(default) error
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To select your other hard drives,open Spybot Start Center,then click System Scan.The scan might start automatically,if it does,stop the scan.Click the arrow next to Start Scan/and,or Show Scan Results(depending upon if you had to stop the scan or not.)Choose scan with different options,then a window should appear showing your drive letters.If your other drive letters are there,you can checkmark them so they'll be scanned,too. 
Now,the items showing mostly as default seem to be SearchProtect.There is a Conduit.SearchProtect listed as pups here by Spybot:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?71968-Manual-Removal-Guide-for-Conduit-SearchProtect
This is an explanation of what pups are:
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/pups/
I'm not sure why yours is mostly showing as (default).To make sure there are no hiccups going on with cleaner,try going to C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2,then doubleclick SDCleaner.exe,(say yes to UAC,if prompted.),and remove the checkmark from "Run cleaner on System Startup",then run a spybot scan again,and see if the same things are found.That's just to make sure that the Cleaner isn't doing something like finding searchprotect over and over again when it's already been removed,or anything like that.Then when you're done,please post back,and let me know the results.
Now,the items showing mostly as default seem to be SearchProtect.There is a Conduit.SearchProtect listed as pups here by Spybot:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?71968-Manual-Removal-Guide-for-Conduit-SearchProtect
This is an explanation of what pups are:
http://www.safer-networking.org/faq/pups/
I'm not sure why yours is mostly showing as (default).To make sure there are no hiccups going on with cleaner,try going to C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2,then doubleclick SDCleaner.exe,(say yes to UAC,if prompted.),and remove the checkmark from "Run cleaner on System Startup",then run a spybot scan again,and see if the same things are found.That's just to make sure that the Cleaner isn't doing something like finding searchprotect over and over again when it's already been removed,or anything like that.Then when you're done,please post back,and let me know the results.
Looks good.You're welcome.
To doublecheck to be certain it's gone,you should follow one of the paths listed in your cleaner screenshot,to doublecheck that search.protect isn't there any more.C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\ should do nicely.It's probably gone,but if present,that should just be a folder,and might be empty.
No need to recheck run on startup,Cleaner should prompt you at the end of a scan if it should need to run at startup again,and should do it automatically if you click yes.
It's up to you about unchecking the other drives,but it's probably a good idea to do that,to keep the scan from taking a long time.It's a good idea to keep scanning the G:\ drive,since that's the one you use the most.
To doublecheck to be certain it's gone,you should follow one of the paths listed in your cleaner screenshot,to doublecheck that search.protect isn't there any more.C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\SearchProtect\SearchProtect\ should do nicely.It's probably gone,but if present,that should just be a folder,and might be empty.
No need to recheck run on startup,Cleaner should prompt you at the end of a scan if it should need to run at startup again,and should do it automatically if you click yes.
It's up to you about unchecking the other drives,but it's probably a good idea to do that,to keep the scan from taking a long time.It's a good idea to keep scanning the G:\ drive,since that's the one you use the most.
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Hm,hard to tell if it's leftovers from the program,or if it might be still installed.
Here's a couple of signs the program is still present:
This is a picture of what Search Protect might look like in the notification area:
http://cdn3.howtogeek.com/wp-conten...5438188689a8a.png.pagespeed.ic.LC0DuiyiLe.png
Also,it might be in Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features->Uninstall a program as Search Protect,or perhaps another name.
As there are some files left in the folders,you might want to ask for help in malware removal,to be sure pups category Search Protect is gone.If you would like to do that,then please see this sticky post for what to do:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthrea...ocedure-Before-Requesting-Assistance)-Updated
And this is Malware Removal:
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?22-Malware-Removal
Here's a couple of signs the program is still present:
This is a picture of what Search Protect might look like in the notification area:
http://cdn3.howtogeek.com/wp-conten...5438188689a8a.png.pagespeed.ic.LC0DuiyiLe.png
Also,it might be in Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features->Uninstall a program as Search Protect,or perhaps another name.
As there are some files left in the folders,you might want to ask for help in malware removal,to be sure pups category Search Protect is gone.If you would like to do that,then please see this sticky post for what to do:
http://forums.spybot.info/showthrea...ocedure-Before-Requesting-Assistance)-Updated
And this is Malware Removal:
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?22-Malware-Removal