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  1. #1
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    Webroot spy sweeper won't sweep

    Hello,

    I am using Webroot spy sweeper as my anti-spyware. But from few days, it gives me alerts and the spysweeper won't sweep anything so I upgraded to the latest version of Spy sweeper and had a lot of problems. There was an annoying pop-up every minute telling me how it had stopped bad sites opening. So should I uninstalled the spybot because I think this may have all started after I downloaded this program. I don't know what else to do because the sweeps are not catching any kinds of infections. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  2. #2
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    Re: Webroot spy sweeper won't sweep

    Start the Windows in Safe mode, start spysweeper and it will also start in safe mode, first time the Start button is disabled, Then you need close and open spysweeper again Start now and it will work properly, then restart the Windows and the message willdissapear.

  3. #3
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    Re: Webroot spy sweeper won't sweep

    You need to Webroot Anti-Virus or Spy Sweeper updated threat definitions on a regular basis.

    If you want to check for updates manually:

    1. Click the Options button in the left panel.
    2. Select the Update tab at the top of the Options panel.
    3. Click the Update Spy Sweeper or Update Webroot Anti-Virus button towards the bottom of the panel.

    The Webroot Web site opens in your browser. If new definitions are available, Spy Sweeper downloads and installs them.

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    Re: Webroot spy sweeper won't sweep

    Webroot Anti-Virus requires a minimum of 256 mb of RAM. Users that have limited amounts of available RAM might see the performance of their machine slow after upgrading. One way of combating this is to remove unwanted or unused programs and processes from your machine's startup.

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