Archive for the 'Webroot Antivirus' Category

i scanned my computer and got 2 trojan horse viruses. i quarantined them. if i click delete selected items and selected the trojan would the trojan virus permanently disappear or go away?

Yes I’m asking again, with more info this time.
So I have anti virus on my computer, specifically webroot antivirus with spysweeper. I keep getting a message that shows up on some sites that I know to be reputable, such as pandora.com and wowprogress. It says: “Internet communication shield has blocked access to an internet site [...]

My security spyware keeps blocking unwanted pages whenever I am on a safe site such as Yahoo. I was just on my Yahoo email whenever my Webroot security system blocked something. It said it was an unwanted spyware and then recommended I sweep my computer.
If I am just on a regular website that I am [...]

It is time for my yearly testing of some of the top anti-virus programs, and I want you to express your opinion on who will be the “best”.
Anti-Viruses that I will be testing:
Kaspersky, Bitdefender, Webroot, ESET, Norton, F-Secure, Vipre, Trend Micro, Avira, McAfee, Avast, AVG, and Panda.
My Predictions:
1. Kaspersky – Kaspersky has been dominant in [...]

I play an online game, and when I do my Webroot anti virus software asks me to allow access to the internet. This happens in the middle of games and whatnot and can be quite annoying because it takes a while for it to exit/enter full screen mode. So is there a way to tell [...]

Normally, i can log into it just fine, if im logged into my gmail *which i am currently*, but some days, if i hit log in i get redirected back to the homepage WITHOUT being logged in, but today it was different.
I went to the home page, im logged in, i go to my channel, [...]

So my computer caught a virus yesterday and I tried taking it off with my webroot antivirus. I did a sweep and it found the virus. I quarantined it but it still keeps coming back. I get a whole bunch of errors and security warnings every time I open my Internet browser. The same virus [...]

My computer keeps getting infected with a fake virus scan product (it says it’s from Windows, but it’s not). Previously my Webroot scan always picked it up but it no longer will; the fake scanner is on my computer as I type (on my mom’s computer), the alert messages come up, and Webroot still hasn’t [...]

I’ve tried safe mode with networking, opened my antivirus program webroot, and it says I got rid of it. But when I go back to normal mode, it is still there. I need to get rid of it. Please Help!

I’m using Webroot software now. It’s Ok, but it’s $39.99 to renew. I like the cleanup feature, but it really slows my PC down. Don’t like Microsoft Essentials. Anyone got some good software, they can recommend. Norton is twice the size of Webroot to download. Suggestions anyone??