Protected Repair Environment
August 20, 2015 - 1:01 pmWhen the user chooses the Protected Repair Environment, a new Windows Desktop is opened and the Start Center runs in such a way that other software cannot interact with it. This prevents keyloggers and other malware taking over control of Spybot, using the same security desktop separation technology that the Windows Login screen and the User Account Control dialogs use.
A practical use of the Repair Environment would be where Spybot itself cannot be started any more, where it repeatedly closes unexpectedly, acts erratically, or where it is known that malware is present on the system but it is not detected.
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