Re: Spyware and ISA

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From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:46:08 -0600

Firewalls/Proxys are not the right approach and developers seem to know that
and don't waste their time writing that stuff for those situations. Spyway
is neither "viruses" nor "spam" so you can't use the same techiques for
them. They are a unique threat, although somewhat similar to Viruses.

The best you get with at Firewall/Proxy is to have a massive list of
blacklisted URLs to block sites. That still won't effect the installation of
the Spyware in the first place if it was "bundled" with other software,...it
will only prevent it from "phoning home". So that lessens the effect but
doen't solve the problem.

The currently existing anti-spyware products have the right idea, they just
need to mature to the point that the AV products have.

The individual Client is still the best place to combat this the same way
that the Client is still the best place to combat Viruses. 

-- 
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
"OJ" <oj@myserver.com> wrote in message
news:%23PtS$NA%23EHA.2996@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> That seems to be the impression i'm getting from looking around.  GFI
> Download security comes close but can only handle accounts from one
domain -
> making it useless for us.
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> OJ
>
> "Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
> news:%23YY7pAA%23EHA.1564@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I do not belive there is anything.
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> > www.wandtv.com
> >
> > "OJ" <oj@myserver.com> wrote in message
> > news:esQBR6$9EHA.3368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > Has anyone found any good software for coprorate antispyware
solutions?
> > > I don't want to have to install software on all of our PC's so was
> > wondering
> > > if there is anything available for the gateway? (ISA 2000)
> > >
> > > Many thanks
> > >
> > > OJ
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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