SPY SWEEPER PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS

Note: The Spy Sweeper program is available at just about any Staples, Office Depot, Fry's, CompUSA, Best Buy, Circuit City, or Office Max store. It costs about $30.00. To install it, just insert the Spy Sweeper CD into your CD-ROM Drive, then follow the instructions on the screen. (It can also be downloaded from www.webroot.com.)

Note 2: The Spy Sweeper program will remove "spyware" from your computer. Spyware tracks where you go on the Internet and sends this information to marketers or hackers. This can slow down your computer, mess up your Internet access, and/or prevent your computer from starting up or shutting down properly. Spyware can be surreptitiously installed on your computer when you download and install "free" programs, such as the KaZaa music downloading program or the IncrediMail e-mail program, but it can also be installed on your computer just by visiting certain web sites.

1) Double-click on the Spy Sweeper icon on the "desktop."

2) Click on the Sweep Now button at the left.

3) Click on the Start button on the Spy Sweeper page.

4) Wait about 10 minutes to an hour (depending on how many files you have on your computer) for the Spy Sweeper program to check your computer for spyware.

5) Click on Next > when the program has finished checking your computer.

[6) Click on the Select All button if no items in the found spyware list are checked.]

7) Click on Next >.

8) Click on the Quarantined button on the left.

9) Click on the Select All button if no items in the found spyware list are checked.

10) Click on the Delete Selected button.

11) Click on the Finish button.

12) Minimize the Spy Sweeper program window by clicking on the Min[imize] button; do not shut it down by clicking on the Close [X] button! This will shrink the Spy Sweeper program down to the icon in the "System Tray" next to the clock in the lower right-hand corner of the screen.

Note: You should run the Spy Sweeper program at least once a month.

Note 2: Spy Sweeper will also find and eliminate some Trojans (viruses), but you still need a good antivirus program like Norton AntiVirus 2004/2005/2006 on your computer, too. (And be sure to keep the program up to date with the list of the latest viruses [the "virus definition" file]. Please ask me for my Norton AntiVirus 2004/2005/2006 instructions if you don't know how.)

13) If you add a web site to your Favorites in Internet Explorer, you will see the Spy Sweeper Favorites Alert window pop up on the screen. You then need to do the following:

1) Click to put a check mark in the box next to the web site name that you are adding to your Favorites (for example, www.google.com).

2) Click on Keep.

3) Click on Min[imize]. (Do not click on the Close button!)

14) If you install a new program or download & install a new program, you will see the Spy Sweeper Startup Alert window pop up on the screen. You then need to do the following:

1) Click to put a check mark in the box next to the name of the program that you are adding to your Startup folder (for example, Norton AntiVirus).

2) Click on Keep.

3) Click on Min[imize]. (Do not click on the Close button!)