Spy Sweeper 3.0 (05/17/2003)

More problemsby jesusandhislawyer - October 24, 2010

Pros: It consistently sucks.

Cons: Not as advertised.

Gave me phony results and resisted being uninstalled.by jasarthur - July 15, 2010

Pros: Did not like anything about it.

Cons: The demo scan told me I have BeAware (an Ascentive product)--which I DO NOT! It wanted me to buy the full app based on this one high risk find. I wrote to support at Webroot asking why it would give such a wrong result and they never answered.

Great product very few issuesby nevinc - March 28, 2010

Pros: Works great at keeping subversive software off my computer, uses very little resources compared to other like programs, price is competitive and have had no issues when contacting support.

Cons: Updates can be a little confusing, few issues with firewall settings and e-mail reception

GOOD PRODUCT BUT HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICEby ok4now - April 26, 2009

Pros: GREAT WHEN IT WORKS.

Cons: CAN'T GET ANY UPDATES

product and services don't live up to the sales pitchby grifatkins - September 21, 2008

Pros: seemed to work with plenty of problems.

Cons: many problems for them to work out, i wont be buying any of their products again!

Spy Sweeper has kept my computer free of spyware for over a year... great program!by kajo55 - May 20, 2007

Pros: Superior real time protection... prevents virtually all spyware from attaching to my computer.

Cons: I can't think of any cons.

Best I've triedby thelancinator - November 12, 2006

Pros: Caught items nothing else found

Cons: None - haven't found any yet

Very Good Spyware Scannerby Windows98 - October 24, 2006

Pros: Easy to navigate

Cons: Heavy on System Preformance, Sluggish Scanner, Not easy to configure options

Extremely impressedby wharvey51 - October 7, 2006

Pros: Extremely user friendly, updates a breeze very impressed

Cons: no "cons" but I have not tried anything else to compare it with

Best AntiSpywareby MattLee0416 - August 19, 2006

Pros: Removes All The Spyware

Cons: Slow, Can Freeze Screen

Spysweeper works like no otherby smart technician - April 21, 2006

Pros: Removes all spyware

Cons: works unless your an idiot

Works Fine For Meby kc270 - March 16, 2006

Pros: Seems to Be Updated Frequently

Cons: Support With Webroot Can be Spotty

(Spy Sweeper 4 .0) Best antispiware software I've ever usedby neothe0ne - March 14, 2006

Pros: Updated often; effective shields; thorough scanner

Cons: Must renew one-year subscription to update spyware definitions

An UnMtigated Disasterby Sam Katz - January 20, 2006

Pros: comprehensive claims

Cons: Killed my system

Do yourself a favor - purchase something elseby jason03 - January 9, 2006

Pros: There are none

Cons: Caused system to freeze

Frustratingby maranho - January 4, 2006

Pros: Looks impressive

Cons: Doesn't remove anything it finds

Was really good....Until updated program.by zombie01 - December 15, 2005

Pros: Did a good job of clearing out most spyware.

Cons: product " upgrades"? forced product upgrades or would not update defs if continued using earlier versions

Don't install SpySweeper on some Workstationsby ITSC_William - October 4, 2005

Pros: Onlyt runs on simply configured workstations

Cons: Poor Support for real problems

Don't Botherby stevevb - September 1, 2005

Pros: Clean Interface, Easy to Use

Cons: Poor Support, No Different From Other, Free Programs

First In Lineby kingdomofjones - July 30, 2005

Pros: Qualified and Comprehensive-Very near intuitive

Cons: Not Perfect

never shuts down properlyby metmichallica - July 9, 2005

Pros: finds some spyware

Cons: misses others

Sad from best of best to worst of worstby drdobro - June 4, 2005

Pros: Used to be the best

Cons: Now the worst

The best spyware remover everby wb61087 - June 2, 2005

Pros: Everything

Cons: The program is slow

Weebroot needs to pay significantly more attention to its customer support base.by Scorpius010 - May 29, 2005

Pros: Versatile product, monitors significant computer/internet activity and does it well.

Cons: No support from Webroot if things go wrong.

Very effective, nailed it.by leverettson - May 19, 2005

Pros: Gets the job done by scanning deeper than the competitors

Cons: Can't find a single thing wrong with this software

perpare yourself for crashes, hangs, and a frozen computerby hergy - April 13, 2005

Pros: there are none

Cons: crashes, hangs, and freezing; you'll have to manually turn off your computer

Webroot's Spy Sweeper Offers Comprehensive Scansby ciggieoxo - April 12, 2005

Pros: Ad-aware and Spybot Let Trojans In; Spy Sweeper Caught Them

Cons: None -- it's WAD stable

new ver 3.5 hosed all my applications !!!by - January 18, 2005

Pros: use to run well, great interface, powerfull

Cons: never did find a lot of stuff mostly cookies. new version caused all my applications inopperable !! had to call my computer tech support cause error message was extremely general, but they knew spysweeper was the problem. beware new install if u have xp h

Good for blocking; bad for getting rid of Spyware.by - January 12, 2005

Pros: Simple to use.

