Typical Immunization issues (Spybot - Search & Destroy 2)

Users of Vista or later

With Vista or later, Immunization has to be run with elevated privileges, otherwise all global immunizations will fail. To elevate your privileges, right-click the Immunization shortcut and choose Run as Administrator.

Normally Spybot will offer to run the Immunization with elevated privileges. If a user has chosen not to display this dialog, it can be re-enabled using the Dialogs tab of the Settings window.

Computer Associates software users

Computer Associates Anti-Spyware for Yahoo! blocks some immunization entries in the category Internet Explorer (32/64 bit). One such domain is koolynoody.net.

CA AntiVirus 8.4.0 has been known to block a larger amount of entries.

More information about this can be found on our support forums in threads tagged immunization vs. ca.

AVG Antivirus users

AVG Antivirus blocks immunization of about 30 to 120 entries in the Internet Explorer category.

More information about this can be found on our support forums in threads tagged immunization vs. avg.

ZoneAlarm users

ZoneAlarm blocks all immunization in the area Windows: Global (Hosts) by protecting this file against changes. To overcome this protection, you must unlock using the ZoneAlarms Firewall > Advanced tab. Don't forget to relock it after immunization.

More information about this can be found on our support forums in threads tagged immunization vs. za.

STOPzilla users

STOPzilla blocks all immunization in the area Windows: Global (Hosts) by protecting this file against changes. To overcome this protection, you must allow changes to be made. To do so:

1. Open Stopzilla
2. Click "Real-time Protection"
3. Click "Active Enforcers"
4. Click "Network"
5. Click "Hosts File" to uncheck it
6. Click "Apply"
7. Click "OK"

Do not forget to reverse this procedure after you've completed immunization. We would like to thank forum user michaelbmcgee for these instructions

More information about this can be found on our support forums in threads immunization vs. stopz.

Microsoft Windows Vista: How to use User Account Control (UAC).

Microsoft Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC).

Microsoft Windows 8 (or later): What are User Account Control settings?

More discussions about this dialog in our forums can be found here.