I have a mostly similar issue which started recently too. Only that in addition my spybot reinstall doesn't let me start the spybot settings and after a few dozen system reboots the automatic update service won't start either
I have a mostly similar issue which started recently too. Only that in addition my spybot reinstall doesn't let me start the spybot settings and after a few dozen system reboots the automatic update service won't start either
Live Protection can not be started error. Any suggestions for fix?
Any help is appreciated thanks. Live Protection is a big part of why I bought this Anti-virus.
Thanks!
Hello Silky,
Sorry to hear of the problem.
To enable Live Protection:
- Open Spybot by right-clicking on the Spybot icon and choosing the option to “Run as administrator”.
- Click on the Live Protection status in the Start Center.
- This will open up the Live Protection Settings.
- If you see “Live Protection is not installed”, click on “Show Live Protection advanced controls”.
- Click on “Install Live Protection”.
- If you receive an error message saying “Live Protection System Driver could not be installed”, you will have to restart your PC in order to re-attempt the installation.
- Once you have restarted your machine, please open Spybot.
- You should see a dialog asking you whether or not to install Live Protection.
- Click Yes.
- Live Protection should now be enabled.
- If you do not see this dialog, you will have to reinstall Spybot.
- Before reinstalling Spybot, you must uninstall the old installation.
- Please see here for instructions on how to uninstall Spybot.
- Alternatively, you can run the Spybot installer, which will detect the current installation and offer to uninstall it.
- Once you have uninstalled Spybot and restarted your machine the installation should begin automatically.
- Spybot 2.4 can be downloaded from here.
- If you are a licensed user, you can download your license installer from the original email that was sent to at the time of purchase.
- If you do not have your license installer, you can request that your license be resent to you by filling in the form here.
- During the installation process you should see a dialog prompting you to “Install Live Protection”.
- Click “Yes”.
If Live Protection is still not enabled, please go to the Live Protection settings in Spybot, and then click “Install Live Protection”.
- When Live Protection has been successfully installed, you can then click “Activate Live Protection”.
- Live Protection will then be enabled and actively protecting your PC.
https://www.safer-networking.org/faq...ve-protection/
If that does not work, please open a support ticket here
Best regards.
Microsoft MVP Reconnect 2018-
Windows Insider MVP 2016-2018
Microsoft Consumer Security MVP 2006-2016
Is there yet a solid procedure that will correct this error (-2146762495)?
Ttroebgyps, if you have Spybot 2.5, I think the error you are getting happens due to certificate issues. tashi linked to it in her post above:
https://forums.spybot.info/showthrea...lisher-Unknown
Those errors no longer happen with Spybot 2.6, however there is sometimes an error that occurs with Spybot 2.6 when shutting the computer down. There is a work-around, but that can only be done with the free version, since you would need to have the antivirus files needed for scanning:
https://forums.spybot.info/showthrea...l=1#post476629
I don't think I've seen a workaround for the Spybot + AV 2.6 versions posted here on the forum anywhere yet, so it might be best to send an email to support about it, and see what they say to do.
https://www.safer-networking.org/sup...ket/paid-user/