Webroot SpySweeper is one of the most interesting security software we’ve tested this year on our reviews. The 2009 version of this antispyware it has a lot of very good features which make from Spysweeper the best antispyware of the year. This version is projected to assure maximum of protection against unwanted spyware infections which can make a computer almost unusable.
Spyware infections can remain undetected and untreated if the detection software is weak. Another possibility is to detect the spyware but to be not able to remove the infection.
Spysweeper Antispyware 2009 is an excellent tool for spyware detection. Is almost impossible to find another removal tool for infected files so this software is a must have if you want to be fully protected against spyware threats.
Installation of Spysweeper 2009 is easy to perform and requires almost no experience with the computers. After the process of download (you can find for free the kit of installation on this page), you must start the installation and follow few steps. If you want to turn off the installation process you can stop and cancel all the mechanism.
This version of Webroot Spysweeper is more advanced like previous versions and we suppose that detection engine was changed with one more powerful. The most important features of Spysweeper 2009 are:
- Advanced spyware protection – Spysweeper is capable to protect the computer machine against various spyware, rootkits and another web threats. The detection capacity is excellent;
- Continuously definitions update – the detection engine cannot work without a very good support offered by spyware signatures updates. The spyware definitions can be downloaded at different time intervals if you want to be fully protected against infections;
- Very good support – Spysweeper offers very good support for the antispyware and antivirus too. This a very good feature because if you have problems you can easily contact the support team for free;
- Good capacity of “learning” – this version is more advanced and can effectively to “learn” which processes are dangerous for the computer. In this way the PC can be protected against undetected new threats.
Spysweeper is very well designed and easy to use. This is one of the most important things for a beginner. The menus are not very complicated and this security software can be used by a not skilled computer user. The interface let you to configure how to work the antispyware. You can setup this program to automatic alerts you when you must do update of software.
We recommend you to let Spysweeper 2009 on default configuration because these are good settings for this soft. Webroot integrates in this version another useful feature which let the computer user to backup data online or to access these files from other locations. In case of virus infection or other problems you can backup the files, format the hard disk and restore clean data.
Spysweeper has an included gamer mode feature. You can change the normal mode of running the software and switch to Gamer Mode. This option let you to play a game or to watch a movie without risk of infection. This feature is very good because Spysweeper it has a very low resource consuming, in this way you can use it on not very powerful computers.
Detection effectiveness of SpySweeper is very good so you can count on it. This version has advanced detection effectiveness, in our tests SpySweeper 2009 was the absolute winner with very good detection reports. It detects without problems spyware infections, malware, different adware, keyloggers and other Internet threats. The software can be configured to run at full capacity, with all 12 security shields activated. Is a safe solution for almost any spyware infection. We tested Spysweeper in different environments downloading files over the internet, visit dangerous sites without any problem of spyware infection.
Removal effectiveness of Spysweeper is very good. If the update is correct and the software it has current list of definitions installed this software can detect and remove almost any spyware infiltration. You can remove with few clicks: Trojans infections, spyware software, malware and other internet threats.
Webroot software projected Spysweeper 2009 to be highly efficient with low consumption resources. This version requires low system resources and can be installed and used on not very powerful sytems. We tested this security software on systems with 1GB of memory and about 1,2GHz and this software still runs in acceptable way. We recommend you to have a minimum of 2GB of RAM if you want to not be disturbed by Spysweeper processes.
Our conclusion is that version of SpySweeper deserves first place in our top ten best antispyware software because is easy to use and it has highly levels of detection and removal effectiveness.
