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:

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:

SpySweeperUI.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Webroot\WebrootSecurity\SpySweeperUI.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

SpySweeperUI.exe is scheduled as a task named 'wrSpySweeperTrialSweep' (runs weekly on Mondays at 02:00).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

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:

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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

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