Combating Spyware in the Enterprise

Learn the common and not-so-common ways spyware gets on your system and see how it can be instrumental in identity theft.

•Define Spyware, Malware, Adware, Parasiteware, Phishing, and Botnets

Find out the differences and see examples of how programs like Mytob, Netsky, Sober, Lop.com, CoolWebSearch, IRC.Flood, Agobot, and Sdbot work.

•Investigate the Methods for Getting Spyware on a System

See the different types of keystroke loggers, learn how legitimate corporations sometimes use Trojan encapsulation to conceal spyware activities, and learn the relationship between spyware and backdoors.

•Understand the Increase in Criminal Spyware Use

See how phishing attacks and botnets provide a way for mounting directed attacks against an identifiable population.

•Review End-User Spyware Mitigation Solutions

See how freeware, toolbars, and licensed solutions such as Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware and Spybot can help, and see why you should never trust your computer to just one spyware scanner.

•Learn Manual Detection Techniques

The Registry contains vital keys and values that allow spyware to automatically start itself when Windows starts, but in known places that you can easily uncover.

•Discover Detection and Removal Tools

HijackThis and HiJackFree are free tools that automatically gather information about applications installed.

•Does Spyware for Linux Exist?

See why Linux has been the target of some malware and viruses, but how there has yet to be a major outbreak.

•Protect Yourself on a Budget