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Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0 Beta

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Pros
Excellent spyware and adware detection
Smart antiphishing protection
Cons
Ability to set a system restore point is gone

Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0 Review

by Narasu Rebbapragada

- A beta version of Webroot's Spy Sweeper 5.0 earned a Best Buy distinction in our October 2006 issue's "Spyware Specialists" story. It produced the top score in performance tests and offers protection against rootkits and phishing Web sites.

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User Reviews for Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0 Beta

Reviewed by: jdfry17

Duration of ownership: 1 Month

Strengths: Easy installation and it fixed my problem

Weaknesses: None found as yet

Overall Evaluation: Would recomend this product. Unlike others I've tried, so far it has performed very well. Fixes the weakness' found in Microsoft

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