Webroot Spysweeper just keeps loading...

BonosSaint · 04-11-2009, 10:05 PM

Webroot Spysweeper just keeps loading, It was working fine until yesterday.
Any suggestions?

Fernando- · 04-12-2009, 01:33 AM

Uninstalling and Re-installing.

BonosSaint · 04-12-2009, 03:02 AM

Thought it might be something like that. Thanks. I always keep hoping there's an easier solution.

Angela Harlem · 04-19-2009, 06:25 AM

There's never an easier solution.

Liesje · 04-19-2009, 03:17 PM

Reinstalling is a pretty easy solution

Do you have a good antivirus program? If you do, I would just uninstall Spysweeper. It's not a bad program but good AV programs now do spyware, adware, malware, you name it so it's a bit redundant and uses a lot of the computer's resources to run both.

bonocomet · 04-19-2009, 05:24 PM

Can you suggest one? Webroot Spysweeper is the one that Best Buy said they recommended as the best for the money.

I have it right now and it's pissing me off. Every time it says I should update it I get stupid errors that it didn't install correctly and to re install etc etc but I just get the same errors again or new ones.

Liesje · 04-19-2009, 05:59 PM

I use a corporate version of Symantec b/c I get it free, but it's kind of a memory hog (thought MUCH better in every way than the Norton products they sell for personal/home use). Nod32 seems to have a lot of happy customers, updates frequently, and isn't a memory hog.

bonocomet · 04-19-2009, 06:04 PM

Thanks, I may try that one. Webroot was suggested as a non-memory hog too, and I was actually happy with it until it expired and I started updating. The updates have NEVER worked for me, even when I followed all their suggestions for correcting the problems.

Fernando- · 04-19-2009, 08:08 PM

I use Nod32 too, been using it for years now. But it is only the anti virus, I haven't tried the smart security suite.

BonosSaint · 04-21-2009, 04:21 AM

It's working again. Why, I don't know. Have Trend as the AV. Best Buy does push Webroot.

bonocomet · 04-21-2009, 11:38 AM

I finally uninstalled the worthless non-working Webroot update it kept telling me to download (uninstalled the entire thing) then re-downloaded the older version I bought last year I think in store. Everything fine now. I will stay away when they tell me to update now.

04-11-2009, 10:05 PM	#1
BonosSaint New Yorker Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,118 Local Time: 08:37 AM	Webroot Spysweeper just keeps loading... Webroot Spysweeper just keeps loading, It was working fine until yesterday. Any suggestions?

04-19-2009, 06:25 AM	#4
Angela Harlem Jesus Online Premium Gold Member Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: a glass castle Posts: 29,927 Local Time: 11:37 PM	There's never an easier solution. __________________

04-19-2009, 03:17 PM	#5
Liesje Best in Show Premium Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 18,196 Local Time: 08:37 AM	Reinstalling is a pretty easy solution Do you have a good antivirus program? If you do, I would just uninstall Spysweeper. It's not a bad program but good AV programs now do spyware, adware, malware, you name it so it's a bit redundant and uses a lot of the computer's resources to run both. __________________

04-19-2009, 05:24 PM	#6
bonocomet Blue Crack Supplier Premium Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Otisburg. It's a little bitty place. Posts: 43,197 Local Time: 05:37 AM	Can you suggest one? Webroot Spysweeper is the one that Best Buy said they recommended as the best for the money. I have it right now and it's pissing me off. Every time it says I should update it I get stupid errors that it didn't install correctly and to re install etc etc but I just get the same errors again or new ones. __________________ "C'mon ye people, we're made of stars!" Anaheim, CA 6-6-2010 Anaheim, CA 6-7-2010 Oakland, CA 6-16-2010

04-19-2009, 05:59 PM	#7
Liesje Best in Show Premium Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 18,196 Local Time: 08:37 AM	I use a corporate version of Symantec b/c I get it free, but it's kind of a memory hog (thought MUCH better in every way than the Norton products they sell for personal/home use). Nod32 seems to have a lot of happy customers, updates frequently, and isn't a memory hog. __________________

04-12-2009, 01:33 AM	#2
Fernando- Refugee Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: On the edge of the known universe Posts: 1,265 Local Time: 06:37 AM	Uninstalling and Re-installing.

04-12-2009, 03:02 AM	#3
BonosSaint New Yorker Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,118 Local Time: 08:37 AM	Thought it might be something like that. Thanks. I always keep hoping there's an easier solution.

04-19-2009, 06:04 PM	#8
bonocomet Blue Crack Supplier Premium Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Otisburg. It's a little bitty place. Posts: 43,197 Local Time: 05:37 AM	Thanks, I may try that one. Webroot was suggested as a non-memory hog too, and I was actually happy with it until it expired and I started updating. The updates have NEVER worked for me, even when I followed all their suggestions for correcting the problems. __________________ "C'mon ye people, we're made of stars!" Anaheim, CA 6-6-2010 Anaheim, CA 6-7-2010 Oakland, CA 6-16-2010

04-19-2009, 08:08 PM	#9
Fernando- Refugee Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: On the edge of the known universe Posts: 1,265 Local Time: 06:37 AM	I use Nod32 too, been using it for years now. But it is only the anti virus, I haven't tried the smart security suite.

04-21-2009, 04:21 AM	#10
BonosSaint New Yorker Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,118 Local Time: 08:37 AM	It's working again. Why, I don't know. Have Trend as the AV. Best Buy does push Webroot.

04-21-2009, 11:38 AM	#11
bonocomet Blue Crack Supplier Premium Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Otisburg. It's a little bitty place. Posts: 43,197 Local Time: 05:37 AM	I finally uninstalled the worthless non-working Webroot update it kept telling me to download (uninstalled the entire thing) then re-downloaded the older version I bought last year I think in store. Everything fine now. I will stay away when they tell me to update now. __________________ "C'mon ye people, we're made of stars!" Anaheim, CA 6-6-2010 Anaheim, CA 6-7-2010 Oakland, CA 6-16-2010

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