Webroot Spy Sweeper Internet Essentials Suite

by Webroot Software Inc

Product Features

• Comprehensive suite provides PC protection and improved performance
• Guard privacy and protect personal information from Internet criminals
• SpySweeper detects and eliminates products that compromise privacy
• Window Washer wipes away all traces of PC and Internet activity
• Put a stop to spam email and pop-up ads with Spam Shredder and Pop Up Washer

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00062DK9A
• Item model number: 22079
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 15, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,115 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Protect your PC from hackers, spies and thieves with Webroot Internet Essentials. This comprehensive product suite includes the award-winning software Spy Sweeper as well as Window Washer, Spam Shredder and Pop Up Washer. Surf the Internet with peace of mind! Webroot Spy Sweeper scans your entire system using a continuously updated database of thousands of known spyware threats. Active Shield technology, including real-time browser and system shields actively monitor for spyware invasions and stop dangerous programs before they infect your PC. Window Washer comprehensively cleans favorite browsers, including AOL, Netscape and Internet Explorer, multiple operating system areas, and instantly detects and scrubs more than 160 popular programs to improve system performance. For immediate spam relief, Spam Shredder automatically detects and configures Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Eudora e-mail accounts to stop spam before it gets to your inbox. Pop Up Washer stops pop-up ads before they appear, preventing screen flickers or blinking. It works seamlessly with Internet Explorer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I've only used 2 parts, January 1, 2005

By 

K. Gittins (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Webroot Spy Sweeper Internet Essentials Suite (CD-ROM)

The Spy Sweeper and Window Washer portions seem pretty good. You can fine-tune them to do or not do particular things, and can schedule tasks to occur at specific times.

The basic function of Window Washer is to remove the "obvious" lists of file names and user names that get stored by various programs, such as the "Recently Opened" list, the history list of URL's in a browser, as well as the obscure portions Windows itself, such in error message logs, temp files, and other locations. There are about 30 spots it can clean for you, including the "slack" space in clusters. "Slack" is the left-over portion of a previous file that has been over-written. For true paranoics, there is an optional "bleach" cycle that will overwrite the slack up to 39 times.

It also cleans out cookies, but you can have it leave specific ones you really need.

Spy Sweeper functions like an anti-virus program and looks for ad-ware, key-stroke, and other "spy" type files on your computer. It is very customizable.

If you have Window Washer or Spy Sweeper do "everything", expect it to take a pretty long time - perhaps you'll want to run it overnight...

As IE offers anti-pop up and anti-spam features, I have not installed those two portions of the software, but they might prove useful to some people.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I OWN THIS SOFTWARE BUNDLE SYSWEEP 4.5 A MUST, October 29, 2005

By 

stewart L (flushing ,ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Webroot Spy Sweeper Internet Essentials Suite (CD-ROM)

I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEIR SOFTWARE.YOU NEED SPYSWEEP TO PREVENT BROWSER HIJACKING,IDENTITY THEFT,REMOVES MALWARE THAT CAN DESTROY YOUR PROGRAMS WHICH WONT BE IDENTIFIED BY YOUR ANTIVIRUS OR FIREWALL PROGRAMS.I USE SPYSWEEPER IN ALL MY MACHINES.DONT FORGET WINDOW WASHER.THIS IS GREAT FOR REMOVING YOUR ONLINE TRACKS.MOST IMPORTANT REAL-LIFE CUSTOMER SUPPORT THAT IS INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE.THIS COMPANY REALLY CARES ABOUT ITS CUSTOMERS.THEY WILL REALLY HELP YOU.THEY GO WAY BEYOND WE ONLY DEAL WITH OUR OWN SOFTWARE.THEY WILL TRY TO HELP YOU EVEN WITH PROGRAM CONFLICTS.THIS PROGRAM I GIVE 5+STARS AND MOST IMPORTANT THEY HAVE LIVE PHONE SUPPORT. A MUST

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best out there, August 13, 2005

By 

wianno "wianno" (Naples, Florida and Osterville, Massachusetts USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Webroot Spy Sweeper Internet Essentials Suite (CD-ROM)

Granted, one may not need all of the utilities (I use gmail which has great spam controls), but the spy sweeper and windows washer utilities are the best that I have found. I find my computer much safer with them. And windows washer cleans out blank space. I also like that the newest version works much faster than previous versions. A must to protect your PC.