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- Spy Sweeper 5.5
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5 offers little change from our previously reviewed Spy Sweeper 5.3. What is new are the CNET antispyware test results that show SpySweeper rising into the top three, buoyed by strong on-demand detection and removal scores. Lowering the product, however, is the intrusion of a third-party toolbar...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Spy Sweeper, antivirus, Webroot Software Inc., Spy Sweeper 5.5
- Product reviews 2007-12-17
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.3 with Antivirus
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.3 with Antivirus would seem like a powerful combination, given that McAfee, Norton, and Trend Micro all combine their antivirus and antispyware scans. And rather than build its own antivirus engine, Webroot has wisely partnered with top-rated U.K.-based Sophos Anti-Virus, which sells primarily to the enterprise market....
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spy Sweeper, antivirus, Webroot Software Inc., Spy Sweeper 5.3
- Product reviews 2007-03-20
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.2 with Antivirus
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.2 with Antivirus is the first pure antispyware application reviewed by CNET to add antivirus technology. While traditional antivirus vendors have been bundling antispyware technology with their flagship products for years, antispyware vendors have been steadfastly creating their applications without antivirus protection. Webroot has partnered with top-rated...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spy Sweeper, antivirus, Webroot Software Inc., Spy Sweeper 5.2
- Product reviews 2006-11-01
- Spy Sweeper 5
- Webroot's Spy Sweeper is well known for being one of the better paid spyware detection-and-removal programs, and the previous version, 4.5, finished near the top in testing done by CNET Download.com. New in version 5 is a complete interface makeover, a keylogger shield, and four specialized scan engines to make...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Webroot Spy Sweeper, Spy Sweeper
- Product reviews 2006-07-17
- Top-selling software titles in 2005: TurboTax, Norton AntiVirus, Spy Sweeper Tech Bench
- According to The NPD Group, US retail sales of non-games software totaled $2.4 bln in 2005, an increase of less than 1%. Weak sales in the Education, Imaging/Graphics, Operating System and Personal Productivity categories offset the strong sales of the Business and Finance categories, which showed respective increases of 9%...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, software, Spy Sweeper, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, antivirus, TurboTax, Intuit Inc., sales, Norton Co.
- Blog posts 2006-02-05
- Introducing Spy Sweeper 5.0 & Spy Sweeper Enterprise 3.0
- Webroot Spy Sweeper is award-winning anti-spyware software that effectively detects and safely removes spyware and adware from the PC. Spy Sweeper protects users from spyware's negative consequences, which include a slower Internet connection, pop-up advertisement problems, reduced computer performance, or in the worst case, the loss of private information and...
- Tags: Spy Sweeper, Webroot Software Inc., Webroot Spy Sweeper, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security
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- Windows Security Essentials beta available today
- Windows Security Essentials beta available todayDownload linkshttp://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.liveid.general&tid=b55c86d8-bcfb-478b-91fe-6a3672fd856a&cat=en_us_ECD7751A-E3B9-4778-AE14-B5F904157F0D&lang=en&cr=us&sloc=&p=1Windows Live?I downloaded the installer and I don't see an option to install Security Essentials, only the standard Windows Live applications.I got em!I just got em! The link is live!RE: Windows Security Essentials beta available todayIT WONT LET ME DOWNLOAD!!! DO THEY HAVE THE...
- Tags: security, Microsoft Windows, beta, Webroot Software Inc., WSE, Windows Security essentials beta
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Conficker: a good excuse for an early spring cleaning
- Some of you have probably heard about Conficker.C, the computer virus/worm that is set to activate on April 1st. Conficker.C exploits a particular vulnerability in Windows that was announced in October of 2008 which allows code to be remotely executed. Nobody exactly knows what Conficker.C is supposed to do on...
- Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Antivirus Software, Virus, Conficker.C, Chances, CLAMAV, CCleaner, WinDirStat, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Tools & Techniques, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Webroot Spy Sweeper 6.1 (Windows)
- 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...
