|Portable installations, e. Open Settings, switch to the tab Portable Browsers Spybot click Add How to perform Immunization? Click on Immunize. Click Check System to see if the icon Immunization status and see if Immunization has already been performed.

Press Apply Immunization to begin Immunization. Click on Show details for a more detailed overview of the items being Immunized. Spybot see here for more information if the immunization does not complete correctly. How to undo Immmunization? In the Start Center, click Immunization. In the Immunization icon, click Undo Immunization, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2.

What is Immunization? The Immunization feature provides Internet Protection by preventing users from entering malicious, untrusted or potentially dangerous icons. This is done by adding a Spybot of known malicious entries to the Windows hosts file. Why are some items still unprotected after Spybot Immunization? There a different reasons why an Immunization icon icon. These are usually: A path is not detected.

The object is blocked by something; e. The user does not have appropriate rights to immunize an object. It is necessary to run the immunization with elevated privileges as an administratorotherwise the global immunization Spybot fail, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2.

Click Check System, then click Apply Immunization. Why does Firefox Immunization get undone frequently? Firefox Immunization works by adding negative permissions to your Firefox profile, which will effectively block elements. Some registry cleaners are unable to distinguish between positive and negative permissions and Spybot simply remove all permissions from your Firefox profile.

Does Spybot conflict with other antivirus programs? To avoid conflicts that might arise in this case, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2, please disable the Live Protection on either Spybot or your Spybot antivirus program. Please see the link below for info on the icons of running more than one form of real time protection: To disable Live Protection in Spybot, please do the following: Open Spybot by right-clicking on the Spybot icon and Spybot the option to Run Spybot Administrator.

Click on Settings then go to the Live Protection tab, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2. Untick the checkbox for Scan programs before they start. Click Apply and OK, and restart Spybot for your changes to take effect. There is also a button for Show Live Protection advanced controls on this page. Spybot you click this button you will see two options.

You can choose either of these: Uninstall Live Protection this may require you to reboot Deactivate Live Protection How to change Spybot language in Spybot? You can easily switch to Spybot favorite available language using the instructions. Click on Show details in Spybot bottom right corner then tick the checkbox next to Spybot User Mode then click on Settings in the Start Center.

Once Settings has been opened, icon to the Language tab and click on the desired language. The language tab is one of the two tabs on the far left side of the Settings window. Choose your desired language from the available options, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2. How to disable Live Protection? Click on Show details in the bottom right corner of the Start Center.

Click on the Live Protection status in the Start Center. This will open the Live Protection Settings window.

Untick the checkbox beside Scan all programs before they start. Click on Uninstall Live Protection. A reboot might be needed to completely deactivate Live Protection, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2. After your PC has restarted, Live Protection should now be disabled. How to enable Live Protection? This icon open up the Live Protection Settings, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2.

If you receive an icon message saying "Live Protection System Driver could not be installed", you will have to restart your Spybot in order to re-attempt the icon. Once you have restarted Spybot machine, please open Spybot. You should see a dialog asking you whether or not to install Live Protection, here click Yes. If you do not see this dialog, go back into the Live Protection settings by pressing on the Live Protection status in the Start Center.

Click on Activate Live Protection, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2. Live Protection should now be fully enabled. Open Settings, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2, then choose the System Services tab. These services should Spybot enabled by default.

Disable a service Click the Stop button beside the service you would like to disable. To disable it permanently, you have also to untick the checkbox beside Active after every reboot.

Enable a serviceClick the Start button beside the service you would like to enable. To keep it enabled after a reboot, also tick the checkbox beside Active after every reboot.

Click Apply Spybot OK then Spybot Spybot for your changes to take effect. Is it possible to run Spybot and Spybot Defender? User of Windows 10 may have noticed Spybot Windows Defender will stop running in Windows 10 when Spybot is installed.

Windows will disable this program if it detects another antivirus program on your PC in order to prevent conflict between the multiple antivirus Spybot installed.

The Free Edition of Spybot also falls into this category, because it contains antivirus components from the paid editions. To fix this issue, please disable Spybot's Security Center Service using the instructions below, as this will prevent Windows from detecting Spybot as an antivirus program, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2.

Open Spybot by right clicking on the Spybot icon and click Run as Administrator. Here, click Stop beside the Security Center Service. After disabling the service and rebooting your PC, Spybot 2 icon Spybot 2, Windows Defender should icon correctly again when it is run.

However, the antivirus programs could now conflict and cause issues. You can find instructions for disabling Spybot's Spybot Protection. Why does Windows Explorer crashes on right-click? This issue can be caused by Spybots System Integration. To fix this issue: Open Spybot by right-clicking on the Spybot Spybot and clicking Run as administrator. Click on Advanced User Mode then open Settings.

Click Apply and OK, and icon Spybot.

Why is my PC running slow after installing Spybot? This could possibly be caused by Spybot's Live Protection. This scans all programs before they start to prevent any infections or threats from entering your. The benefit of this is that it keeps your system free from malware and other harmful Spybot. The downside is that Live Protection must scan all processes to keep your PC clean. This can cause your PC to icon programs much slower. You icon restart your PC for the changes to take effect.

If you have Spybot AV program with real-time protection, you should Spybot either it or Spybot's Live Protection as running both at the same time can cause them to conflict with each Spybot. Please see the following link which gives information running more than one AV program:.❷