User Guide

42 4: Managing Spy Sweeper
Messenger
Shield On
(Applies only to Windows NT, 2000, and XP.) This option turns off and
actively watches the Microsoft Messenger Service. This service is not an
instant messaging program and does not affect your use of instant
messaging. This service is often used for sending spam and creating pop-up
ads. Turning off the service stops these types of spam and pop-ups.
If you use this service to broadcast information to your users, do not turn on
this shield.
Messenger
Service Startup
Type
If you turn the Messenger Shield off, after having turned it on, this option
controls the state of the Messenger Service Startup Type when the
Messenger Shield is off.
Leave the
Messenger
Service Running
when Messenger
Shield Is Turned
Off
If you turn the Messenger Shield off, after having turned it on, this option
controls the status of the Messenger Service when the Messenger Shield is
off.
Internet Explorer
tab
Tracking Cookie
Shield On
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.
IE Hijack Shield
On
Actively protects various Internet Explorer functions, such as the search
page, error pages, and other default pages that Internet Explorer displays.
Some spyware changes (“hijacks”) these pages without letting you know.
Whenever spyware tries to change these pages, Spy Sweeper blocks the
change.
Hosts File Shield
On
This option actively prevents changes to the Hosts file. Some spyware will
add or change the IP address for a Web site in the Hosts file. When you try
to go to the added or changed Web site, you will really go to a different Web
site, such as an advertising site. This shield ensures that spyware does not
change an IP address in the Hosts file.
If end users are permitted to edit the Hosts file, do not turn this shield on.
Keep Hosts File
Read-only
If you turn the Hosts File Shield off, after having turned it on, this option
controls the state of the Hosts file when the Hosts File Shield is off.
IE Home Page
Shield On
Watches for any changes to 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.
When you enable this shield, the home page you enter will replace the end
user’s existing home page. End users will only be able to change their home
page through the Options >Active Shields panel in Spy Sweeper. If the
Tray Icon Setting (Manage Desktop Applications > Spy Sweeper >
Configure Spy Sweeper > Sweep Settings) is set to Stay Invisible, end
users will not be able to change their home page.
Protected Home
Page
Enter the Web address of the Web site you want as your home page in the
format:
http://www.webroot.com
Option Description