How do I enable Live Protection?

To enable Live Protection:

• Open Spybot by right-clicking on the Spybot icon and choosing the option to “Run as administrator”.



• Click on the Live Protection status in the Start Center.
• This will open up the Live Protection Settings.
• If you see “Live Protection is not installed”, click on “Show Live Protection advanced controls”.
• Click on “Install Live Protection”.
• If you receive an error message saying “Live Protection System Driver could not be installed”, you will have to restart your PC in order to re-attempt the installation.
• Once you have restarted your machine, please open Spybot.
• You should see a dialog asking you whether or not to install Live Protection.
• Click Yes.
• Live Protection should now be enabled.

If you do not see this dialog, you will have to reinstall Spybot.

• Before reinstalling Spybot, you must uninstall the old installation.
• Please see here for instructions on how to uninstall Spybot.
• Alternatively, you can run the Spybot installer, which will detect the current installation and offer to uninstall it.
• Once you have uninstalled Spybot and restarted your machine the installation should begin automatically.
• Spybot 2.4 can be downloaded from here.
• If you are a licensed user, you can download your license installer from the original email that was sent to at the time of purchase.
• If you do not have your license installer, you can request that your license be resent to you by filling in the form here.
• During the installation process you should see a dialog prompting you to “Install Live Protection”.
• Click “Yes”.

If Live Protection is still not enabled, please go to the Live Protection settings in Spybot, and then click “Install Live Protection”.

• When Live Protection has been successfully installed, you can then click “Activate Live Protection”.
• Live Protection will then be enabled and actively protecting your PC.