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Spysweeper - Do I need it?

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Name: Dawie
Date: March 2, 2008 at 03:31:45 Pacific
OS: Win XP sp2
CPU/Ram: 1000mb
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I had bought Webroot Spysweeper last year and on the 15th of February this year it expired. I then bought, what I had thought was a further subscription for 12 months, Webroot Antivirus with Antispyware and Firewall upgrade at $18.95. When I open Spysweeper it tells me my subscription has expired and would cost me something like $39. It seems what I had downloaded was different from the actual Webroot Spysweeper and I think $39 is very expensive. So my question is: Is Webroot Spysweeper so much better than any other spyware program? I'm using AVG and Kerio Firewall at the moment. Do I really need Spysweeper. Please advise me.

When was the last time you did something for the first time?



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Response Number 1
Name: Bill McMinn
Date: March 4, 2008 at 06:24:42 Pacific
Reply:

There are many free anti-spyware programs like Ad-Aware and Spybot that you can try in place of Spysweeper.


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Response Number 2
Name: Dawie
Date: March 4, 2008 at 11:39:46 Pacific
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Bill, I have both installed and they are working fine. It's just that Iought a year's subscription to the antivirus and spyware software of Spysweeper which I had thought was Spysweeper propper. But I find that I now have to renew Spysweeper it self and I find that to be a little too expensive. So I thought ok, count your loss and just delete Spysweeper altogether.

When was the last time you did something for the first time?


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Response Number 3
Name: KevinS.
Date: March 5, 2008 at 13:35:24 Pacific
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Response Number 4
Name: Martin Crandall
Date: March 5, 2008 at 18:26:32 Pacific
Reply:

NO

AVG Antivirus

Ad-Aware SE (or 2007)

SpyBot Search & Destroy

...and a Router are all you need!

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Embrace paranoia, they ARE out to get you!


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Response Number 5
Name: Dawie
Date: March 16, 2008 at 15:00:05 Pacific
Reply:

Hi Martin. I agree. I have all of those installed but the point is I have renewed my subscription with Webroot but I fail to install Spysweeper as it keeps on telling me my subscription has expired. But I have decided to throw my case to the web and see what others suggest I do. Thanx for your input.

When was the last time you did something for the first time?


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