Webroot Spy Sweeper AntiSpyware

List Price: $29.99 Discount Price: $3.97

Features:

• Webroot continues to improve Spy Sweeper, and provides subscribers with regular enhancements to the application
• Detects, quarantines, and deletes harmful spyware
• Simple one-click spyware search
• Time-saving custom configuration options
• Protects against identity theft, browser hijackers, hackers, and more

Customer Reviews:

Beware of renewing subscription - resets expiration date [Posted on 2006-01-28]
I've been using SpySweeper for 2 years now. It generally does what it is supposed to do. However, it was nearing time for me to renew. SpySweeper becomes a huge, irritating nag when it comes time to renew. Not only does the software bug you all the time, but Webroot sends out reminder e-mails too. With 3 weeks left on my subscription, I decided to renew, mostly just to get rid of all the nagging. Well, guess what? - the renewal process reset my expiration date. Rather than giving me 3 weeks plus 1 year, the renewal starts immediately, and ends in exactly 1 year - which means, that I've been ripped off for 3 weeks of paid subscription. Maybe Webroot thinks their users are too stupid to notice this deceptive practice of moving up renewal dates. I've complained to them - and if they don't make amends, then I cannot recommend this product to anyone.

slow bloatware [Posted on 2006-02-26]
I made the mistake of buying a two-year subscription. Every upgrade slows the product down. A scan that used to take 14 minutes now takes over one hour. Stay away from this junk--there are much better free products available.

Unsatisfied Customer - Version 5.0.5 [Posted on 2006-08-21]
I bought the software some months ago. Noticed some problems with my PC in subsequent weeks. Didn't put 2 and 2 together. Last week however, I'd come home - no icons on screen - no ability to Ctrl-Alt_Del - each day this would happen. The machine had to be powered on and off to reboot. Pulled recent software off machine. Yes - you've guessed - without Spy Sweeper I have no problems. OK - it might be a conflict with other software - a quick Google confirmed my suspicions that others have problems. I was never impressed that it was picking up anything of substance either - but then maybe my machine is clean.

- Spysweeper really saved me a headache. [Posted on 2006-08-31]
No matter where you are with your PC, whether its brand new or a few years old get this if your using the internet.I had been previously dealing with spyware, viruses and other nasty stuff until I got Spysweeper. I used Mcaffe, Adaware, Spy Bot and a couple others. None of them could clean my system or find the root problem.I would still have a Utillities program to use and maybe another Antivirus program but for the hardcore stuff Spysweeper is the best. Thanks Spysweeper, A happy customer.

Good product - But [Posted on 2007-05-23]
The software works and works well - but. Marketing is painful. You get beat to death to renew with frequent "reminders" and "warnings" starting two months or more before the subscription year runs out. The "special low renewal price" gets lower the longer you wait - up to a point. I bought a new retail copy at a better price yet, but Webroot wouldn't activate it. I now use Sunbelt Counterspy that seems to work as well without the marketing and support hassle.

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