The CounterSpy Gateway SDK is a powerful antispyware software development kit which enables OEM partners such as ISVs and network appliance manufacturers to integrate robust antispyware capability into their products and accelerate time-to-market cycles.

Now you can rapidly integrate best-of-breed antispyware technology into your new and/or existing security solutions with the CounterSpy Gateway Antispyware SDK. The CounterSpy Gateway Antispyware SDK is a powerful product which enables OEMs to incorporate antispyware scanning at the network perimeter.

A Powerful Antispyware Toolkit
The CounterSpy Gateway SDK is a powerful toolkit which enables OEM partners such as ISVs and network appliance manufacturers to integrate robust antispyware capability into their products and accelerate time-to-market cycles. Utilizing a large database of spyware signatures, the Antispyware SDK can be integrated into software proxies or gateway appliances and also provides full access to CounterSpy's threat detection engine, enabling OEMs to provide best-of-breed antispyware technology as part of a comprehensive Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution.

CounterSpy's technology enables service providers to deploy a comprehensive antispyware scanning service as a standalone solution, or as part of an integrated suite of managed security services. With CounterSpy, service providers can offer real-time spyware protection from an industry leader as part of a comprehensive and differentiated managed security program while preserving their brand.

Best of breed spyware threat database
The CounterSpy Gateway Antispyware SDK benefits from multiple sources for its spyware definition updates, making it the premier antispyware solution to protect end-users and networks from spyware. Updated frequently, the spyware definition database includes a constantly updated library of threat signatures. The SDK leverages the following sources for spyware and other malware definitions.

Dedicated Research Team - Sunbelt Software Threat Research Center
Sunbelt Software's Threat Research Center specializes in the discovery and analysis of dangerous vulnerabilities (i.e., security holes, bugs, maligned features or combination of operations) that could be exploited for Internet and email attacks. The research team actively researches new spyware outbreaks, creating and testing new spyware definitions on a constant basis.

ThreatNet™
ThreatNet is Sunbelt's user community that opts-in to anonymously send new information about possible spyware to our Threat Research Center.

Sunbelt CWSandbox
Sunbelt CWSandbox leverages unique technology for the automatic behavior analysis of malware. CWSandbox collects information automatically from different inputs and provides fast and autonomous analysis of large volumes of malware samples to populate the database with new malware threats.

Technology Partners
CounterSpy benefits from sample sharing conducted between our Threat Research Center and our colleagues in the industry with whom we collaborate to ensure we are up to date on all current threats.

Spyware Testing
All new spyware definitions pass through comprehensive quality assurance tests to check for false positives and spyware removal. Scanning and removal of all spyware/adware types are supported. The CounterSpy SDK detects and removes hundreds of thousands of spyware threats and can also provide whitelisting at the gateway of 'known good' applications.

More than threat signatures alone
Sunbelt Software backs up its CounterSpy Gateway SDK with a range of supporting options and services that OEMs can leverage to deliver endpoint-to-gateway security and performance that competitors can't match and the bad guys can't defeat. These options include:

Licensing
OEM licensing terms are available that allow for maximum flexibility by Sunbelt solution partners. Contact your Sunbelt OEM representative for details. Please fill out the "Request Info" link on the left column of this page.