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GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP About GFI MailSecurity  1
About GFI MailSecurity
Introduction to GFI MailSecurity
The need to monitor email messages for dangerous, offensive or
confidential content has never been more evident. The most deadly
viruses, able to cripple your email system and corporate network in
minutes, are being distributed worldwide via email in a matter of hours
(for example, the MyDoom worm). Products that perform single
vendor anti-virus scanning do not provide sufficient protection. Worse
still, email is likely to become the means for installing backdoors
(Trojans) and other harmful programs to help potential intruders break
into your network. Products restricted to a single anti-virus engine will
not protect against email exploits and attacks of this kind.
Your only defense is to install a comprehensive email content
checking and anti-virus solution to safeguard your mail server and
network. GFI MailSecurity acts as an email firewall and protects you
from email viruses, exploits and threats, as well as email attacks
targeted at your organization.
GFI MailSecurity is totally transparent to your users and does not
require additional user training.
Key features of GFI MailSecurity
Virus checking using multiple virus engines
GFI MailSecurity scans email for viruses using multiple anti-virus
engines. Scanning email at the gateway and at mail server level
prevents viruses from entering and/or spreading within your network.
Furthermore, you can avoid the embarrassment of sending infected
emails to customers as GFI MailSecurity also checks outgoing mail for
viruses. GFI MailSecurity includes the industrial strength Norman and
BitDefender anti-virus engines that have received various awards. You
also have the option to add the AVG, McAfee and Kaspersky anti-
virus engines. Multiple anti-virus engines give you a higher level of
security since anti-virus engines complement each other and lower the
average response time to a virus outbreak. GFI MailSecurity also
includes an auto-update facility that allows you to configure the anti-
virus engines so that they automatically check and download any
available updates without administrator intervention.
Email attachment checking/filtering
GFI MailSecurity's key feature is the ability to check all inbound and
outbound email. It can quarantine all email with dangerous
attachments, such as *.exe, *.vbs and other files. Such attachments
are more likely to carry a virus, worm or email attack. Since email