Run Spybot Search & Destroy Automatically

In this age where spyware, adware, and malware are quite common and identity theft is a common threat, everyone connected to the Internet must take necessary precautions.

Enter Spybot Search & Destroy, a free application that can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer. Spybot Search & Destroy has been rated by Tucows with five cows and CNet with five stars. I’d rate it with five stars, too, overall, for security protection.

It is easy to run Spybot Search & Destroy manually at least once every week. But it is always better to run it automatically. This way, you are sure that you won’t miss it working for you. This application can be run with parameters and then made as a scheduled task or a shortcut that would complete the whole process of checking for updates, checking for problems, fixing those problems found, and even closing it after everything.

I’d recommend anyone to create a shortcut and a Scheduled Task entry with the following entry (assuming that you installed Spybot Search & Destroy at its default folders):

"C:\Program Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SpybotSD.exe" /autoupdate /autocheck /autofix /autoclose

This requires, though, that you are connected to the Internet so the updates can be downloaded.

So there! And good luck!