right-side pane, u'll see following lines, which we need:

object cbRemember: TCheckBox
    Left = 8
    Top = 160
    Width = 339
    Height = 17
    Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
    Caption = '&Remember this decision.'
    TabOrder = 2
  end

Just increase the value 160, u can set it to 200. Actually it'll modify the position of the checkbox in the dialog box.

PS: U can also do it in an easier manner! Just search for Decision and it'll let u go to the same line!

3.) Now compile the script and save the file!

4.) Now U can activate the Teatimer again in Spybot S&D.

Now u can see the changes when Spybot S&D notifies u in future!

[drvarunmehta]

Great work. Was looking for this for a long time
If it's so easy, why didn't the programmers fix it on their own?

But you missed one thing, the help button and the info button still overlap.
Not to mention a scroll bar appears along the side of the window.

I suggest you use these settings:

Code:

object cbRemember: TCheckBox 
   Left = 8 
   Top = 190 
   Width = 380
   Height = 17 
   Anchors = [akLeft, akTop, akRight]
   Caption = '&Remember this decision.' 
   TabOrder = 2 
end

[Vyasram]

Thanx dude, i actually got rid of teatimer in the meantime, now i'll isntall it again

[ashfame]

i started doing it & now the buttons are gone?
can someone post the tweaked file of urs so that i can replace it.

[gary4gar]

good work
Vishal