Monitoring the sweep process

When you start a sweep, the Sweeping panel opens and the Webroot software shows its progress, including the number of items found, progress bar, current sweep location, and a list of detected items.

If you want to pause the sweep, click Pause Sweep. When you want to resume the sweep, click Resume. If you want to stop the sweep entirely, click Stop Sweep.

On the right side of the Sweeping panel, the fields show more details about what the Webroot software is inspecting and what it has found.

Sweep Details
Search for
Total Definitions	Current security definitions being used to locate potentially unwanted programs. You should update your definitions regularly to ensure that you are using the most current version (see Checking for updates).
Items Inspected
Memory	Program pieces that were swept in your computer’s memory. Some of these pieces may be part of a potentially unwanted program.
Registry	Items in the Windows registry that were searched. Some registry entries may be associated with potentially unwanted programs.
Cookies	The cookies that were searched. Some cookies contain personal information (including surfing habits, user names and passwords, and areas of interest).
Files/Folders	Files and folders on the selected drives that were searched.
Detected
Items	The security definitions matched during the sweep. A security definition is a set of fingerprints that characterize a potentially unwanted program, such as spyware or adware.
Traces	The traces found during the sweep.

If the Webroot software did not detect any potential threats, it opens the Summary panel and shows details about the sweep. You can click Back to Home to return to the Home panel.

If the Webroot software did detect potential threats, it opens the Quarantine panel and shows details about the items it found. See the next topic, Reviewing and quarantining items.