- 1). Click "Start," "All Programs," "Spybot Search & Destroy," right-click the "Spybot Search & Destroy" shortcut and click "Run as Administrator."
- 2). Click "Yes" to the User Account Control window.
- 3). Click the "Mode" menu at the top of the Spybot window, click "Advanced Mode" and click "Yes" to confirm the switch to advanced mode.
- 4). Click the "Settings" section at the bottom-left corner of the Spybot window and click the "Settings" option under the Settings header.
- 5). Scroll down to the "Web Update" section in the settings pane.
- 6). Uncheck the checkbox to the left of "Use Proxy to Connect to Update Server" by clicking it.
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