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Cisco Security Agent - An Enterprise Solution for Protection Against Spyware and Adware

Overview Spyware and adware share the ability to record keystrokes and possibly send data to Web servers, posing a serious security and privacy risk. Antispyware solutions on the market today are based on passive, reactive detection, and are not able to deal with this growing problem. Cisco Security Agent offers a proactive approach to help protect against both spyware and adware infections, maintain system integrity, and provide defense-in-depth for endpoints.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2005	Downloads	235
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, Spyware, Security Tools

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