Re: Anyone using anti-spyware net filters?

["Cebulski, John" <jcebulski () RKON COM>]

Hello,

I work at a consulting firm, and we have been recommending Pest Patrol
(http://pestpatrol.com <http://pestpatrol.com/> ) to our clients.  It
has a nice management interface and it seems to be pretty simple to use
and effective.  We are also recommending that our clients investigate
some type of desktop based protection like Zone Labs Integrity
(http://zonelabs.com <http://zonelabs.com/> ) to provide additional
end-point security.

Hope that helps.

John

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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Anyone using anti-spyware net filters?

Hi,

at Southern Cross University we are looking at using the enterprise
version of Webroot Spysweeper.  It seems to have very good reviews.  On
a practical test it also seems to be a lot better than Spybot Search and
Destroy (except for the price!).

You can download and update defintions once for free.

http://www.webroot.com/products/spysweeper/?rc=648&ac=adw04ss

Tim Lane


At 12:15 PM 10/11/2004 -0500, you wrote:


Is anyone using, or reviewing (or have opinions, concerns about)
products
similar to Intrusion, Inc's SpySnare(tm) as a border-based spyware
reducer?

It claims to be able to filter spyware from web traffic, including
recognizing HTML code for known misdirecting popup messages, etc.

Some questions which immediately come to mind:  How transparent can it
really be to 'legitimate' traffic; effecting campus acceptance of border
web filtering (even if beneficial); how to provide convenient bypass
mechanisms for academics whose work may call for unfiltered web.

http://www.intrusion.com/products/download/SpySnare_Brochure.pdf

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