Spybot 2.8 - Why is it so hard to switch off the Windows Security Centre integration?
I've just installed Spybot 2.8.67.0 free version. The installer forces you to install the Security Centre Service because there is no option to leave this out. But this means that you can't run Windows Security scans from the Windows Explorer context menu or from the command line.
If you try to stop or disable the service from Spybot's settings or from the Windows Services app, that's denied, e.g.
So I had to edit the registry to set the service to start manually, which has solved the problem.
Malwarebytes makes it easy to remove Malwarebytes from the Windows Security Centre.
Given that its security centre "integration" stops other useful security functions, why doesn't Spybot do the same?
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