Protecting Settings with a Password

You can protect your Spy Sweeper settings with a password. After you enable password protection, Spy Sweeper will require the password to access Options, Shields, Alerts, and quarantined items and to shut down Spy Sweeper.

Spy Sweeper "remembers" your password as long as you are actively using the program. After five minutes of inactivity or after you minimize the program, it will ask for the password again.

Be sure you remember or write down your password.

To protect settings with a password:

Start Spy Sweeper, if it is not already open, and display the main window.
For more information, see Starting Spy Sweeper.
In the icon panel, click Options.
For information about the Spy Sweeper window, see Understanding the Spy Sweeper Window.
The Options panel displays.
Click the Program Options tab.
The Program Options tab displays.
Select the Enable Password Protection option.
The Enable Password Protection window displays.
Enter the password you want to use in both text boxes.
Consider making the password difficult to guess by combining letters and numbers.
Click OK.