Directions
- Launch Spybot Search and Destroy
- Use shortcut on your desktop or click on Start --> All Programs --> Spybot Search and Destroy
- Click on the Update tab located on the left hand side of the screen
- A welcome screen will appear on your desktop. Click on the “Search” button located at the bottom of the welcome screen.
- Next you should see a window displaying a list of available sites to download. Select any of the USA locations and then click on the “Continue” button.
- Next select all available options to download and then click on the “download” button located at the bottom of the screen.
- When the downloads are completed you should get a reminder from Spybot directing you to run the immunization utility. Click OK to continue and click “Exit” to close out of the update window.
- Click on the Immunize tab located on the left hand side of the screen.
- This will initiate the immunization tool that will analyze your computer to see if any additional immunization steps need to be taken.
- Once the progress bar reaches the end, click on the “Immunize button located in the upper left corner of the window.
- Once that progress bar reaches the end, click on the Search & Destroy button located at the upper left corner of the window.
- Click the “Check for Problems button located near the upper left corner of the window.
- This will launch the scanning program which can take anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes or more depending on the speed of your computer.
- When the scan is complete, you will see a list of programs that Spybot has detected as being Spyware. Click on the button labeled “Fix Selected Problems” to remove the Spyware.