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Webroot’s New Toy
John Stith
Staff Writer
2006-03-13
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Webroot Software, Inc now offers a feature to their Premium Channel Edge partners in the form of their Webroot Enterprise SpyAudit tool. The tool can be used to evaluate customers' level of spyware risk.
Webroot's Enterprise SpyAudit provides a snapshot of the state of an enterprise's spyware infection. With these detection capabilities, Enterprise SpyAudit is a convenient tool that can be deployed across a network to quickly detect spyware infections on a company's desktop or laptop environment. This enables partners of the service to evaluate a company's current spyware infection status and recommend specific security programs to eradicate their current spyware infestation and better protect their networks in the future.
"Enterprise SpyAudit gives our Premium Channel Edge partners a real competitive edge. Our partners can now easily detect live spyware threats within an enterprise environment and use the results to educate their customers and better demonstrate the need for superior anti-spyware protection," said Vinay Goel, vice president of worldwide marketing for Webroot Software, Inc.
"Our partners serve as trusted advisors to their clients and we are committed to ensuring our partners have the most advanced resources and tools available to best serve their clients' needs and ultimately increase their own profitability. Offering our Premium Channel Edge partners the Enterprise SpyAudit tool at no cost is yet another proof-point of this commitment."
Enterprise SpyAudit can be deployed silently across hundreds or thousands of machines. The Enterprise SpyAudit searches for spyware where it is known to hide - registry, memory, browser hijackers and other key areas that may harbor spyware threats, and operates without end-user interruption.
Upon completion, the Enterprise SpyAudit is removed from the network entirely, leaving no footprint behind. All data collected in the SpyAudit is encrypted and is available only to the partner who conducted the audit through Webroot's secure, password-protected SpyAudit Portal.
"Enterprise SpyAudit gives us the opportunity to show customers just how exposed they are to spyware attacks - insight no other security vendors can offer," said Greg Hanchin, principal of DirSec.
"Enterprise SpyAudit reveals data that clearly tells us what's going on behind the scenes and validates the concrete need for a superior anti-spyware solution like Spy Sweeper Enterprise. This unique level of awareness helps us to increase our security solution sales, shortens sales cycles and gives us additional means to better serve our customers. In fact, DirSec believes so much in the value of Webroot's SpyAudit tool that we built our own website - www.spywareaudits.com - complete with a spyware blog to focus on the spyware problem with Webroot and our customer base."
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John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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