On Sep 14, 5:17 pm, h...@not.here.com wrote:
> Well, I just bought the program the other day. Right from the start, I
> did have problems with loading Kaspersky AV after installing Spy
> Sweeper. After a few reboots, everything seemed to be working okay,
> even though I found Spy Sweeper to be a real memory hog. However, in
> the last 24 hours, I found it to be a real pain in arse to the point
> where I finally uninstalled it.
>
> It began by conflicting with my Kaspersky AV. Then I noticed Tea Timer
> having problems with Spy Sweeper. Thinking that many people in the past
> have had problems running Spybot's Tea Timer, even though I haven't had
> any problems with it for years, I decided to sacrifice Tea Timer and
> turned it off.
>
> Then Spy Sweeper began anew with keeping Kaspersky from loading at
> times. Then it destroyed my firewall by locking up the comp after I had
> updated Spy Sweeper and did a sweep with it. No key would work. The
> comp would freeze completely, stranding my Best Crypt drives in the wide
> open position, forcing me to boot the machine in order to regain
> control. My firewall paid the price after a few times of this nonsense.
>
> The dang program even locked out certain other programs from working,
> such as Directory Snoop. It also forced me to double click a number of
> times on CleanCache, which simply wouldn't respond for about 30 seconds
> or so after my clicking on it. Even then, it would go right to the
> system tray instead of opening.
>
> So I decided I would turn off Spy Sweeper, keeping it from booting, and
> using it only in an On Demand fashion for sweeps. Well, I'll tell you
> that little bas***d didn't appreciate that at all. The s.o.b. thing went
> on an interminable sweep when called up, telling me that different
> pieces of my perfectly good software were a threat. The damn thing
> wouldn't turn off - not even after a cold boot. It came back on with a
> vengeance after I turned the comp back on after the cold boot. Finally,
> I don't know how or why, the dang thing turned itself off, allowing me
> to click on the system tray icon and close the damn thing. THAT'S when I
> had it and uninstalled the bleeping thing before it could re-energize
> itself and come back to life.
>
> KEE-RIST!! I haven't seen crap software like this thing since the days
> of Workshop for Windows 3.1 trying to run Norton crap.
>
> So much for trusting products produced by 'well known' companies.
>
> Enuf are enuf. Goodbye Spy Sweeper. Rot on my drive, nevermore to be
> installed. Matter of fact, now that I think of it, as soon as I
> complete this email, I'm gonna wipe the damn thing from the drive,
> precluding my ever forgetting this lesson and trying to reinstall it
> someday. As they say, good riddance to bad garbage.
>
> Kiss $25 goodbye.
>
> Lordy! What a mess it had made of a perfectly operating comp.
Like I wrote earlier, over 2 yrs and never a problem. My dad also uses
it and he's never had a problem, and I installed on my friends
computer that I told about (the one with HotBar) and she hasn't had
any problems.
Don't know why you are having so many problems with it.
Why don't you call customer support before ditching it?
http://www.webroot.com/company/contactus.html?


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