[processing please hold]

I just downloaded the spybot thing and once it was finished, before I run it, a warning came up from IE saying the publisher could not be verified....is that a bad thing?

[ichabod1]

No, sometimes Microsoft's own stuff causes that to come up. If it is Spybot Search & Destroy you should be ok, just means the author didn't pay a fee to Microsoft.

[holymoly]

I just downloaded the spybot thing and once it was finished, before I run it, a warning came up from IE saying the publisher could not be verified....is that a bad thing?

I'm not sure what you mean. Once it was finished doing what? Downloading? Installing? Updating?

You get a warning from Internet Explorer? What exactly does this message say?

Did you download Spybot S&D from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html?

There are some knock-off anti-spyware programs which (fraudulently) use the name/term "Spybot" to fool/trick people. This is one reason you should never "Google" for anythig of this type. (The Spybot website has a warning regarding this.)