App Review Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete 2025

[Trident]

My software Hawk Eye Antivirus Tool (HEAT) is also written in Rust, x64 only. X86 is not and will never be available.

The benefits of Rust are many.

I wish I would’ve started using it way sooner!

From memory safety to robust ecosystem to aggressive optimisations at compile time.

There is a secondary benefit from the inevitably larger binaries—reverse engineering these is a nightmare that not many will be willing to go through.

Everyone can migrate to Rust but for some, it will be an insanely complicated and expensive task.

 

[annaegorov]

Interesting posts @annaegorov, it's where F-Secure is heading as well.

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Cool always liked F. Just hope they don't get snatched by Gen D

 

[Jonny Quest]

Cool always liked F. Just hope they don't get snatched by Gen D

I agree, the saving grace with them (hopefully) is that a large percentage of their consumers are ISP providers and education centers, who provide their Internet Security to those users. Gen D would have to be willing to be the middleman in that regard, which I don't see happening, again, hopefully.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Webroot is an American anti-malware company, formerly known for its anti-spyware software, SpySweeper.
In the past, Webroot developed its anti-spyware to combat adware, rogue software, spyware, etc.
A few years ago, the company acquired one of its competitors, PrevX, one of the few anti-malware programs based on a cloud-based threat emulation approach.
This gave rise to SecureAnywhere, an ultra-lightweight antivirus that is 100% cloud-based.
Unfortunately, in my tests, Webroot has always been in the shadows, failing every time.
Let's hope it can turn the situation around!



Interface :

Webroot has kept the same interface for several years.
Although I still love its minimalist design, I would have liked to see some changes.
I think Webroot leaves it as it is so as not to confuse new users, which I can understand.
The antivirus is still very lightweight, but I'm surprised that it doesn't install its extension on Edge automatically, which I've now done myself.

Web protection: 9/9
Webroot blocks all malicious links.
A URL that is not functional.

Fake crack : 1/1
Blocked by Webroot's Anti-Malware engine

Malware Pack : Remaining 34 threats out of 75
Catastrophic result.
Despite some blockages and signs of resistance from Webroot, the machine fell victim to FileLocker Razrusheniye ransomware.
All files were encrypted, making it impossible to continue the test and verify infections...

Final scan : PC encrypted

Final opinion:

Webroot offers uneven protection: Excellent on the web but disastrous locally, leaving the machine at the mercy of ransomware.
Webroot tries to defend itself, but its anti-malware database and advanced protections are still too weak.
More effort is needed; still not recommended.

Hello Shadowra,
Could you please retest Webroot but with changing Firewall settings and heuristics (default-deny)?

Your test showed that web protection is great.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

The only pro for me with WR is being lightweight. Detection,Pricing wise will make you look for other AV.

Well it is not light. It slows down the launch or applications and installers Consdierablly

 

[Divine_Barakah]

1Password:
The desktop application for Windows is built using a shared Rust codebase Industry

I believe a couple of years ago, 1Password started using Electron. This caused a backlash and I personally stopped using it.

 

[BSONE]

Hello Shadowra,
Could you please retest Webroot but with changing Firewall settings and heuristics (default-deny)?

Your test showed that web protection is great.

I remember my first experience with Webroot over 10 years ago and loved it. Back then it only had a green ball on the taskbar. I also later remember watching their Brightpoint Webinars. I was particularly impressed about a chart they had exposing the whole cybercrime money chain with money mules etc.
Ownership has changed. They are not the same Prevx or ambitious Webroot (early days only) from the past.

 

[Sorrento]

I remember my first experience with Webroot over 10 years ago and loved it. Back then it only had a green ball on the taskbar. I also later remember watching their Brightpoint Webinars. I was particularly impressed about a chart they had exposing the whole cybercrime money chain with money mules etc.
Ownership has changed. They are not the same Prevx or ambitious Webroot (early days only) from the past.

I too as many did around 10 years+ago used Webroot & got many friends also to use it as an ex Prevx user for some time thought it also would be great as Prevx was, I never did understand how data lost by WR to the net could ever be rolled back which is not possible & living maybe with malware on a PC is a bit mad until its eventually made good by rollback, that's how I saw it in the end, then I gave up, it looks like little has changed with them, unless others feel differently???

 

[Muddy7]

@Sorrento
Well, the theory is that Webroot Privacy Shield ring-fences your personal and private data against access, whilst (and this second point is separate and distinct from the first) all malicious changes made to your disk are journaled and rolled back once the hitherto unknown file or process responsible, is determined to be malicious. You seem to be referring to the first point. Maybe you have seen evidence of this Webroot function not working, or maybe you just didn't trust it would or could work in the first place?