Cons: I've used this program on multiple computers, and it is very good at blocking spyware if you don't have it. Unfortunately, it is not as good at getting rid of it once it's there. It will tell you the programs are gone, but the next time you boot up, they'

Version 3.2 is good but missed someby - January 12, 2005

Pros: The product runs in "defender" mode like Norton Antivirus. It found a lot of stuff Spybot and Ad-aware missed.

Cons: System scan takes 30 minutes. It was unable to remove serious spyware and I had to resort to HijackThis analysis to kill the bad stuff.

It's good..worth it!!by - January 12, 2005

Pros: I have tried all possible spyware programns and theres no other which can beat Spy Sweeper.Easy to use and effective.

Cons: It costs money after 1 month to download new definitions and a bit slow..

Does not work as advertised; customer service non-existentby - January 12, 2005

Pros: Easy installation

Cons: There were several spyware programs (eg, CDilla, ClipGenie, Downloadware, NetworkEssentials, and SwimSuitNetwork) that Spy Sweeper would identify but was unable to delete. I emailed their customer service area several times but got no response. Eventual

Removes Trojans and Trojan installers too.by - January 12, 2005

Pros: Found 27 spyware Items that Ad-aware6 & Spybot missed. Can be setup to remove spyware seconds after they are installed. Prevent's your configuration files from being changed without your approval.

Cons: Takes about 20 minutes to scan my computer. A small price to pay considering it cleared a Trojan & Trojan installer that Norton couldn't handle.

Works, but rips you offby - January 11, 2005

Pros: Webroot's product appears to function effectively, but it also has the nasty habit of disappearing. The expiry date of a subscription changes regularly, reducing the life of the subscription. Roughly, you lose a week of subscription every week. In effe

Cons: Finds most threats (although nothing that Norton AV didn't also find)

Value-adding Purchase!by - December 31, 2004

Pros: Does a great job finding and eliminating spyware that others have missed. Very user-friendly interface.

Cons: Scan took about 8 minutes.

keeps the computer cleanby - November 18, 2004

Pros: it is exelent at sweeping the computer. it usually finds sommething and the continuous monitering helps keep the #s down to begin with

Cons: there is no unlimited free version. i know this program costs money but i am a poor college kid and dishing out $30 for a spyware remover, albeit a good one, is kinda stupid when there are free alternatives that you can update so they always have the curr

Found things that Ad Aware and Spybot didn'tby - November 15, 2004

Pros: Much more thorough. I have teenagers, and as much as I try, spyware is a constant problem. For a while Ad Aware and Spybot did the trick. Then I started getting things they wouldn't detect or remove. Manually finding and removing these became very tedi

Cons: Very slow. But if you schedule this to run at say 4 am, it doesn't matter.

Great spyware prog. Not too good on subscription.by - October 7, 2004

Pros: Great prog. find more spyware than the other two leading prog.

Cons: problems with compatible and many errors on subscription updates (subscription expire very often when it say it expire the following year)

Keeps your computer Spyware free!by - October 6, 2004

Pros: Gives you the most control over scans and protection of any Anti-Spyware program. Also gives you a choice of what to do with suspected Spyware before it infects your machine. Other programs will fight with spyware to the point where you can't use your mac

Cons: Doesn't clean out everything if your machine is already infected. Won't take out those annoying search bars in IE and can't completely restore a hijacked home and search page. But I have yet to find a product that will do this. Scans can take forever on

The ONe Spyware/Adware Removal Program that Worksby - October 3, 2004

Pros: Easy to use, if there was an idiot proof program this is it! Powerful and thorough scan and removal for spyware,trojans,adware. Nice straight forward set up and configuration utility options. Price is $29, very affordable. Free Year of updates.

Cons: At times it took 5 minutes to remove all spyware. At the time to register the product i received a "no data" page.

Easy to use and very effective.by - September 29, 2004

Pros: Easy to use and found adware that I thought I got rid of. Like the ability to update frequently.

Cons: Costs for a subscription but I mind for a good product.

Found more than Adaware and Norton 4.oby - September 17, 2004

Pros: Found 29 programs that Adaware and Norton 4.o Antivirus missed, including a keystroke logger!! Can scan in the background, can schedule scan,Quarantine or delete feature, has a warning feature that tells you if you delete a certain spyware program that s

Cons: I can find none at all.

found spyware/adware that others didn'tby - September 10, 2004

Pros: Easy installation, easy set-up

Cons: costs money Vs. other freeware that is available

Spy Sweeper is my pickby - September 7, 2004

Pros: Excellent interface, ease of use and its ability to locate, identify, and remove almost all the adware that most of the other products didn't even recognize makes this my choice.

