Spw Sweeper

[Mrs. Muddled]

I have recently installed Spy Sweeper.

 

My computer is running very slowly.

 

Question: Why do I need to keep it runnng in the background all the time. Why can't I just run the program at the end of the day - or whenever?

 

Does it have to install itself on the other user's side of the computer too?

[TCH-Thomas]

Hi Mrs Muddled,

 

I have just installed Spy Sweeper myself and it looks like its one of those programs that are supposed to run in the background. And why not, it will give you the most protection if it is active all the time.

 

To answer the second question...

 

Right click the icon near the clock in the tray and choose options, then uncheck the option "Sweep all user accounts" and see what happens. I would not recommend this since each time the other account is logged in, sweeper will not run and you might get stuff you should not.

[Mrs. Muddled]

Hi Mrs Muddled,

 

I have just installed Spy Sweeper myself and it looks like its one of those programs that are supposed to run in the background. And why not, it will give you the most protection if it is active all the time.

 

To answer the second question...

 

Right click the icon near the clock in the tray and choose options, then uncheck the option "Sweep all user accounts" and see what happens. I would not recommend this since each time the other account is logged in, sweeper will not run and you might get stuff you should not.

 

I thought of doing that Thomas. I figured I'd better run it by you before I started messing with it.

 

I just went into my Shaw Secure and saw that I had changed my security level to high. I've moved it back to "normal" - thinking this may be what's slowing my computer down to a miserable crawl. That plus the new Spy Sweeper.

 

Are you getting the pop up box every time you leave a site, asking you if you want to clear your info? I do. I let it clear my info every time. Does that sound like the right thing to do - or is it overkill?

[TCH-Thomas]

I don´t run Spy sweeper Mrs Muddled. I installed it to check out if I could find a solution for you regarding the "other user" question. After checking this I uninstalled it, since I am running a few other free programs that do pretty much the same as Spy sweeper.