GUIDE TO ANTISPYWARE SOFTWARES

Webroot Spy Sweeper Antispyware 5.x

Manufacturer : Webroot Software
In Stock : 6

List Price:	$29.95
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Features

ActiveX Shield thwarts drive-by downloads and blocks potential spyware threats that use ActiveX components to disguise their installation on your computer.
Spy Communication Shield prevents further spyware infection by blocking incoming and outgoing communication to web sites known to host potential spyware threats and disables spyware programs’ ability to re-install during removal.
BHO Shield blocks the installation of Browser Helper Objects – a small program that runs automatically every time a user opens an Internet browser and has the capability to track website activity or install a toolbar or add-on without your consent.
IE Security Shield prevents spyware from adding website entries to your Internet Explorer security settings – which could lead to unwanted downloads and put your personal data at risk.
Includes 1 Year Subscription of Version Upgrades.

Product Description

This new version of Spy Sweeper features a brand-new user interface, the result of extensive usability design and testing conducted by our in-house expert user experience team. Spy Sweeper meets the needs of new and novice users who want protection without extensive interaction. Alternatively, Spy Sweeper advanced users continue to have the power to configure the program to suit their unique needs. Spy Sweeper still focuses on what’s most important – offering users the most effective protection against spyware. Designed specifically to protect users from the most malicious forms of spyware, Spy Sweeper combines the use of Comprehensive Removal Technology (CRT), the most advanced spyware removal technology in the industry, with the superior blocking power of behavior-based Smart Shields. CRT uses adaptive recognition processes and proactive spyware research to completely eradicate the most debilitating types of spyware from a PC in a single sweep and restore the machine to a stable, pre-infection state. CRT effectively removes some of the most persistent and powerful spyware programs today, including Commonname, LOP, SurfSidekick, VX2/Abetterinternet/Aurora, Elite Keylogger and other sophisticated forms of spyware which use rootkit technology to bury themselves deeply within users’ PCs. Using CRT, Spy Sweeper 4.5 is able to detect and remove these devious types of spyware during regular system sweeps. Additionally, Spy Sweeper maintains an extremely low false positive rate – approximately 1:1,000,000 – assuring consumers that they are not removing any essential system operations applications or data that are required for normal PC function. To compliment these powerful removal capabilities, Spy Sweeper also offers new behavior-based, real-time Smart Shields, providing consumers with the widest breadth of proactive blocking protection available.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 2.50 out of 96 reviews

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Awful software and they won't stop charging my card each year - S. Stanley, Nov 14, 2009

Used to be good. They ruined a great product. Worst, though, is they renewed on my card which I DID NOT authorize, and now I'm paying for another year when I didn't even use it the first year. VERY HARD to cancel. Avoid avoid avoid on every level.

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Horrible Tech Support - The Techy, Nov 12, 2009

I have to say that this product is a waste of money. You are better off getting a security suite that includes spyware sweeper. I have compared this product to others and I have to say that it is not worth the additional money spent. In fact, Microsoft's spyware sweeper which is free is just as good or better. I have also tried other products, some store bought and some free, and this product does not warrant the expenditure. I had problems with this product so I called their tech support and was informed by the automated message that there is a long wait and that if I wanted better support I had to pay for the faster tech support. I was then informed that I had to wait 45 minutes. Needless to say I don't think that this product warrants 45 minutes of wait time to get it fixed. I will never purchase a Webroot product ever again.

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Avoid at all costs - Speechless, Jul 09, 2009

This software should be avoided at all costs. It is buggy and they make their money from troubleshooting their own bugs.

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A Good Product Gone Bad - Terry, Mar 26, 2009

I was tolerant of the occasional nagging, unnecessary popups for about a year, but then I upgraded to the latest version...to my regret. My Windows XP system then slowed to a crawl upon startup, when Webroot Spysweeper automatically started with Windows and actually locked up for several minutes every time I booted into Win XP. As soon as I disabled Webroot Spysweeper from starting with Windows, my system returned to its usual speedy performance upon startup. Regretfully I will have to do away with Webroot after using it for several years, and find another spysweeper. I cannot recommend it at all. In fact one star is too many.

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WEBROOT SPY- JACKER - rayco, Feb 17, 2009

I hardly ever review products, but I check them on Amazon alot before I buy. Now for Webroot Spy-jacker. I bought the software at Walmart a year ago it worked fine at the start, as soon as I downloaded the latest version upgrade I think it was 5.2 or 5.5 (don't install their anti-virus if the disc comes with it you'll regret it) anyway it turned into a hijack. I couldn't get on the internet anymore, this program would take over to update it's definitions and locked up everything. What I would try to do was right click the icon as soon as possible after start up to shut it off, or I'd have to leave the computer on 24/7 so it could up date at will,even then it would be busy some times or update while you were doing somthing and your computer would freeze up. Then the time to renew notices started comming 8 mos. before it expired. Any way I uninstalled the program, I couldn't take the Hi-jacking any more, my Yahoo tool bar spy sweeper found more than webroot, I run that. and since COX now offers McAfee internet suite for free (it scans everything) I dropped Norton (they were missing alot of spy/maleware) that Yahoo tool bar found, So I'm saving $70.00. I suggest you read all reviews you can find before you buy any software, SPYWARE will slow your computer down to a CRAWL. AVOID THIS PRODUCT!!!!!!

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