SV: Adware, spyware, and trojans

["Edlund, Linnea" <linnea.edlund () skanska se>]

Does anyone have experiences in using Ad-aware Plus together with Ad-Watch 
in a large network with many users? 

Is it possible in some way to enable the kind of functionality that most
antivirus software solutions have? Like automated download of new
definitions, 
some kind of policy management, and most important of all; not letting any 
normal users make any kinds of decisions? :) 

//Linnea

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> Från: Bruce.Orcutt () alltel com [mailto:Bruce.Orcutt () alltel com]
> Skickat: den 6 december 2002 23:17
> Till: Jebb.Stewart () noaa gov; CCarere () rich com
> Kopia: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Ämne: RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans
>
>
> I've used ad-aware myself on many machines both in the lab I 
> am a sysadmin for, as well as at home.
>
> It does quite a good job at finding most of the common 
> spyware programs.  You'd be amazed how much can be loaded on 
> your machine without you realizing it.
>
> I've yet to run into a negative side effect from running it, 
> but it includes provisions for making backup copies of 
> registry entries, etc to allow you to return software incase 
> a piece of software was misidentified as spyware.
>
> Bruce Orcutt 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jebb Stewart [mailto:jebb.stewart () moon fsl noaa gov]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:43 PM
> To: Carere, Courtney
> Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans
>
>
> Courtney,
>
> One program I am aware of to remove adware and spyware is ad-aware by
> lavasoft http://www.lavasoftusa.com.   Has any body used this?
>
> Jebb
>  
> On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 16:48, Carere, Courtney wrote:
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> > Upon reading "The Art of Deception" by Kevin Mitnick yesterday (an
> > excellent book, by the way), he writes that most antivirus software
> > does not detect spyware, which was a shock to me.  Spyware seems to
> > be defined as software that logs keystrokes, screenshots, user
> > actions, etc.  I have a couple of questions:
> >
> > 1.  What's the distinction between spyware, adware, and trojan
> > software?  (My antivirus software says it protects against Trojans,
> > and I've seen programs like SubSeven in its log files.)
> >
> > 2.  Is there any good software that detects and removes spyware,
> > ideally controlled and updated continuously from a central server?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - - Courtney Carere
> >
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