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how can I run webroot on an external hard drive?

  • October 5, 2015
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How can I run Webroot on an external hard drive?

Best answer by illumination

Open windows explorer with the extrernal drive plugged in, and right click the external drive and click scan with webroot.

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    • illumination
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    • October 5, 2015
    Are you asking how to literally run Webroot on an external drive or how to scan the external drive with webroot?
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    • maukeesue
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    • October 5, 2015
    Yes, Scan my external drive. Webroot is on my computer and I have a external drive that I use for backup. Yesterday, webroot found a virus on my computer just after I had backed up to my external drive.
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    • October 5, 2015
    Open windows explorer with the extrernal drive plugged in, and right click the external drive and click scan with webroot.
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    • maukeesue
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    • October 5, 2015
     Yes, scan my external drive. Webroot is on my computer and I have an external drive that I use for my backups. Yesterday, webroot foun a virus on my computer just aver I had backed up myexternal drive. So I want to make sure I do not have a virus on the external drive.
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    • maukeesue
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    • October 5, 2015
    Thank you. scanning right now.
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    Thanks!  That was quick and easy :)  

    Hopefully, it caught everything, as I was sharing the external HD from an old Win 7 PC and my Win 10 PC.

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    Scan my external drive. Webroot is on my computer and I have a external drive that I use for backup. Yesterday, webroot found a virus on my computer just after I had backed up to my external drive.

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    • TripleHelix
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    • August 11, 2020

    Hello @ClarenceThomas 

     

    To be sure your clean please Submit a Support Ticket and they will check to make sure!

     

    Note: When submitting a Support Ticket, Please wait for a response from Support. Putting in another Support Ticket on this problem before Support responses will put your first Support Ticket at the end of the queue.

     

    Thanks,

    Daniel - Microsoft MVP Consumer Security (2012-2016) Windows 10 Pro x64 for Workstations 22H2 on my Alienware 17R2 and Windows 11 Pro x64 for Workstations on my Alienware 17R5 Laptops with Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete Beta Tester for PC & Android Samsung Galaxy A16 5G OS 16.
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