On Sep 15, 2:45 am, Gerald309 <gerald...@gmail.com> wrote:

<snip>
>There
> may be up to 40 (even more) processes running in the background just
> for your start up items and Windows when you start your computer.
> Practically all of Windows processes are recognized but mostly
> whatever software programs you have installed may be presented to you
> to either okay always or may actually be a threat you need to
> quarantine or delete. Most likely what you saw was Start Up items
> being presented to you.

As you know SS has many shield options, and one of the shields is
"start up items" which I have disabled. It even gives you a warning
"Caution:Editing Startup Items can cause program malfunctions and
instability to your computer on rare occasions . This feature should
be used only by experienced users"

That "might" be the problem. Mine was disabled by default, and I have
left it that way.

Also, on your comment "Webroot Spysweeper is the actual industry
leader in
sales for years and years now which implies that you are one of a
very, very, very few persons that has had a bad experience with ---"

MSN offers Spy Sweeper for free to it's customers, so there are
obviously a lot of people using this product with no ill effects.