James Kendrick over at JKOnTheRun is reporting that the latest updates from the popular Spybot Search & Destroy anti-spyware application are falsely detecting and removing files that are crucial to the correct functioning of Tablet PCs. The fix appears to require rolling back to a recent system restore point, which to me makes puts this problem in the serious category. Of course, you're immune if you don't have a Tablet PC, but think of the possibilities had this problem caused bigger problems for more mainstream versions of Windows. I suppose these days there's no real solution that will prevent a buggy update from slipping through for one of the many security based tools we now need to run to keep a Windows installation running in good shape. Heck, Windows Updates are often the worst offenders in terms of introducing problems when they're trying to fix something.
What's a user to do, short of unplugging from the net and never updating?
