(Windows
7:
Lesson 3)
{ Install Spybot - Search
and Destroy }
Section 0. Background
Information |
- Spybot - Search and Destroy
- Spybot Search & Destroy (S&D) is a spyware
and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows.
It scans the computer hard disk and/or RAM for malicious software.
- Spyware silently tracks your Internet
activity to create your profile.
- This information can then be used by
marketing and advertising companies.
- Spybot – Search & Destroy detects and
removes spyware, a kind of threat not always detected by anti-virus
applications.
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Lab Notes
- In this lab we will do the following:
- Download Spybot - Search and Destroy
- Install Spybot - Search and Destroy
- Update the Spybot - Search and Destroy
- Run Spybot - Search and Destroy
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Section 1. Start
your Windows 7 VM |
- Edit Virtual Machine Settings
- Instructions:
- Click on Windows 7
- Click on Edit virtual machine
- Configure Network Adapter
- Instructions
- Select Network Adapter
- Click the radio button "Bridged:
Connected directly to the physical network."
- Click the Okay button
- Start Windows 7
- Instructions:
- Click on Windows 7
- Click on Play virtual machine
Section 2. Login to
Windows 7 |
- Login
- Instructions:
- Enter Password
- Click the Blue Arrow
Section 3.
Verify you have a Network IP Address |
- Bring up Command Prompt
- Instructions:
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- Verify IP Address
- Instructions:
- ipconfig
- Notes:
- In my case, my IP Address is 192.168.1.105.
- In your case, your IP Address will be
different.
Section 4. Install
Spybot Search and Destroy |
- Bring up Command Prompt
- Instructions:
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- Open Internet Explorer
- Instructions:
- Click the Start Button
- Type "Internet Explorer" in the search
box
- Click on Internet Explorer
- Go to the AVG Download Site
- Instructions:
- Paste the following website address in
the URI box.
- http://www.safer-networking.org/spybots-own-mirror-1/
- Click the Download Button
- File Download
- Instructions:
- Click Run
- Do you want to run this software?
- Instructions:
- Click Run
- User Account Control
- Select Setup Language
- Instructions:
- Please select your language:
English
- Click OK
- Setup - Spybot - Search and Destroy
- Instructions:
- Click Next
- License Agreement
- Instructions:
- Click I accept the agreement
- Click Next
- Set Installation Folder
- Instructions:
- Click Next
- Select Components
- Instructions:
- Select Next
- Select Start Menu Folder
- Instructions:
- Select Next
- Select Additional Tasks
- Instructions:
- Click all check boxes
- Click Next
- Ready to Install
- Instructions:
- Click Install
- Download
- Note:
- Basically, you will see the standard
download and installation process.
- Continue to next step.
- Completing Spybot Installation
- Instructions:
- Uncheck "Run SpybotSD.exe"
- Check the remaining checkboxes.
- Click Finish
- User Account Control
- Instructions:
- Select Yes
Section 5. Backup
Registry |
- Your are not fully protected!
- Instructions:
- Click the Spybot desktop icon
- Create registry backup
- Instructions:
- Click "Create registry backup" button
- Continue
- Instructions:
- Click Next
- Start Using Program
- Instructions:
- Click the "Start using the program"
button
- Update
- Instructions:
- Click Update
- User Account Control
- Instructions:
- Click Yes
- Select Updater Mirror
- Instructions:
- Select Mirror
- Select Continue
- Select Important Update Files
- Instructions:
- Select All 3 Important Files
- Click the Download Button
- Update Complete
- Instructions:
- Notice the 3 check boxes now have green
check marks beside them.
- Click the OK Button.
- Run Spybot
- Instructions:
- Click Check for problems
- Checking for Bots
- Note(fyi):
- In the bottom tray, you can see Spybot
is checking for bots.
- Analyzing the Results
- Note(fyi):
- Over 800,000 Bots where check.
- In our case, we were clean because we
have not really used this machine.
- Typically, Problems will be listed with
the opportunity to delete the Internet Garbage.
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Proof of Lab Instructions
- Instructions:
- Bring up a command prompt
- cd C:\Program Files
- dir | findstr "Spybot"
- date
- Press <Enter>
- echo "Your Name"
- Replace the string "Your Name" with
your actual name.
- e.g., echo "John Gray"
- Do a PrtScn
- Paste into a word document
- Upload to Moodle
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