Spybot wordt gezien als de meester als het gaat om Spyware verwijderen. Ook kan het programma je instellingen wijzigen waardoor Spyware moeilijk in de computer komt. Spybot is vooral een goed programma in combinatie met andere spyware programma's. In het bekende programma Hitman pro is Spybot ook aanwezig. In de versie 1.5.1.14 is veel veranderd, zoals hieronder te zien is.

Known and fixed beta bugs:

On Windows 95 B (not C) with old libraries, the background color "info background" (usually a light yellow) is not known, this crashes RichEdit controls. Either fix or MS update required.
TeaTimer might crash after second change.
The new Easter Egg might cause some endless brain loop, should you encounter two 4s, the first one is a 5 (can't tell more obviously :-D ).
Buttons on IE plugin dialog do vanish when resizing updater dialog.
/allhives should inform the user he better should run as admin if he does not, since loading remote hives needs admin rights.
SDHelper page display problems when starting up with multiple tabs on IE7
SpybotSD.exe /autoupdate should pass parameters to SDUpdate.exe and wait for its return.
Automatically close SDUpdate.exe after messagebox that no updates are available.
IE Plugin menu item might not appear on Vista+IE7 (workaround: type about:sdhelper; fix: installer updated)
Installer didn't show all buttons in some of the new (46) languages (now defaults to english).
Usage tracks didn't show up.
Added "Back to mirror list" to updater (was only in context menu).
Installer will no longer overwrite old Ignore lists.
Changes to settings tree saved immediately now.
TeaTimer did not see all 64 bit applications.
Process list did not show paths for all 64 bit applications.
Scanner did not find both instances if a file was in both 32 and 64 bit Program Files folder.
Opera immunization was only for plugins (now cookies and content as well).
Firefox immunization was missing.