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Beginning from version 1.2, Spybot-S&D allows you to immunize your
computer against some spyware. It currently offers three different immunities:
Permanent Internet Explorer immunity
Similar to JavaCools SpywareBlaster, this allows you to tweak some internal
Internet Explorer settings to block the installation of known spyware
(and similar threats) installers. Spybot-S&D is able to set all entries for
those that are in its database to be blocked. If you want to distinguish,
you should install SpywareBlaster.
Permanently running bad download blocker for Internet Explorer
This is a second layer of protection for IE. While the Permanent Immunity
blocks installers by their ActiveX ID, this one blocks anything that should
come through by different aspects.
You can view a log of blocked installers in the
Tools / Resident section.
Permanent Opera immunity
This list shows all Opera profiles, and how many of the plugins that Spybot-S&D knows as bad are already blocked in each profile. To set the complete protection, just tick the checkbox in front of the profile you want to protect. To remove the protection, untick the checkbox.
Not many browser plugins are currently working for Opera, but the try to install some may crash Opera, and ActiveX support for Opera is available in third-party beta software, so use this function as a pre-caution against future misuse of Opera through spyware.
!This feature will (certainly) only be displayed if you have Opera installed on your system!
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