We may be safe but Webroot, like any AV, will not protect your privacy. There are steps you can take, such as using  adblockers and script blockers but you need to look elsewhere for these.

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Nemo:

I tend to agree with your observation that no AV will protect your privacy and that we need to avail ourselves with other tools like script blockers to accomplish that.

But why do we still get assurances to the contrary? Here is the text in a pop-up from a recent Webroot installation:

Your Private Information is Secure

The Identity Shield secures your online session and private information, making it safer to bank and shop online.

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Hi DAF

 

I must disagree with our esteemed colleague, Nemo...at least partially, as I believe that WRSA does protect some key aspects of our privacy via the Identity Shield...but quite rightly as Nemo ventured, not 100%...nothing can do that with 100% certainty...short of pulling the plug out of the socket.

Just take a look at osme of the items detailed above...keylogger protection, clipboard content protection, screen grab protection, etc...not complete but fairly fulsome in my opinion.

 

Just saying, Baldrick

 

 

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Baldrick:

Sorry to have disrupted your Thanksgiving day but your response is very reassuring. I started using PrevX (remember?) back in the day for its advanced web protections which were truly ahead of its time. When Webroot acquired PrevX it was a perfect match. I am glad to hear that the web protections in Webroot are still best in class. Using script and ad blockers provides an extra layer above and beyond that comes with issues of their own. Its a jungle out there!

Cheers!

 

 

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Hi DAF

 

No worries.

 

Yes, indeed...Webroot's bold step to not only take over PrevX and then completely retool their AM offering around the revolutionary technology that PrevX had produced was a game changer. And I am fairly certain that if you cut WRSA down the middle you will find PrevX 3/4 written all the way through it...;)

 

BTW, I believe in a layered defense, as nothing is 100% secure 100% of the time...not even WRSA, and so use ad blockers and the like.

 

Regards, Baldrick

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"microsoft.com, adobe.com, and godaddy.com—employ scripts that record visitors' keystrokes, mouse movements, and scrolling behavior in real time, even before the input is submitted or is later deleted."

 

The real question is "safe from whom?"

 

These sites are not considered malicious, therefore Webroot will not protect you from cookies, scripts etc that they employ, especially if they legitimate agents or software with a valid security certificate. These sites and especially Google hoover up our personal details. Who else has access to this info is anyone's guess.

 

Completely seperately, any malware will be targetted by Webroot. They will also lockdown a session with a bank or secure site and encrypt keystrokes so that any EXTERNAL snooper / malware can't redirect you or see what you type. However, the end site can do whateer with your data, it's an issue of you trusting them and what their privacy policy is, and also trusting that whatever data they hold on you is not hacked and ends up in crook's hands.

 

Bottom line is that Webroot will protect you only to a certain extent. But you need to additionally protect yourself from the "good guys" through script and adblockers, but ultimately, the good guys and the data they hold on you can end up with the bad guys, and that's completely outside of the scope of what Webroot or indeed any other typical antivirus can help us with.

 

Hope this helps.

 

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Just to be absolutely clear on the topic...it does not matter what site you go to...WRSA does NOT 'protect' the user from cookies...period. And why should it...the options nowdays included in most browsers is more than sufficient.

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