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Setting Up Continuous Monitoring

You can set up Spy Sweeper to continuously monitor the following spyware-related activities on your computer:

Step Introduction icon To set up monitoring of your Internet Explorer home page setting:

  1. Start Spy Sweeper, if it is not already running, and display the main window.
  2. In the icon panel, click Options.
  3. Click the Active Shields tab.
  4. Under IE Home Page Shield, select On.
  5. Enter the web address of the web site you want in the Protected Home Page field in the format:
    http://www.webroot.com
    • Spy Sweeper automatically populates the field with the web address that is currently set as your home page in Internet Explorer.
  6. Select the option you want.
    • Always Notify before Restoring—When a program tries to change your home page, Spy Sweeper pops up a message asking if you want to change it.
    • Restore Default without Notification—When a program tries to change your home page, Spy Sweeper automatically changes it back to the site listed in the Protect Home Page field.
  7. Click Apply.
  8. If you want to change your home page, edit the Protect Home Page field in Spy Sweeper.
    • If you change it in Internet Explorer, Spy Sweeper will ask if you want to keep the change the next time you start Internet Explorer.

Step Introduction icon To set up monitoring of tracking cookies and memory:

  1. Start Spy Sweeper, if it is not already running, and display the main window.
  2. In the icon panel, click Options.
  3. Click the Active Shields tab.
  4. Under Tracking Cookie Shield, select On.
  5. If you want to hear a sound when Spy Sweeper removes a tracking cookie, select Enable Sound.
  6. Under Memory Shield, select On.
    • When the Spy Sweeper is running in the system tray in the lower-right corner of your screen (minimized), it will notify you of any spyware it finds in memory.

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