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Spy Sweeper 5.5 with AntivirusREVIEW DATE: 28-JUN-2007  Version 5.2 of Webroot Software's Spy Sweeper added antivirus support from Sophos, a well-regarded enterprise-oriented antivirus firm. Version 5.3 made the product compatible with Windows Vista. The latest version, Spy Sweeper 5.5 with AntiVirus, adds antivirus scanning of e-mail attachments as well as a variety of other enhancements. The price hasn't changed—$39.95 (direct) gets you spyware and virus protection for a year. You can pay $10 more for a three-pack, or $10 less for spyware protection without antivirus. Whichever way you choose to pay, however, Webroot's latest offering is well worth paying for.
Sophos's own AV products have received all the independent lab certifications I look for and more. Now Virus Bulletin has awarded VB100% certification to SSAV itself, and ICSA Labs has certified it for virus detection - as of this writing testing for removal certification hasn't finished. West Coast Labs hasn't finished evaluating SSAV, but the corresponding Sophos product received Checkmark certification for virus detection and removal, as well as the additional Trojan-horse-detection Checkmark. Sounds good to me!You won't notice much difference in the combined virus/spyware scan. But the real-time protection "Shields" have changed a bit. The new System Services shield prevents unauthorized changes to the numerous system services that are essential for correct operation of Microsoft Windows, and the Email Attachments Shield catches threats in e-mail. The old Spy Installation Shield is replaced by the dynamic duo of Execution Shield and File System Shield, which block malicious programs from executing and from reading or changing files. And the Behavioral Genotype protection mentioned above also helps keep malware off your system. At least, that's the theory. How well does all this new code work, and does it play well together? I fired up my test machines to check just that.I fired up my test machines to check just that.—next: Putting It to the Test >
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