Sweeping your System

The sweep function scans your computer’s drives, the Windows registry, memory, and other places where spyware and potential threats can hide. You decide what you want to sweep: all areas (Full), only areas where spyware is commonly found (Quick), or selected areas based on your needs (Custom). For Custom sweeps, you decide what types of potential threats you want the sweep to locate and what areas of the computer to scan.

When the sweep locates potential threats that match items in the security definitions, it moves the items to Quarantine, a holding area where they cannot harm your computer. From there, you decide to keep, restore, or delete the items. To help you decide on an action, the Webroot software shows risk ratings for threats (from low to critical) and provides a link to the Webroot Threat Research site, where you can read more about them.

To sweep your computer and manage quarantined items, see the following topics:

•	Determining what to sweep. Decide whether to run a Full, Quick, or Custom sweep.

•	Running a sweep. Start scanning for potential spyware and other unwanted items.

•	Managing quarantined items. Keep, restore, or delete items moved to Quarantine.

You can also perform these tasks related to sweeps:

•	Reviewing options for Full and Quick sweeps. Check the preconfigured options for Full and Quick sweeps.

•	Configuring Custom sweep options. Customize where the Webroot software looks for suspicious items and what types of items it scans.

•	Managing detected items automatically. Determine if certain items are always ignored or always quarantined during the sweep.

•	Scheduling sweeps. Create schedules for running Full, Quick, or Custom sweeps.