Spy Sweeper 6.1 provides real time protection against threats such as rootkits, cookies, keyloggers, Trojan horses by removing or quarantining them with the help of its twelve shields and user-friendly interface.

Spy Sweeper 6.1 anti-spyware tool that is compatible with Windows Vista operating system. It is designed to protect all users working on a single PC.  This tool has been developed by Webroot that is a well-known provider of security solutions. The requirements for installing Webroot Spy Sweeper 6.1 are browsers such as Internet  Explorer 5.5 or higher or FireFox 2.0 providing connection to the Webroot web site and hardware requirements in the form of 100 MB hard drive space, 256 MB RAM and a processor with a speed of 300 Mhz.

Webroot Spy Sweeper security software provides real time protection against threats such as rootkits, cookies, keyloggers, system monitors, keyloggers, rogue start-up items and Trojan horses by removing or quarantining them with the help of its twelve shields and user-friendly interface. Spy Sweeper 6.1 antivirus does this silently in the background without causing any disturbance to the users. In the process it also upadates itself with latest definitions of new threats, while the user is surfing the Internet.
Spy Sweeper 6.1 comes with an easy to use interface that assists the tasks such as checking shield status, updating definitions and starting a scan.  Spy Sweeper provides additional facilities based on its Sweep option such as the ability to change the default scanning method, options to customize the program and a flexible scheduler. Spy Sweeper gives the convenience of selective scan of particular folders or files with particular extensions, thereby saving time, although users have the option to go for a complete scan of their PC system. Spy Sweeper  security tool provides clear and easy-to-understand notifications when new spyware threats are detected.  Spy Sweeper also performs risk assessment test in order to inform users about the level of threat potential of different spyware  programs.