The problems you are experiencing are the result of incompatibility between Espionage 2 and Maverick or later version of OS X. We informed all the users on our mailing list, more then a year ago, maybe even two already.
Anyway, what you should do is recover your data, and manually uninstall Espionage 2. Espionage 3 will work fine, and will not be affected by this.
Considering you say you have a Espionage backup folder then the next steps you can perform either on the backup folder or on the original folder.
Here is what to do:
- download the following software http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24682/ivisible
- launch it, and click on "make files visible" button (in case OS X does not allow to launch ivisible, you have to go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy, click on padlock icon in lower left corner and authenticate, then under General Tab, under "Allow apps downloaded from" select anywhere, wait for confirmation window, and then try to launch iVisible again)
- now revisit the protected folder and you will see a disk image inside, named same as the folder name, but having a dot in front of the name
- dobleclick it, it should ask you for password, enter it, and the image will mount as a volume, like for example an USB stick would mount
- open it and you will access to all your files
- copy them out, unmount the volume and delete the protected folder containing the disk image you just opened
once you have all your data back, you should uninstall Espionage 2. You can try either by selecting Uninstall option from Espionage's Espionage menu, or if that does not work, then you can manually remove all the files, here is a list:
Note that some files are in your home Library folder and some in your root Library folder. Your home Library folder is hidden since Lion, to enter into it from Finder, switch to Finder, hold down the option key and select Library from the list of "places to go".:
/Users/[your username]/Library/Application Support/Espionage
/Users/[your username]/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taoeffect.EspionageHelper.plist
/Users/[your username]/Library/Services/EspionageMenu.service (might not exist)
/System/Library/Extensions/iSpy.kext
/Library/iSpy
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.taoeffect.ispyd.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.taoeffect.Espionage.plist (might not exist)
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.taoeffect.Espionage (might not exist)
once you removed the files/folder, please reboot your Mac
I know it seems like a lot of work, but just do it step by step and you should be fine.
If you get stuck, I can help you out through a remote session.
Rgds
Zsolt