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
|
c6a8cff4e7cfb09ac2f75bbd1ae5fb6f | |
DLL
|
56b190eac753d2a7df24aa768fe9820c | |
DLL
|
826dd41be979734e313d8883db5ff341 | |
EXE
|
eaa24ce4ae91839c67914b497d7cf5fe | |
DLL
|
79caf0dd8b8d7317e76a5d1a7625af00 | |
EXE
|
974a2824c8b1f9691852739fd9c237ea | |
EXE
|
fee7453aa1325d70494eaf18e5282c65 | |
DLL
|
7495b39ff70a182a7d444d9428a7cb16 | |
DLL
|
7be0b23823fc9ed76a4e43a3869708b0 | |
DLL
|
12fb2010869ba38c4ed0c3690a7a6e02 |