| SUMMARY: | Windows: Spy Sweeper new version 5.5.7.124 |
| POSTED ON: | 1/25/2008 |
| DESCRIPTION: | For UH faculty/staff with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista: The latest version of Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5.7.124 is available for download at http://www.hawaii.edu/software/. Webroot released this version to fix longer sweep issues and includes stronger removal methods for Virtumond and Zlob trojans. Note: the installation procedure has changed. You must enter the 20-character keycode from the ITS software download site, even if an existing version is already installed on your computer. Webroot Spy Sweeper anti-spyware software is available free of charge to active UH faculty/staff for use on UH-owned computers, including computers in computer labs on campus and UH-owned laptops. Active UH faculty/staff include any faculty/staff currently employed by UH or a UH affiliate. Upon termination of employment at UH, all copies of Webroot SpySweeper obtained through the UH site license must be uninstalled. For new installations and to get this version upgrade, Spy Sweeper must be downloaded from http://www.hawaii.edu/software/. Anti-spyware definition updates (not version upgrades) are available through Spy Sweeper's "Check for Updates" mechanism. To obtain the software, you need a valid UH username and password AND you MUST download the software from a UH location (UH faculty/staff CANNOT download Spy Sweeper from home). Spy Sweeper 5.5 that is site licensed by ITS runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista; it has anti-spyware only, no anti-virus. The current version is 5.5.7.124 (there are frequent updates.) It doesn't run on Windows servers or 64-bit Windows. If you have McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.x installed, you must disable the email attachment shield in Spy Sweeper. http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/810 For more information: How to upgrade to the latest ITS site licensed version of Webroot Spy Sweeper http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/811 How to install Webroot Spy Sweeper http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/858 If you have questions about Spy Sweeper, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 956-8883, email help@hawaii.edu or call (800)558-2669 toll free from the neighbor islands. |
| REPORTED BY: | jocelyn |
