Anti-spyware at the Gateway

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I am after a bit of information regarding anti-spyware. We run McAfee
A/V on the desktops and servers here as well as Groupshield. We also
run Mailsweeper and Websense. I now need to look at anti-spyware. We
have approx 300 computers / users to protect.

I know there are a lot of products out there. What is the best solution
for protecting against spyware at the gateway? Or is it inevitable that
I will need some antispyware running on the desktops (to eliminate
spyware which may already be present on PCs).

A brief Google has flagged up the following:
Black Spider - but this is a managed service (I would prefer in-house
control)
Blue Coat - proxy appliance
Surf Control - agent on desktop
Trend Micro - agent based solution
McAfee - agent based?
Barracuda - appliance at the gateway

We do occasionally use Lavasoft Ad-aware to eliminate problems when we
know there is spyware. We have a licensed copy of this (it is not free
to commercial users).

Any help? I know I haven't provided too much info... I didn't know
what level of detail to go into, in this initial post.

Thanks in anticipation.

Mat G
Birmingham, UK

[Virus Guy]

Leythos wrote:

> I have more than 1500 workstations located at different clients,
> we block spyware by only permitting access to approved internet
> sites.

How do you come up with the list of "approved" sites? What criteria
do you use? How many are on the list?

Do you have software developers/programmers on your staff? Do you
similarly restrict them to the same list of sites as the general
office worker?

[Somebody.]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
>I am after a bit of information regarding anti-spyware. We run McAfee
> A/V on the desktops and servers here as well as Groupshield. We also
> run Mailsweeper and Websense. I now need to look at anti-spyware. We
> have approx 300 computers / users to protect.
>
> I know there are a lot of products out there. What is the best solution
> for protecting against spyware at the gateway? Or is it inevitable that
> I will need some antispyware running on the desktops (to eliminate
> spyware which may already be present on PCs).
>
> A brief Google has flagged up the following:
> Black Spider - but this is a managed service (I would prefer in-house
> control)
> Blue Coat - proxy appliance
> Surf Control - agent on desktop
> Trend Micro - agent based solution
> McAfee - agent based?
> Barracuda - appliance at the gateway
>
> We do occasionally use Lavasoft Ad-aware to eliminate problems when we
> know there is spyware. We have a licensed copy of this (it is not free
> to commercial users).
>
> Any help? I know I haven't provided too much info... I didn't know
> what level of detail to go into, in this initial post.
>

If you're using McAfee, they have an anti-spyware plugin that should cost
you almost nothing and work with your exising ePolicy Orchestrator setup, on
the desktop.

For a gateway appliance, I'd definately look at deploying a Fortigate for
it's multilayer defense including spyware protection. But really you should
consider both methods -- gateway *and* desktop. They bolster each other
that way.

-Russ.

[Jonas Haggren]

look at tipping points products.. they will do the job.

/Jonas


> skrev i meddelandet
ups.com...
>I am after a bit of information regarding anti-spyware. We run McAfee
> A/V on the desktops and servers here as well as Groupshield. We also
> run Mailsweeper and Websense. I now need to look at anti-spyware. We
> have approx 300 computers / users to protect.
>
> I know there are a lot of products out there. What is the best solution
> for protecting against spyware at the gateway? Or is it inevitable that
> I will need some antispyware running on the desktops (to eliminate
> spyware which may already be present on PCs).
>
> A brief Google has flagged up the following:
> Black Spider - but this is a managed service (I would prefer in-house
> control)
> Blue Coat - proxy appliance
> Surf Control - agent on desktop
> Trend Micro - agent based solution
> McAfee - agent based?
> Barracuda - appliance at the gateway
>
> We do occasionally use Lavasoft Ad-aware to eliminate problems when we
> know there is spyware. We have a licensed copy of this (it is not free
> to commercial users).
>
> Any help? I know I haven't provided too much info... I didn't know
> what level of detail to go into, in this initial post.
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
> Mat G
> Birmingham, UK
>

[Don Kelloway]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
>I am after a bit of information regarding anti-spyware. We run McAfee
> A/V on the desktops and servers here as well as Groupshield. We also
> run Mailsweeper and Websense. I now need to look at anti-spyware. We
> have approx 300 computers / users to protect.
>
> I know there are a lot of products out there. What is the best solution
> for protecting against spyware at the gateway? Or is it inevitable that
> I will need some antispyware running on the desktops (to eliminate
> spyware which may already be present on PCs).
>
> A brief Google has flagged up the following:
> Black Spider - but this is a managed service (I would prefer in-house
> control)
> Blue Coat - proxy appliance
> Surf Control - agent on desktop
> Trend Micro - agent based solution
> McAfee - agent based?
> Barracuda - appliance at the gateway
>
> We do occasionally use Lavasoft Ad-aware to eliminate problems when we
> know there is spyware. We have a licensed copy of this (it is not free
> to commercial users).
>
> Any help? I know I haven't provided too much info... I didn't know
> what level of detail to go into, in this initial post.
>
> Thanks in anticipation.
>
> Mat G
> Birmingham, UK
>


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