many of the free tools out there like SpyBot that do local protection
build hosts files that have all the hosts for the spyware sites.. this
might be a good list to add to your network URL filtering. I have seen
products that are JUST a hosts file as well.

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Mike Singleton wrote:

> Hmmm. Sounds good! Anywhere out there on the net that has some papers on this (i.e. 
> the information sent to which spyware program)?
>
>
> ====
> Mike x318
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenny Jansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 5:03 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [FW-1] Spyware filtering
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>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 08:32:32AM -0800, Mike Singleton wrote:
> > Anyone know if is possible to filter out spyware with FW-NG? Is so,
> > any white paper you could point me to would be appreciated.
>
> Certain types of spyware can be caught using the "Worm-catcher" functionality. 
> Specifically the type of spyware that reports back to its owner via HTTP.
>
> By spending a couple of minutes analysing what URL the spyware agent sends it 
> reports to, you can create a Worm Catcher url filter matching that request and 
> thereby effectively stopping (and detecting) the presens of that particular type of 
> spyware on your network.
>
> Good luck,
>
> /Kenny
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