Anti-Virus Protection

Email-borne viruses, worms and Trojans can cause severe damage and disruption to business systems and even compromise whole networks. The most effective response to these common security threats is to stop malware before it can reach end user workstations. By employing anti-virus protection, you're not only saving costs for possible damage recovery, but also adding a second layer protection to all networked computers, thus saving resources for end-user support.


Eliminate the risk right at the gateway.


Avast!
Integrated Avast! antivirus engine from Alwil Software is a comprehensive high-performance virus management solution with multi-threaded engine to ensure low latency to traffic. It uses both heuristic and signature based technologies to scan all common file formats. ICSA Certified, the product is regularly awarded VB100% by Virus Bulletin.
  • Powerful engine
  • External scanner
Avast! is regularly awarded as one of the most effective antivirus solutions.

Real-Time Protection

The mainstay of our protection system is timely incremental updates from many servers located around the globe, encrypted for greater security. Checks for updates run periodically, but the greatest advantage of our integration within the mail server is our unique "push" notification system in which new signatures are released and your servers knows to download them minutes later. This means a more timely response to virus outbreaks. We employ specially formatted early warning emails sent to the administrator's account to instantly trigger an update of virus definitions.

  • Compressed files scanning
  • Compressed files scanningScript blocking
  • Attachment stripping(your list)
  • Keyword and extension based file blocking
  • Limited repair & recovery
  • AV Quarantine on server
  • Flexible white-listing options
  • Options for a invoking an external scanner
  • Allows spyware protection or redundant AV scanner
  • Included HTTP Proxy with AV screening
  • 1 year subscription to real-time AutoUpdate included.

Multiple Actions

Our engine engine reliably detects malicious code in all major file types including compressed file formats. Integration within a mail server provides for extended reporting & logging features. Various actions can be triggered when infected attachments are discovered:

  • Remove / Clean viruses from the email
  • Delete / Reject the infected message
  • Quarantine the infected email
  • Notify user and/or administrator with a custom message

Integration Benefits

Anti-Virus engine is fully integrated to server core, installed at server level and automatically updated to latest version with a click of a button.

  • Unique real-time "push" updates
  • Fully centralized, one-place administration and activity monitoring
  • Nothing required on users workstations
  • Every single email message passing through the server is scanned
  • Files retrieved via included Proxy Server are scanned for viruses
  • Additional filters and optional External Scanner
  • System variables support in reports to sender/recipient/administrator