Spy Sweeper - Help! I would not recommend this to anyone!

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by cstone, Jul 20, 2005.

  1. cstone

    cstone Private E-2

    For some strange reason, my son's PC (Windows 2000) about every 120 seconds and without provocation starts the Setup Wizard for Spy Sweeper. I cannot make this go away. I have contacted the developer and they are no help. After an hour, I have 30 ope windows asking to install. If I install, a close all the windows, after 120 seconds it opens again and says a version is running, do you want to close it and install again. This is worse tha the spy it is supposed to remove. I am close to running an fdsisk and posting a do not install this software on every forum I can find. Anyone have a solution to this? Email me at cstone@clarknexsen.com. Thanks, I will be forever in your debt. Webroot (the developer) can stick it!
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Never had any problems with SpySweeper. It is in fact one of the better programs out there for removing malware. Try uninstalling the program and rebooting your PC. Do not reinstall it yet. Just make sure you do not see anymore popups first. Let me know the result.

    What version do you have and is it a version you bought or is it a trial version?
     

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