Review by Bigmac

I purchased Webroot Security Software based on a good review by PC Magazine–big mistake! Although it doesn’t take up much space on your computer it slows it down big time. The time when I noticed it most was when I would surf the Web. This happened on all three of the computers we installed it on–two of them are pretty new.

Web pages would take literally 30 seconds to load and they would freeze until they were processed by Webroot’s firewall. I never had this happen with any other security software and we’ve used just about all of them. When I turned off the firewall sure enough the problem was solved. But everytime the computer would turn back on it would reset itself and the problem started all over again until I changed the settings.

I tried the tech support which is about as helpful as asking a chicken to help you on a test. The tech rep wanted me to create a log which I did and then true to form he blamed it on my computer. Of course I have this on all three of my comptuers, so much for his help. Simply put, having Webroot on your computer is like putting chains on racecar tires!