Anti-virus firm joins spyware battle

By Ellen Messmer, Network World, 05/09/05

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Anti-virus firm Eset last week announced it has added anti-spyware filtering to its NOD32 Version 2.5 software for helping users protect Windows desktops and servers, and a range of Lotus, Novell and Linux servers.

Eset won't charge more than its current $39 per seat for adding the anti-spyware and adware-filtering capability, according to product manager Rick Moy. Most other anti-virus firms stepping into the anti-spyware market, including McAfee, Symantec and Computer Associates, bumped up the price when they began offering both anti-virus and anti-spyware capabilities.

Scott Brown, information security analyst at Colby Sawyer College in New London, N.H., said he's been beta-testing NOD32 Version 2.5 on college machines. "This new product has a couple of great features such as automatically sending the infection to Eset to be analyzed," he says.

The college is considering requiring its students to use the anti-virus/anti-spyware software to protect both the students' PCs and the campus network. Virus outbreaks have caused the most problems on the campus network to date, but spyware is viewed as a growing threat because it's jamming up student PCs.

"We've seen student machines that couldn't even turn on or connect to the network because of spyware," Brown says.

While students are responsible for maintaining their own machines, the reality of campus life is that when they have difficulties they can't solve, they turn to the campus IT department for help, says Brown.

Eset's NOD32 Version 2.5 also includes a central management console to distribute, update and publish reports. Pricing is set at $1,500 for the 50-user enterprise edition.

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