Cons: Its not free, but then again, I'd rather have a reliable program than a free one.

Great Product To Invest In!by - September 7, 2004

Pros: Finds spyware that ad-aware and spybot did not find.

Cons: Price, but I was well pleased with the results. I know you can't beat the other programs that are free, but you can't complain about being keptly spyware free.

Best All round Anti-Spyware Programby - September 5, 2004

Pros: Very effective at rooting out spyware. Finds a LOT more than Spybot S&D 1.3 or AdAware 6.0. Constant protection feature is becominga necessity these days. Without Spysweeper a friends computer would need a reload of WinME, Spysweeper was only product

Cons: Slow to scan - 1hour on 2Ghz computer with massive HD Free trial period too short for true evaluation

Finds things the free software does not.by - September 4, 2004

Pros: Finds and removes all the spyware/AdWare as far as I can see.

Cons: SLOW. takes a long tome to scan.

Swear by itby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Easy to use interface Auto download of updated definitions Scheduling capability

Cons: Scan does take a while, but my PC runs 24/7 so I just schedule the scan to run at 2:00am.

spy sweeper is greatby - September 1, 2004

Pros: spy sweeper is able to find trojans, IE hi-jackers which will cause you're connection to dial premium rate sites and remove them for you.

Cons: It also finds programs which are needed by windos and games etc.

value for money, and found things adaware and spybot s&d didn'tby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Easy to use

Cons: Scan takes a while, but is very efficient so who gives a rats ass?!

Great Program - Easy To Useby - September 1, 2004

Pros: This program is great. I downloaded and was up and running in minutes. It found and elimated a bunch of spyware on my fairly new computer. Gets regular updates automatically.

Cons: None

Best Spy software your can invest in!!!by - August 28, 2004

Pros: I've tried the other spyware software too such as SpyBot and Ad-Aware and they both just didn't seem to be getting all of the spyware. As soon as I installed Spy Sweeper, it removed every trace of spyware on both of my systems. I also ran a scan on my f

Cons: Right now I don't have any cons about the software because it's doing it's job!

Bogus finds.....by - July 22, 2004

Pros: It's very easy to use.

Cons: It identifies perfectly legitimate programs as being spyware. One file reported was actually my Nero 6 virus scanning module's DLL. A novice user could easily be suckered into deleting needed files for many programs. Stay away.

Slowed computer after useby - July 13, 2004

Pros: It's easy to use.

Cons: It deleted some good files because computer is now running VERY slow. Cannot get through for tech help after a week of trying, and email to support are returned as undeliverable. Scan takes 40 min on a 2.4 GB HD with 512 RAM. Rival XoftSpy found seven (7)

IT COST BUT IT IS WORTH ITby - July 11, 2004

Pros: PICKS UP JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING........I REALLY LIKE IT

Cons: PACK A LUNCH IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO RUN

works better then I thoughtby - July 9, 2004

Pros: works well with other programs,do not use to much of the computers resources,

Cons: still looking for some type of issues with it.

Seems to be very conclusive in identifing spyware bits & pieces.by - July 9, 2004

Pros: Very good in seeking out spyware enbedded bits and pieces within various files.

Cons: A little slow in actual operations; probable due to the thorough search through all files within my system.

Great, easy, has saved me extra workby - July 9, 2004

Pros: Easy to use. A good price. Adjustable. Does not eat up memory or slow other programs.

Cons:

The Best Single Antispyware Solutionby - July 8, 2004

Pros: If I was going to use only a single Windows antispy/anti-adware detection product Webroot's Spy Sweeper would be it. It seems to detect more of the threatening spyware/adware than the others, it does the most extensive scanning, has anti-browser-hijacking

Cons: Although it is excellent at scanning and finding spyware and its traces it does not do as good a job at alerting you of specific weaknesses in your Windows configuration the way that a program like Spybot S&D does. I would still recommend using all t

Easiest, not CPU-heavy and efficientby - July 5, 2004

Pros: This is now the third program I have tried, the others being Spyware Nuker & PestPatrol. This is by far the lightest and most efficient, customisable program I have used yet. The permanent PC monitoring is fabulous as well.

Cons: So far none...

So far one of the best antispywareby - July 4, 2004

Pros: Better at detecting spyware and cookies than most.

Cons: -Scan takes awhile. Longer than most other antispyware tools. -It is not free. -It is does not detect everything, but other don't either.

It worked better than othersby - June 19, 2004

Pros: I had "werule" spyware/popups that I couldn't get rid of with Spybot Search and Destroy nor Ad-aware. Thought I was just stuck with it. Spy Sweeper got rid of it, so I'm happy.

