Webroot this week introduced an update to its Web Security Service, enabling the filtering of outbound, as well as inbound traffic.

“If the cloud-based Webroot service detects malware such as botnet code calling out to get instructions or otherwise perform an activity, it will block that request, though not all traffic on the user's machine,” writes Network World’s Ellen Messmer. “The Webroot service would then notify the systems administrator of the security event via e-mail and the Web-based administrative console where reports can be obtained.”

“The service works by having the corporation proxy its Web traffic through Webroot’s data centers where a variety of security methods can clean malware and ward off phishing attacks,” Messmer adds.

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