The main Spy Sweeper interface is more polished than Ad-aware's or Spybot's. Spy Sweeper bundles its navigation buttons along the left side, leaving the right panel to display related information.
After automatically checking for updated spyware definition files, Spy Sweeper is ready to scan your system. After indicating whether to add an icon to the desktop or a link to the Start menu (both are set to Yes by default), the process is complete-no need to reboot. Spy Sweeper's 1.13MB file requires almost no time to download and install. However, beyond the overall look and feel of Spy Sweeper, we can't think of a compelling reason to pay for the same underlying scanning features and performance already available in free software. In comparison, competing freeware products Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy both have basic, less attractive user interfaces slapped over similarly powerful scanning engines. What sets Webroot Spy Sweeper apart from free products that remove ad-serving software (often called adware or spyware) from your desktop is its look and feel: the $30 Spy Sweeper handles like a big-league antivirus app, from its well-designed user interface right down its annual, subscription-based spyware-signature-file updates.
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