Cons: Yea, it's slow

effective and value for moneyby - June 19, 2004

Pros: effective, easy to use and does what it says it will, loads of suppport and updates.

Cons: nothing really this sort of software needs to look everywhere on your computer, so expect it to take some time, its better to be safe than sorry.

Waste of money, both sweeper and pop up washerby - June 15, 2004

Pros: Nice interface, shows the scan in progress, and items it finds

Cons: It continually finds the same prgrams installed on my computer yet fails to adequately remove them, and fails to find many more. In addition the pop up washer is about useless as well. Oh well, $80 wasted I'll reformat now.

Top-Rate Protectionby - June 11, 2004

Pros: User can specify which drive(s) to scan. Frequent Online Updates. No Conflicts with WinXP.

Cons:

Saved My PC From Adware, Spyware & A Trojanby - June 8, 2004

Pros: Webroot Spy Sweeper actually saved my PC from Adware, Spyware & it Detected a Trojan Virus that Norton Didn't (Downloader.Trojan & Download.Trojan). I was able to Start, Search, And Find The Infected File And Manually Delete It Myself. It's Deff

Cons: MicroGaming, Webroots Definition as Adware. Some kind of Online Casino named Thumper. No matter how many times I try to quarantine it and remove it, it always seems to re appear in scans. I'm clueless in what to do to get rid of it, I feel like i'm on a

Reliable and better than the competionby - June 8, 2004

Pros: Finds Spyware, malware and adware that other products cannot find.

Cons: needs subscription service after the first few scans.

Found stuff on my "clean" machineby - June 8, 2004

Pros: I thought my computer was clean until I ran Spy Sweeper. AdAware did not do the job.

Cons: Annual subscription is required. But the good news is that once you run the trial version, you can use Spyware Blaster (free) to prevent spyware from installing in the first place!

Above the restby - June 4, 2004

Pros: I had used Ad-aware prior to using Spy Sweeper and when i ran Ad-aware and cleaned my PC i would run Spy Sweeper and it would clena up what Ad-aware didn't find. You can't go wrong here and the even the free version will take care of most your needs

Cons: none.

Currently Best I've used V2.6.1by - June 2, 2004

Pros: Easy Interface and effective scans. I installed some spyware and adware on purpose to test and it removed all but one where as other apps (S&D) left several behind. Scan options are good, fast scan or full system.

Cons: It comes with a price but it works best which is important. No pop up stopper built in yet. Slow scans when doing full but thats fine with me.

Good but shareware.by - May 20, 2004

Pros: Easy to use, good interface, similar to Spybot and Ad-aware quality.

Cons: Shareware. If you have free software that do the work, why pay?

This will find stuff adware cant find!by - May 20, 2004

Pros: On the ball product updates and support. Get plain english explainations about that adware or spyware on your system

Cons: None so far

Great program catches odds and ends others don'tby - May 18, 2004

Pros: I have Webroot 2.0, free version, on my computer. I don't know if 2.6 is the same, but with 2.0, if you hit update program while on line, at the bottom below the one and two year subscription programs, you are offered a third option. This allows you to up

Cons: The drawback to free version is it's not continually running to eliminate spyware before it's downloaded. After I've run free versions of Spybot and Ad-aware, Spy Sweeper generally just finds a few cookies. I'm not sure that is a con since it makes me fee

Nice Interface, But Not Very Effectiveby - May 17, 2004

Pros: Nice Interface

Cons: Support couldn't help removing 2 software with 42 traces. Couldn't open on XP startup even after support said to re-install. WORST - I ran a sweep and it quarantined the adware above. Then I immediately went to their site and ran their free Webroot Priv

Try the 30 day free trialby - May 17, 2004

Pros: It found a keylogger and other spyware that the other programs didn’t find. I thought I had a totally updated machine, Norton antivirus, two antispy programs, lastest MS patches, but I had “Absolute Keylogger” on my machine. Credit card #s, passwords ever

Cons: You have to buy a new subscription each year. They should give a hefty discount to continuing customers.

Great program for blocking spy-wareby - May 17, 2004

Pros: Before I started using Spy Sweeper,Adaware and Spybot-S&D would always find adware and spyware in my p.c..Now that I have Spysweeper continuosly running,those two programs hardly ever find adware.And spyware is never found.A great program for a great

Cons: The only drawback I have come across is the time-consuming scan.About 7 to 8 minutes.But so what,as long as it keeps spyware out of my p.c.,I'm happy :).

finds spyware and adware other don'tby - May 3, 2004

Pros: I used ad-aware and spybot for about a year.. then tried spy sweeper and it found a whopping 14 spyware/adware apps that the others missed.

Cons: spy sweep costs money- it's pretty hard to compete with free (ad-aware, etc).