Settings allows users to customize Spybot to their personal preferences or make changes to the choices made during installation.
Language
Spybot offers to be used in different languages. This tab allows the user to select the preferred language.
Scope
This tab allows a user to make decisions on the scope Spybot is expected to scan.
Categories
The various categories Spybot can scan for. It is recommended not to disable any categories here unless there is a good reason to do so.
Live Protection
A user is able to install the Live Protection here and to select the type of monitoring. Additionally there are options for allowed, blocked or quarantined files.
System Integration
This allows the user to enable or disable Spybot in the context menu of Windows Explorer for files and folders or in AutoPlay dialogs. It also allows to decide whether the Spybot Tray icon is to be shown.
System Services
Spybot includes several services. These can be managed on this tab.
Browsers
In case a user wants to exclude a browser from beeing scanned for bad entries he can do this here.
Ignore Lists
A list of products and items that should not appear in the scan results, e.g. if there is some PUPS (Possibly UnPopular Software) that a user has intentionally installed. It is recommended to read the available documentation in our malware removal guides for any product before adding it to the Ignore List. There are also lists of domains and URLs that shouldn't be blocked by the Spybot proxy.
Schedule
Allows to control when automated tasks should take place.
Dialogs
Spybot has various dialogs that offer assistance where it may be needed. All these dialogs offer the option to not show themselves again, storing the preferred choice. This settings tab allows to change those preferences, for example if a specific dialog should be shown again the next time.
Portable Browsers
Spybot detects dozens of browsers. To save time for the regular user, it does not detect portable versions, which by design should leave no traces on a system. If it is required to immunize or scan a portable browser installation on a USB stick for example, it can be added here.
Internet Protection
Spybot comes with its own web proxy. The user is able to decide whether to use this one or the users own proxy. Using both or none is also possible.
Download Directories
Here a user is able to add download directories for special scrutiny during scans.
| Basic | |
| /help | shows this page |
| /verbose | displays more output |
| Automation | |
| /silent | avoid unnecessary output |
| /taskbarhide | avoid UI appearing even in the taskbar |
| System Service related | |
| /serviceinstalltest | fakes that services are not installed |
| Supplemental Options | |
| /youtube | adds menu option to resize windows to YouTube video resolutions |
| Tab to open | |
| /showDialogs | shows the Dialogs tabSettings after opening |
| /showPortable | shows the Portable Browsers tabSettings after opening |
| /showBrowsers | shows the Browsers tabSettings after opening |
| /showOnAccess | shows the Live Protection tabSettings after opening |
| /showSchedules | shows the Schedules tabSettings after opening |
| /showCategories | shows the Categories tabSettings after opening |
| /showScope | shows the Scope tabSettings after opening |
| /showProxy | shows the Internet Protection tabSettings after opening |
| /showIgnores | shows the Ignore Products tabSettings after opening |
| /showDownloadDirs | shows the Download Directories tabSettings after opening |
| /showServices | shows the System Services tabSettings after opening |
| /showIntegration | shows the Integration tabSettings after opening |
This module is available in the following editions:
- Free
- Home
- Professional
- Corporate
- Technician
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