User Guide

Webroot Enterprise System Administrator Guide 39
4: Managing Spy Sweeper
Spy Sweeper lets you protect your end users’ privacy and your company’s computers from a
variety of spyware including those that monitor all computer activities (system monitors) and
those that can steal or destroy data (Trojan horses). It also detects spyware that pops up ads on your
computer (adware) and cookies that may contain personal information (tracking cookies).
You can set up and perform the following Spy Sweeper functions from the Admin Console:
• Manage spyware (see page 39)
• Configure sweeps (see page 43)
• Run sweeps (see page 46)
• Update Spy Sweeper (see page 48)
• View a summary of detected spyware (see page 52)
As a system administrator, you can also unlock functions at a client workstation and customize the
Spy Sweeper settings for an end user. For more information see “Unlocking Functions at a Client
Workstation” on page 52.
Managing Spyware
You can manage spyware for client workstations in the following ways:
• Set up automatic handling of spyware found (see page 39)
• Set up continuous monitoring of certain spyware activities (see page 41)
Setting Up Automatic Spyware Handling
By default, Spy Sweeper quarantines detected spyware for 30 days. You can change this default
behavior for client workstations in the following ways:
• By setting up exceptions for spyware by type
– You can set up Spy Sweeper to automatically handle detected spyware based on the
spyware type. Spy Sweeper can automatically do one of the following for each
spyware type:
• Log only, don’t quarantine (default)
• Quarantine, delete after 2 days
• Quarantine, delete after 7 days
• Quarantine, delete after 30 days
• Don’t quarantine, delete right away