How+to...use+Spybot+Search+and+Destroy+for+Windows

From John x7936 Double click SPYBOT > click CHECK FOR UPDATES > check items dealing with DEFINITIONS and DATABASE > click DOWNLOAD UPDATES in the menu bar at the top > when download is complete> click IMMUNIZE in left column. No action is needed if it says “All known bad products are already blocked”. If a WARNING message advises that not all known malware is blocked, click IMMUNIZE again to permanently block those products.
 * HOW TO...IMMUNIZE YOUR COMPUTER FROM KNOWN SPY AND MALWARE**

From Peggy x8487 USING SPYBOT TO REMOVE SPYWARE FROM YOUR COMPUTER
 * 1)  Open Spy Bot program from the desktop
 * 2)  Click on SEARCH FOR UPDATES
 * 3)  Click on DOWNLOAD UPDATES
 * 4)  click to select each item which has to do with spyware one by one and click download for each in turn.
 * 5)  (If boxes are checked and exclamation marks and the words
 * 6)  “bad checksum” appear, it will be necessary to close the program and try again later to download the updates. When the updates are successfully downloaded, there will be large green checkmarks in the item boxes)
 * 7)  Click on SEARCH & DESTROY
 * 8)  Click on CHECK FOR PROBLEMS a 30ish minute scan begins
 * 9)  CLICK ON FIX SELECTED PROBLEMS if a list of red checked items appears
 * 10)  CLICK IMMUNIZE which brings up a new window
 * 11)  CLICK the green checked window IMMUNIZE

Running Spy Bot once a week is good preventative maintenance.