What is the use of Device Space Cleaner in Spybot antivirus?

Spybot's Immunize function blocks access to harmful websites, cookies, and browser plugins, preventing malware from infecting your machine. Additionally, it can alter and prevent the installation of spyware by working with the Windows hosts file.

Spybot has the ability to remove several viruses such as:

• Malware
• Spyware and Adware
• Trojans
• Keyloggers

To browser tracking cookies handled by Spybot, follow the steps given below:

• Spybot searches your computer for tracking cookies, which gather information about user’s online activities
• It uses their activity to identify cookies that might pose a risk to privacy
• Spybot alerts users to any tracking cookies it finds on your computer after it has recognized them
• Depending on your preferences user can either delete or maintain the tracking cookies
• To assist safeguard privacy Spybot erases tracking cookies if the user chooses so.

Spybot uses a combination of heuristic analysis and signature-based detection to find and eliminate spyware. It looks for known spyware signatures on the system and contrasts them with a list of dangerous threats in the database. Spybot marks the file or process as possibly dangerous when a match is discovered.

Spybot uses heuristic analysis to find suspicious activity or patterns that mimic malware in order to detect new or unknown threats. The software lets users quarantine or delete spyware after it has been identified, protecting sensitive data and preventing system performance issues.

To turn on Internet protection in Spybot, follow the steps given below:

• Open Spybot by right-clicking on the Spybot icon
• Select ‘Run as administrator’
• Toggle on the Live Protection status in the Start Center.