Spy Sweeper 5.5.7.122 Online Manual

Managing detected items automatically

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Spy Sweeper allows you to set the following actions for detected items:

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Always Quarantine. If you repeatedly see the same unwanted items during sweeps, you can instruct Spy Sweeper to always quarantine them and not list them in the Quarantine panel during a sweep. For example, you might want to quarantine certain tracking cookies that get downloaded whenever you visit a particular web site so you don’t need to always quarantine the cookie manually after every sweep.

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Always Ignore. If you know some items are required for legitimate programs, you can instruct Spy Sweeper to ignore them and not list them in the Quarantine panel during a sweep. For example, a legitimate program might need a piece of spyware that should not be removed. In this case, you can instruct Spy Sweeper to always bypass that spyware program during sweeps so it does not get moved.

Note: These settings also affect shields (see Shields). When you set Always Quarantine or Always Ignore for a particular item, Spy Sweeper will not alert you to shield-related activities associated with that particular item. For example, if you specify Always Quarantine for a particular item, Spy Sweeper shields will always block activities related to it. If you specify Always Ignore for a particular item, Spy Sweeper will always permit activities related to it.

You can manage detected items automatically by using the Always Apply function. By default (the automatic setting), Spy Sweeper sets all found items to Always Ask, which means that Spy Sweeper always lists the items it detects and requires you to take action on each one (or just leave them in the Quarantine). If you set certain items to be always ignored or always quarantined, Spy Sweeper still detects the items during the sweep and includes them in its count of found items and traces, but it will not include the items in the Quarantine list, which reduces the number of items you must evaluate after sweeps.

Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus: Detected viruses are not displayed on the Always Apply tab.

To manage detected items automatically:

1.	In the Icon panel, click Options.

2.	Click the Always Apply tab.

The Always Apply tab opens with a list of all items Spy Sweeper has found on your computer during past sweeps.

If desired, you can filter which items appear in the list by choosing one of the following options from the drop-down list:

•	Show All Items. Displays all items found in any sweep, unless you have cleared the item from the list.

•	Always Ask. Displays only found items that are set to Always Ask, which is the default (automatic) setting.

•	Always Ignore. Displays only found items that you have set to Always Ignore.

•	Always Quarantine. Displays only found items that you have set to Always Quarantine.

To sort the list based on the heading, click a column head.

If you want to further reduce the number of items shown in the list, select ones that you don’t plan to handle with Always Quarantine or Always Ignore and click Clear from List. Clearing items does not delete them; it just makes the list on the Always Apply tab shorter for you to manage. If Spy Sweeper finds the same item again, it will be added to the list.

3.	To learn more about any item listed, click the View link. (You must be connected to the Internet to see the additional information.)

Spy Sweeper opens the Webroot Web site in your browser and displays information about the selected item to help you decide whether to ignore or quarantine the item.

4.	Select each item that you want to either quarantine or ignore every time. To select more than one item, hold down the Ctrl key and click each item you want to include.

5.	Click either Always Quarantine or Always Ignore.

If you later want Spy Sweeper to always ask about an item, you can return to the Always Ask panel, select the item again, and click Always Ask.