Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.8

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Webroot Spy Sweeper delivers spyware detection, blocking and removal, with 360 degrees of protection. Dangerous spyware is blocked before reaching your PC, and any existing spyware on your computer is located and destroyed. The new Gamer Mode allows for fast, safe gaming and online video viewing. Webroot's WARN global response system utilizes the millions of subscribers to block the latest online threats. The new version of Webroot Spy Sweeper now detects and blocks even more forms of spyware at the point of infection.

New in version 5.8: the Gamer Mode ensures you are not interrupted while playing online games; through the Webroot Automated Research Network (WARN), Webroot provides faster response to new and emerging threats by analyzing submissions from the Webroot users worldwide; the version is fully compatible with the 64-bit Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

Note: Removal of current infection is limited to the paid version.

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  Webroot Spy Sweeper

  Spysweeper is still my anti-spyware no. 1

  by: sweidre7 on 02-Oct-2008 08:50:41 PM

  Pros: This version 5.8 is improved:
  1. Shields are improved.
  2. Scans are now extremely fast.
  3. Reliable

  Cons: 1. Rootkit found in Custom Scan, not in Full Scan!
  2. Support is insuffient
  3. After a few days, update is removed for downloading
  4. Interferes with other softwares
  5. Files in Quarantine/Ignore disappear after reboot.
  6. Many .temp files

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  Webroot Spy Sweeper

  Version 5.8 is very buggy, will not work with Vista

  by: shot34ever on 30-Sep-2008 09:08:21 AM

  Pros: A Very good utility, running this program for the past five years and no problems at all. It kept my computer running without the typical problems of all the junk on the internet that crept s into a computer.

  Cons: Major problem conflicting with other software that cause three hard crash's on my computer. Fix they sent me did not work either. Had to remove from my computer.
  Stick with the older Version and avoid the version 5.8 until it is fixed.

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  Webroot Spy Sweeper

  Almost as bad as what it is supposed to defend against

  by: y2kjerome on 29-Sep-2008 06:43:38 PM

  Pros: Installed with no problem. Found some reference to a monitor program I had installed.

  Cons: Advertised as free until it actually finds something. Then you have to pay to have it remove what it found. Try to uninstall it and the program directs you to their site but will not uninstall itself.

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  Webroot Spy Sweeper

  Good but needs improvements.

  by: little_melon on 28-Sep-2008 04:42:08 PM

  Pros: It ran fine on my computer. Scanning is good. Auto updating is fine.

  Cons: This is a resource hog as well as it freezes all the time when I scan it or even open the program up. Uninstalling was awfully difficult as it was stubborn and it didn't want to leave. As soon it was uninstalled all those computer symptoms were gone.

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  Webroot Spy Sweeper

  Glitchy at first

  by: Madness316 on 27-Sep-2008 09:48:22 AM

  Pros: The sheilds have been improved, the design of the programme looks better, the new gamer mode is quite helpful and the scan times have been reduced a little.

  Cons: I had a major problem with this a while ago, if your comp crahses at whiel scannign with then then: go into option, change settings, advanced options and untick "Enable direct disk sweeping including rootkit detection".

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