Spy Sweeper
by Webroot
What is Spy Sweeper?
Spy Sweeper is software application developed by Webroot. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 42.46% of installations running this operating system. Spy Sweeper's installer is typically 38.00 MB in size and installs around 42 files. The most common release is 5.8 with 28.49% of all installations currently using this version.
Spy Sweeper is most popular in the United States with 63.79% of installations residing in this country.
Spy Sweeper adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Spy Sweeper is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- SpySweeper.exe runs as a service named 'Webroot Spy Sweeper Engine' (WebrootSpySweeperService) "Provides core functionality to Webroot Spy Sweeper. This service must be enabled and started for Spy Sweeper to function.".
- WRSSSDK.exe runs as a service named 'Webroot Spy Sweeper Engine' (svcWRSSSDK) "Provides core functionality to Webroot Spy Sweeper. This service must be enabled and started for Spy Sweeper to function.".
- WRConsumerService.exe runs as a service named 'Webroot Client Service' (WRConsumerService) "This service provides system level operations for the Webroot Client.".
- Firewall:
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- SpySweeperUI.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Webroot\WebrootSecurity\SpySweeperUI.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- SpySweeperUI.exe is scheduled as a task named 'wrSpySweeperTrialSweep' (runs weekly on Mondays at 02:00).
Startup Entries
- Registry entries:
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- SpySweeper.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'SpySweeper' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeper.exe" /0.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.webroot.com
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\
- Uninstaller:
- "C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\unins003.exe" /Log="C:\DOCUME~1\user\LocalS~1\Temp\Uninstall.txt"
- Size:
- 38.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Spy Sweeper Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- SpySweeperUI.exe
- Name:
- Spy Sweeper
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\Webroot\Spy Sweeper\SpySweeperUI.exe
- MD5:
- –
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
File Type | Filename | MD5 |
---|---|---|
DLL
|
423a41f5fa8609c176bfae35c704ddd1 | |
EXE
|
db5fb8578f41be8511e6d5ed22d561b9 | |
DLL
|
bea2a7bd769addc212f29136a1ec726d | |
DLL
|
654eaedc85960d66d6d31855640b3a5f | |
DLL
|
03a23a2a24e63e9d18fca6173760dccf | |
DLL
|
4cc70e72dd907e994e16faa9f2451934 | |
DLL
|
cb3e28b6a68d3b0b52be3f21a0ad7575 | |
EXE
|
70e82d770eb1345b55d9698081752b98 | |
DLL
|
6d4f6e95fcc92dcf1fb9d0ab2a0890ff | |
DLL
|
8c0f2611ba9dc08c2a812ed1a17ed166 |