Anti-Spyware r8.1

Anti-Spyware r8.1

Anti-Spyware r8.1 detects and removes spyware and non-viral malware to protect your company from diminished PC performance, unauthorized access and information theft.
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CA Anti-Spyware detects and removes spyware and non-viral malware to protect your company from diminished PC performance, unauthorized access and information theft. CA Anti-Spyware offers a highly scalable, centrally managed, anti-spyware solution that is easy to deploy and manage.

CA Anti-Spyware is also compatible with and complementary to other security initiatives, including CA Host Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS) and CA Secure Content Manager (CA SCM). CA Anti-Spyware is backed by CA Security Advisor which has served government and enterprises since 1987.

What is New in r8.1?

  • CA Anti-Spyware Real-time protection
  • CA Anti-Spyware Agent GUI
  • Support for CISCO NAC and Microsoft NAP
  • Additional Language Support - Now supporting Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, in addition to existing support for English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese.

Features and Benefits:

  • Real-Time Alerts.

    When pests are found, CA Anti-Spyware generates an alert, logs the event and lets you remove the pests from your computer or network in real-time. It allows the definition of 'safe lists' and files can be added to an exclude list for individual users or by department to help

  • Automated Pest Updates.

    Automated updates are pushed to your desktops with new pest definition files that provide protection against the most current security risks.

  • Deployment for any sized organization.

    CA Anti-Spyware is built upon a redundant multi-tier architecture that scales to manage large populations of users from a single management console.

  • Central Logging and Reporting.

    Pest detection reports are consolidated for improved management and problem isolation. Reports can be created based on workstation, date/time, security risk priority and pest category, or on specific pests to assist with risk evaluation.

  • Improved PC and System Performance.

    By detecting and thoroughly removing spyware, CA Anti-Spyware helps increase productivity and eliminates wasted bandwidth, allowing you to put focus back on business-related issues. For example, one computer compromised by as little as two adware applications could take more than 14 minutes to boot. Assuming that your employees reboot their computers daily and work five days a week for 50 weeks, every employee with a compromised machine could lose nearly 60 hours a year simply waiting for his or her computer to start.

Key features

12x5 Phone-Based Support


Real-Time Alerts


Automated Pest Updates


Deployment for Any-Sized Organization


Central Loggin and Reporting


Improved PC and System Performance

System Requirements

  • At least 1GB of free disk space and 1GB of RAM are required.
  • On Windows platforms, it is recommended that the Threat Management Server is installed on a Pentium II 450 or better computer.
  • Each client computer should be a Pentium 150 or better and have at least 256 MB of RAM and 64 MB of free disk space.


Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is CA Anti-Spyware r8.1?

A: CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 detects and removes spyware and non-viral malware to protect organizations of all sizes from diminished PC performance, unauthorized access and information theft. CA Anti-Spyware offers a highly scalable, centrally-managed, anti-spyware solution that is easy to deploy and manage in an enterprise environment.

Q. I already have antivirus software; do I also need anti-spyware software?

A:Yes. Although anti-virus software detects and removes viruses, spyware has unique properties that often are not recognizable and cannot be removed by anti-virus software alone. CA Anti- Spyware detects and removes spyware, hacker tools, non-viral malicious programs, and annoying pests like adware. CA Anti- Spyware, purchased as a standalone product, offers excellent anti-spyware protection and complements other threat prevention products from both CA and other vendors. When deployed in conjunction with CA Anti-Virus as part of the CA Threat Manager solution, both products can be managed from the same administrative console to provide efficient, centrally-managed protection against a broad range of threats.

Q. Is CA Anti-Spyware compatible with other CA products?

A:Yes, CA Anti-Spyware is compatible with other CA security initiatives, including CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (CA HIPS), which blends stand-alone firewall and intrusion detection and prevention capabilities; and CA Secure Content Manager (CA SCM), a unified gateway solution that deters data confidentiality breaches, web and messaging threats.

Q. Why not use free anti-spyware software?

A: Free anti-spyware does not offer all of the functionality that is available in CA Anti-Spyware, such as a management console for easy administration across an enterprise, a comprehensive pest information database, logging capabilities, professional technical support, and frequent and regular updates to the spyware database.

Q. What’s New in CA Anti-Spyware r8.1?

A: New features in CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 include:
  • Agent GUI.The optional agent GUI enables users to run and view spyware scans on their workstations as needed, depending on company policy. It provides the ability for end users to view the status of real-time protection, view logs, create and view exclusion lists and restore from quarantine, depending on company policy.
  • Real-time Protection.Monitors and scans all applications and processes as they load to prevent spyware from running. If the system is previously infected and the spyware is already running when CA Anti-Spyware is started, it can optionally stop the spyware process in memory.
  • Additional Language Support.In addition to supporting English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese, CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 now supports Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.


Q. Can I now deploy CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 using third party software delivery tools?

A:Yes. CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 enables administrators to deploy the CA Anti-Spyware client via Unicenter® Software Delivery, Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) and other third party deployment programs without any end user interaction, providing increased flexibility and streamlined deployment. This new feature enables you to quickly and securely deploy CA Anti-Spyware in large enterprise environments, while maximizing your existing software delivery investments.