- Tags: Webroot Software Inc., Microsoft Windows, Webroot Spy Sweeper, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2009-02-23
- Fixing Windows Vista, one machine at a time
- If the "Vista sucks" movement has a public face, it's the Sony Vaio. No one knows that better than my new friend Jeremy Toeman. In May 2007, this 15-year Windows veteran replaced his old, beloved, XP-powered Vaio with a newer Vaio that came with Windows Vista Business installed. Practically overnight,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Clean Install, Installation, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Machine, Recovery Partition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- The anti-spyware market that never existed is officially dead
- If anyone needed evidence that the standalone anti-spyware market is official dead if it ever existed, along comes Webroot Software with Exhibit A, B and C: After raising a mind-boggling $108 million in venture capital funding to position Spy Sweeper as the ultimate...
- Tags: Webroot Software Inc., Anti-spyware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- Webroot Spy Sweeper Enterprise Helps University of California, San Diego Medical Center Protect Patient Data and Secure Network Against Online Threats
- While the UC-San Diego medical center did have a comprehensive security policy, including enterprise class antivirus and content filtering solutions, the medical center IT staff began to notice decreased performance and an increasing number of pop-up ads on medical center workstations. IT staff soon realized that despite its efforts and...
- Tags: Patient, Network, Webroot Software Inc., University Of California, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Content Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2007-09-28
- PC Tools Spyware Doctor 2007
- PCTools Spyware Doctor is one of the last independent antispyware apps on the market, and, until this recent release, was one of the better choices. Version 5 introduces new under-the-hood protection--and a number of nettlesome software glitches. In testing done by CNET Labs, Spyware Doctor did shield us from and...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, PC Tools, PCTools Spyware Doctor, PC Tools Spyware Doctor
- Product reviews 2007-03-22
- ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware 7.0
- ZoneAlarm is known for its award-winning personal firewalls, but it also makes a killer antispyware application. After starting from scratch a few years ago, ZoneAlarm has steadily improved its scanning and detection capabilities so that the latest version of ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware now provides top-notch antispyware protection and as an added...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, SECURITY, ZoneAlarm, anti-spyware, ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware
- Product reviews 2007-03-21
- Symantec incorrectly flags Yahoo Mail as a virus
- Symantec incorrectly flags Yahoo Mail as a virusyahoo mail betai used that yahoo mail beta for several months in firefox, but to be honest i didn't find it as good as what MS has done for the webmail (mainly stability/loading issues for yahoo beta). So I actually switched back my...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, E-mail providers, Yahoo! Mail, Norton AV, virus, Symantec Corp., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeover
- Trend Micro flaw opens PCs to takeoveris ALL security software flawed?Hello there!I cannot comment on the TrendMicro 'flaw', but having used both Symantec and Computer Associates security software over some years, I am beginning to have doubts about the protection they offer.For instance, on this particular machine I am using...
- Tags: Operating systems, PC, Internet, Symantec Corp., flaw, Trend Micro Inc., Microsoft Windows, Windows Box, security
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits market
- Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits marketHEY YOUBULLSHIT!The problem is detectionDefender has done very poorly in malware detection.Spy sweeper and spyware doctor do much better. If you want a good process explorer you should try Process Explorerhttp://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.htmlEasily forgottenis the fact that Microsoft actually stopped defender from exposing some spyware because of...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Defender, Windows Defender, rep, anti-spyware
- Discussion threads 2006-10-24
- Webroot expands beyond spyware niche
- Webroot expands beyond spyware nicheWebroot/SpySweeperIt would be nice if Webroot would finish the fixes on Spy Sweeper 5.0 before they take on more. I've gone back to SS 4.5 because 5.0 messed up my computer. There's such a thing as 'over extending themselves'. JMO5.0 works. So does...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Webroot Software Inc., spyware
- Discussion threads 2006-10-12
- Should anti-spyware programs remove cookies?
- Should anti-spyware programs remove cookies?CookiesIt's my computer. So, just like snail mail, when on the way back to the house I make this side trip to the trash bin and toss the 3rd class mail and magazine inserts, I remove all cookies and cache each time I close my...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Internet, anti-spyware, cookie, private property, cooky
- Discussion threads 2006-09-19
- On-demand Webcast: Combating the Elevated Threat of Spyware in Today's SMBs
- One of the main reasons spyware writers are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses SMBs is because their networks are generally easier to penetrate than those of large enterprises. In fact, in the first quarter of 2006 alone, more than 50 percent of small businesses experienced spyware attacks, according to...
- Tags: On-demand, Webroot Software Inc., Small And Medium Business, Anti-spyware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Smb/Sme, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Webcasts 2006-08-30
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