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2 stars
Version: Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5
"Does not play well with others"
Pros: Nice UI. Fairly quick but comprehensive scans. Shields pro-actively protect key system areas. Reasonable price if you shop around.
Cons: RAM footprint is OK but CPU usage for me was high. I installed it as backup to for KIS 7. They are not compatible. Real problems particularly at start up. Tried to tun it to 'on demand' only but regardless of settings it tries place a start up entry in the registry after each scan and reactivates the shields whether you want them or not.. Tried to find alternative combination that might work. It does not get along with any of the main security suites. The shields are looking to do the same job as the security suites. If you use stand alone AV, firewall etc it would probably be a decent app.
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