Q. What are the benefits of a combined management console for anti-spyware and anti-virus?

A:The CA Threat Manager r8.1 solution combines best-of-breed CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 with CA Anti-Virus r8.1, extending the functionality of both products with a central, web-based management console and increasing efficiency through a common agent, logging facility and updating tools. The solution warns, detects, analyzes and provides remediation across the enterprise from an entire range of threats, attacks and malicious code, including viruses, worms, spyware, key loggers and Trojans. By combining the protective power of these two technologies in one centrally-managed product, CA offers the ability to easily enhance your endpoint protection. This combination offers you comprehensive detection and prevention against rising blended threats, robust reporting, expanded platform coverage, expanded language support and deployment from a central location via a single, intuitive console to enhance your endpoint protection.

Q. How will you be expanding the utility of CA Anti-Spyware?

A:CA Anti-Spyware detects and removes spyware from files and user profiles/accounts to uncover hidden spyware instances and provide comprehensive anti-spyware protection. Incremental .DAT files will ensure that you are protected against new threats. CA Anti-Spyware is compatible with, and complementary to, other security initiatives, including CA HIPS, which blends stand-alone firewall and intrusion detection and prevention capabilities to provide centralized proactive threat protection, and CA SCM, a single, unified gateway solution that safeguards enterprises from data confidentiality breaches, web and messaging threats from a central management console. Adding CA HIPS to your endpoint threat defenses will help you prevent known and unknown threats such as malware, spyware, adware and rogue software from penetrating your network While the use of CA Anti-Spyware will detect and remove threats that happen to evade detection or that previously infected the endpoint; adding CA SCM complements the CA Anti-Spyware solution’s endpoint threat protection with centrally-managed gateway threat protection.

Q. What is the advantage of the CA Anti-Spyware Real-time Protection?

A:CA Anti-Spyware monitors system calls and intercepts spyware before it can run. If the system is previously infected and the spyware is already running when CA Anti-Spyware is started, it can intercept and block system changes, such as registry and file modifications or optionally, kill the spyware process in memory.

Q. What are some of the scanning capabilities of CA Anti- Spyware r8.1?

A:CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 proactively protects you from new threats, allowing you to manage scan times and locations from the management console. Administrators can launch scans manually, at scheduled times or when users login in to the network. Scans and updates are performed automatically, eliminating the time administrators used to spend managing the spyware problem on each computer.

Q. What are the reporting features of CA Anti-Spyware r8.1?

A:CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 makes reporting fast and easy with over 70 predefined reports. The CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 pest detection reports are consolidated into a single log on a designated server for improved management and problem isolation. Reports can be created based on workstation, date/time, security risk priority and pest category, or on specific pests to assist with risk evaluation.

Q. Who is responsible for researching the newest pests?

A:Yes, CA Security Advisor is the answer. Keeping your antispyware software up-to-date is critical. CA Anti-Spyware is backed by CA Security Advisor that has served as the trusted source of security content to governments, enterprises, educational institutions and non-profit organizations since 1987. CA’s industry-leading security researchers, who continuously monitor new security threats and develop mitigation procedures, staff the CA Security Advisor. Comprised of worldwide rapid response centers, CA Security Advisor provides around-the-clock threat research and content development aggregating security data from over 400 sources using a patent pending process for research, testing and validation of threats.

Q. Who defines what programs are identified as spyware?

A: CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 identifies potentially unwanted applications as spyware based on a set of criteria that describe behaviors commonly observed in known spyware products. These criteria describe behaviors that are typical of spyware and which may cause a loss of productivity, privacy and security. The potentially unwanted applications are evaluated against a list of characteristics know as the Spyware Scorecard. CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 helps you find those applications on your computer that have one or more of the characteristics listed in the Spyware Scorecard, allowing you the flexibility to decide what is and is not wanted in your organization. Additionally, there are no global standards in the anti-spyware industry. CA, along with the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and other anti-spyware vendors, established an Anti-Spyware Coalition to help define spyware and establish best practices.

Q. What makes CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 the right choice?

A:CA Anti-Spyware r8.1 detects and removes spyware and non-viral malware to protect organizations of all sizes from diminished PC performance, unauthorized access and information theft. CA Anti-Spyware offers a highly scalable, centrally-managed, anti-spyware solution that is easy to deploy and manage in an enterprise environment. CA Anti-Spyware, purchased as a standalone product, offers excellent anti-spyware protection and complements other threat prevention products from both CA and other vendors. When deployed in conjunction with CA Anti-Virus as part of the CA Threat Manager solution, both products can be managed from the same administrative console to provide efficient, centrally-managed protection against a broad range of threats. CA Anti-Spyware is also compatible with other CA security initiatives, including CA HIPS, which blends stand-alone firewall and intrusion detection and prevention capabilities; and CA SCM, a unified gateway solution that deters data confidentiality breaches, web and messaging threats.
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