Setting Up Continuous Monitoring

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

Internet Explorer home page—Some spyware changes the home page that you set in Internet Explorer. The home page is the web site that displays automatically when you start Internet Explorer or when you click the Home button.
Tracking cookies—This actively watches for tracking cookies as you visit web sites and removes them. Tracking cookies are cookies that can track your web activities. These may include cookies that contain user names, passwords, or similar information that you enter on some web sites.
Memory—This sweeps memory frequently looking for spyware. It only sweeps memory when Spy Sweeper is running in the system tray in the lower-right corner of your screen (minimized).

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

Start Spy Sweeper, if it is not already running, and display the main window.
For more information, see Starting Spy Sweeper.
In the icon panel, click Options.
For information about the Spy Sweeper window, see Understanding the Spy Sweeper Window.
Click the Active Shields tab.
Under IE Home Page Shield, select On.
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.
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.
Click Apply.
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.

To set up monitoring of tracking cookies and memory:

Start Spy Sweeper, if it is not already running, and display the main window.
For more information, see Starting Spy Sweeper.
In the icon panel, click Options.
For information about the Spy Sweeper window, see Understanding the Spy Sweeper Window.
Click the Active Shields tab.
Under Tracking Cookie Shield, select On.
If you want to hear a sound when Spy Sweeper removes a tracking cookie, select Enable Sound.
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.