14 DAY TRIAL // Both companies chose to make their latest security solutions public at the RSA Conference, both waging a lot on the anti-spyware battle. Every major software developer is turning more to security solutions and especially efficient anti-spyware.
"In 2005, 65 percent of U.S. companies will purchase or upgrade anti-spyware software, making the category the most-purchased security technology for the year", said David Friedlander, a senior analyst with Forrester.
Spyware has rapidly made its way up the danger hierarchy, ranking fourth out of a list of nine possible threats to the organization.
Symantec said that when they roll out next month they will add anti-spyware detection, deletion, and repair to its AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.0 and Client Security 3.0 . Key to its spyware strategy is that the anti-spyware functions will be handled by the existing anti-virus scanning engine.
McAfee's Anti-Spyware Enterprise will ship March 2 it integrates with McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1 and 8.0i and can be deployed and managed with the company's ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) in large firms, and ProtectionPilot in small- and medium-sized companies. McAfee's will provide real-time defenses that keep known and suspected spyware from installing, and sweep already-in-place spyware from a system during scheduled scans.
However, McAfee will charge extra for its anti-spyware layer. According to a spokeswoman's example prices, enterprises will pay between $6.60 per seat per year (for installations of 10,000+ seats) and $20 per seat per year (for 26 or fewer seats) for Anti-Spyware Enterprise. Those prices will be in addition to the per-seat costs for VirusScan Enterprise.