Trusted by millions around the world to protect their PCs, Spy Sweeper provides you with:

  • Continuous monitoring to stop spyware before it can attack
  • Frequent updates to keep you protected from the latest threats
  • Easy-to-use interface to make maintaining a spyware-free PC a snap
  • Our money back guarantee and FREE customer support

What's New in Spy Sweeper

Advanced Blocking and Detection
Using new FlexDef technology, Spy Sweeper can identify and eliminate never-before-seen spyware on the fly - without the need for a specific definition. This break-through advance is just another of the many layers of protection you get with Spy Sweeper.

New Smart Shields
Four new Smart Shields (16 different shields in total) provide greater protection from new spyware installations.

ActiveX Shield - prevents spyware from using ActiveX controls to install on your PC

Spy Communication Shield - blocks incoming and outgoing communication to malicious Web sites known to host potential spyware threats BHO Shield - stops the installation of unwanted toolbars that track Web site activities or install other add-ons without your consent

IE Trusted Sites Shield - prevents spyware from adding unwanted Internet Explorer Web site entries

Comprehensive Removal Technology (CRT)
Using new patent-pending removal technology, Spy Sweeper effectively disables the most sophisticated spyware programs - ones that are specifically designed to avoid detection and removal. This advanced technology saves you time and effort by removing these vicious threats in one sweep - with no need for multiple reboots.

Aggressive Removal of Sophisticated Spies
Spy Sweeper definitely defeats spyware programs that employ the most malicious technology today - "rootkits" - which bury and hide spyware files deep with your PC, and are invisible to most anti-spyware programs.

Improved User Interface
The Spy Sweeper dashboard lets you quickly view all crucial information about recent sweep results, as well as spy defense updates, subscription status, and more. Plus, you now get a graphical display of the risk level for each threat Spy Sweeper finds making it easier to understand the danger spyware poses to your security.

Faster Automated Definition Downloads
Spy Sweeper now downloads only the new or modified definitions to ensure you have the most up-to-date protection available - instantaneously.

 

Award-Winning Software

"Spy Sweeper is the most effective standalone tool for detecting, removing and blocking spyware."



"This program's dominance is apparent as soon as you install it."

Spyware is the fastest growing online threat - studies show that 9 out of 10 Internet-connected PCs are infected with spyware. Chances are, your computer is infected, putting your confidential information and your computer's performance at risk.

Spy Sweeper safeguards your identity and restores system performance through fast, smart and powerful anti-spyware protection. Spy Sweeper protects against all types of spyware, including system monitors, Trojan horses, and other threats like CoolWebSearch, Look2Me, and more.

"...Spyware removal tools are as important as firewall and anti-virus packages these days."
Konstantinos Karagiannis
"Sweeping for Spies, Improved"
PC Magazine September 16, 2003

"Without a marvelous program from Webroot, called Spy Sweeper, this privacy invasion could have gone on indefinitely."
Dan Dubno
CBSNEWS.com

"Leaving your PC unprotected online is like leaving your house keys dangling out the front door. Eventually someone with malicious intent will let themselves in and take whatever they fancy. There are other tools that do the same job as Spy Sweeper and Window Washer even ones you can download for free. But when you seek protection against web-borne diseases, boxed software, regular updates and a cash receipt lend a certain solid reassurance."
PC Advisor
July 2004 (UK

  
 

Spyware is the fastest growing online threat - studies show that 9 out of 10 Internet-connected PCs are infected with spyware. Chances are, your computer is infected, putting your confidential information and your computer's performance at risk.

Spy Sweeper safeguards your identity and restores system performance through fast, smart and powerful anti-spyware protection. Spy Sweeper protects against all types of spyware, including system monitors, Trojan horses, and other threats like CoolWebSearch, Look2Me, and more.

"...Spyware removal tools are as important as firewall and anti-virus packages these days."
Konstantinos Karagiannis
"Sweeping for Spies, Improved"
PC Magazine September 16, 2003

"Without a marvelous program from Webroot, called Spy Sweeper, this privacy invasion could have gone on indefinitely."
Dan Dubno
CBSNEWS.com

"Leaving your PC unprotected online is like leaving your house keys dangling out the front door. Eventually someone with malicious intent will let themselves in and take whatever they fancy. There are other tools that do the same job as Spy Sweeper and Window Washer even ones you can download for free. But when you seek protection against web-borne diseases, boxed software, regular updates and a cash receipt lend a certain solid reassurance."
PC Advisor
July 2004 (UK)

Spy Sweeper Awards

Sixth Editors' Choice Award
PC Magazine
July 17, 2006

Award

"Spy Sweeper remains a favorite for protection from spyware."

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100 Best Products of the Year
PC World
July 2006

Award

"Spy Sweeper catches more stuff than its competitors do, and it provides sound advice on which adware and spyware pieces to remove."

 

Fifth Editors' Choice Award
PC Magazine
February 2006

Award

"Webroot's Spy Sweeper 4.5 is the most powerful antispyware tool we've seen."

 

Checkmark Certification
West Coast Labs
February 2006

Award

"Webroot's Checkmark Anti-Spyware certification in this new category is a real achievement – the first of its kind… "

 

Editors Choice Award
Denver Access
March 2006

Award

"Webroot Software, Inc. has developed your perfect solution to desktop security. Give up on the freebies…we have tested the best of the best security programs and have found that the Spy Sweeper by Webroot is your solution."

 

Editor's Choice
Micro Mart Magazine
February 2006

Award

"Once you start using the program, you realise just how good it is."

 

Smart Choice Award
Smart Computing
October 2005

Award

"The program's dominance is apparent as soon as you install it."

 

C|Net
June 2005

Award

"Webroot Spy Sweeper 4.5 takes another leap ahead of the competition."

 

TopTenREVIEWS
2006

Award

"For unsurpassed spyware protection, first-class help support and ease of use, nothing beats Spy Sweeper 4.5, our top anti-spyware pick and the “TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award" winner."

 

Best Buy
PC World
October 2005

Award

"Spy Sweeper did the best job of detection and cleanup, removing 100 percent of the BHOs and toolbars embedded in our test PC's browser, as well as reversing all of the browser start- and search-page changes."

 

Value Award
PC Plus
June 2005

Award

"Spy Sweeper was one of the first specific anti-spyware programs to be launched and is still at the head of the field."

 

PC Pro
May 2005

Award

"A remarkably well-rounded product."

 

PC Pro
August 2005

Award

"The level and quality of support was the best I've come across and, as this is something you can't really test for in the magazine, I think Webroot deserves a special mention."

 

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Protect your PC from spyware with award-winning Spy Sweeper.