SPY SWEEPER ENTERPRISE - SPYWARE & ADWARE PROTECTION

Network World's Clear Choice Test Lab invited several anti-spyware vendors to submit products to its lab. Spy Sweeper Enterprise proved itself the best anti-spyware tool in tests, winning a Clear Choice Award. It contained the most spyware definitions, gave  excellent control over its client agents from a central console, ran quickly and unobtrusively, had an intuitive user interface, and displayed useful reports of its activity.   

Webroot Spy Sweeper Enterprise provides:

• Centralized management via the admin console 
• Manual or automated deployment of definition updates and product upgrades 
• Customizable protection and security policies 
• Reporting capabilities for malicious threats by date and type of spyware detected 
• Comprehensive detection and elimination of spyware

Spyware Threat to the Corporation

Spyware poses a significant threat to corporations such as:

• Compromised security of corporate information, data and intellectual property
• Diminished workstation performance 
• Increased service burden on IT staff 
• Reduced employee productivity 
• Increased bandwidth consumption 

92% of corporate IT managers at companies with more than 100 employees claim they have a "major" spyware problem.*

Nearly 60% of enterprise systems have unsolicited adware embedded on user computers. Detection and removal require specialized programs, because another insidious effect of spyware is that it installs itself very deeply in a system, sometimes creating thousands of registry entries.**
*Web@Work Study, March 2004     **Internetnews.com, June 2004

Key features

Centralized Administration Console

The admin console enables administrators to centrally manage security threats across the enterprise. IT administrators easily configure clients, manage updates, establish alerts, view reports and perform real-time scans of remote systems.

Proactive Protection with Active Shields

Spy Sweeper Enterprise actively monitors against spyware installations using multiple Active Shields. The IE home page and hijack shields protect against attacks on Internet Explorer, while other shields detect spies running in memory, guard the hosts file and block traffic from common ad sites. Additional shields prevent changes to the startup menu as well as the phony use of the often-exploited Windows Messenger service. System administrators can give end users the ability to enable or disable specific shields.

Seamless Client Deployment

The client can be deployed in three modes - invisibly for no user interaction, pop up an alert window during scan, or display an animated tray icon to indicate activity without disrupting the user. IT administrators can delegate control of individual product features to clients, or by using a password on the client side, give complete admin control to power users or system administrators working at the desktop.

Extensive Spyware Sweep and Removal Settings

Settings can be adjusted to run sweeps as frequently as necessary. During a scheduled sweep, Webroot Spy Sweeper Enterprise immediately quarantines or deletes any spyware programs or traces that match the threat database. The quarantine feature disables spyware functionality for immediate protection, while the administrator evaluates and permanently deletes suspect files or safely restores them if they are essential to the operation of desired applications. The lock down feature allows Spy Sweeper administrators to customize network and workstation settings to ensure that all workstations comply with the corporate security policy.

Comprehensive Definition Database

Spy Sweeper Enterprise scans the entire network using an extensive database of known spyware threats. To date, thousands of traces of spyware have been detected, and more are discovered every day. The Spy Sweeper Enterprise definition database is regularly updated for the latest protection from emerging spyware threats.

Customizable Reporting

Extensive product summary views display all of the threats identified on a given system, and all of the systems affected by a specific threat. The reporting features of Spy Sweeper Enterprise allow IT administrators to create custom reports by time period and group. Save reports in multiple formats for distribution throughout your enterprise.

System Requirements

Server:
OS: Windows NT 4.0 SP5 or higher, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 
CPU: 200 MHz minimum: 350 MHz or better recommended 
Disk: 30 MB free disk space for operation 
Additional free disk space necessary for database growth 
1 GB free disk space recommended 

Client:
OS: Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Server 2003 
CPU: 150 MHz or better recommended 
Memory: 32 MB RAM 
Minimum: 128 MB RAM or better recommended 
Disk: 15 MB free disk space 

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