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Formed in 1997 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Webroot provides industry-leading internet security solutions for home computer users, enterprises and small and medium businesses worldwide.

Employing some 300 people, the company is privately held and backed by some of the industry's leading venture capital firms, including Technology Crossover Ventures, Accel Partners and Mayfield.

It’s range of products consistently receive top review ratings by respected third parties and are used by millions of people globally.

One of its main products is Webroot Antivirus with Spy Sweeper. Its based on an award-winning antivirus technology provided by Sophos. With 48 VB100 certifications, it’s said to be amongst the best in the business. It includes award-winning Spy Sweeper which has been proven to find and remove more spies than any other antispyware technology. Its also offers 360 degrees of protection, and blocks, detects and removes threats.

And the protection is multi-layered, meaning that it is against a broad range of security threats including viruses, spyware, adware, worms, pop-ups, Trojans, key loggers and rootkits. And if a PC is already infected, advanced discovery methods find and destroy malicious programs.

The included Spy Sweeper Antispyware Protection is a multi-award-winning technology which thoroughly scans a computer to detect and remove spyware, adware and pop-ups. At the same time, it proactively blocks new threats before they can install. What’s more, Spy Sweeper has received PC Magazine’s Editors’ Choice Award eight times, which is a recognition that is unmatched for antispyware security.

Webroot Antivirus with Spy Sweeper also offers Zero-hour protection which simply means that the time it takes between a new threat emerging and a PC being protected against it, is zero. Effectively, a computer user is protected before any new viruses and spies emerge. It also stops not only known threats, but also potentially dangerous unknown programs by identifying suspicious behaviour. And Webroot’s VersionGuard ensures protection is always up-to-date by automatically installing the latest threat definitions and free updates as soon as they are released.

The applications also secures a users’ privacy and private information; secures email; and, has a minimum impact upon performance.