Spyware & AD Ware

[Charles Swiger]

On Jul 19, 2004, at 11:26 AM, Spidey Knepscheld wrote:
> How do I stop Spyware and AD Ware to enter my network through a FreeBSD
> FW or can I stop it on the Cisco ?

A FreeBSD firewall using a good ruleset will help block spyware and 
adware.  Using a virus scanner like ClamAV in conjunction with mail and 
a WWW proxy server like Squid can also help.  A tool like Snort and 
related can provide some degree of intrusion-detection capabilities.

All of that being said, how the Windows box is administered and kept 
up-to-date, and whether the user of the Windows box is careful, matters 
more.  Not running Windows at all is by far the best way of avoiding 
spyware and adware....

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-Chuck