How do you mean, is it protected ? If you mean has it been virus-checked, it depends from whence you are obtaining it. You should always virus check downloaded software before installing it as a matter of course.
Was there no software supplied with the camera for this very purpose ? If, not, try to obtain one from the original vendor, or failing that from Vivitar themselves.
Manuals online say they have them for download but after download it was a DVR 508 HD
Only thing I can suggest is buy another with a manual in the package