[TriLUG] Corporate solutions for spyware?

[Chad Thomsen]

Thanks Mike (and everyone).  This spyware thing is a tough thing to work
with.  There are alot of products out for it but not many reviews becasue
most folks came up with there coporate solutions in the second quarter and
after last year.

I may hold off and see how the Norton 8200 effects things.  It was ranked #1
by Gartner.

On 1/9/06, Mike Parkhurst <Mike.Parkhurst at samsys.com> wrote:
>
> SPAM Firewall 300, they didn't have an anti-spyware unit when I ordered
> the
> anti-SPAM unit.
>
> I like the Barracuda, however this line from their site is absolutely not
> true in my experience: "eliminating spam and virus from your
> organization".
>
>
> I suspect the anti-spyware unit will be helpful, but it will NOT
> "completely
> eliminates spyware and other forms of malware from your organization."
> Nothing will.  Eliminating spyware in a company connected to the Internet
> is
> as hopeless as trying to kill all the cockroaches in a big old apartment
> building.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Chad Thomsen
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:52 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Corporate solutions for spyware?
>
> Mike, which Barracuda unit do you have?  I am sure you are aware that they
> make a unit for Spam, and a unit for Spyware.
>
> Just curious as the Barracuda looks promising.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chad
>
> On 1/9/06, Reid Sayre <rlsayre at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > After paying for and installing "SpySweeper" (from WebRoot software),
> > and waiting two weeks, neither Spybot nor AdAware found anything (except
> > the "most recently used" lists, of course).
> >
> > It looks like SpySweeper has a list of places that have all the spyware
> > and blocks access to those sites. One of the effects of this is that,
> > all of a sudden, there are a lot of "404" errors on pages that used to
> > have a lot of advertising on them. The main function of the sites (well,
> > the main function for me anyway) still work fine, but, in place of some
> > advertisements, there are little frames with "page not found" messages
> > (cnn.com has two of them on their front page, for instance). There was
> > one time (out of about two months) that I wanted to go to one of these
> > sites for something and it was blocked. I turned off the "advertising
> > filter" (a few mouseclicks) and got to the site just fine. When I was
> > done, I turned the filter back on again.
> >
> > SpySweeper (like the anti-virus programs) updates its list
> > automatically. It also scans periodically (once a week, by default) just
> > to make sure it didn't miss anything.
> >
> > And it works fine with Norton SystemWorks and Zonealarm free firewall.
> > Of course, this is Windows. I am not aware of a Linux version or
> > equivalent. Details at http://www.webroot.com , and they have an
> > "enterprise" version.
> >
> > Um, I don't work for WebRoot or own any stock. I'm just a satisfied
> > customer.
> >
> > --
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> > rlsayre at bellsouth.net
> >
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