Datasheet

Virus & Spyware Protection z 29

incoming and outgoing mail and news—stripping or blocking all

infected attachments for undesired content.

NIP is both capable of scanning e-mails for known viruses and block

file attachments, depending on content and file extensions.

All scanning options in the Internet Protection module are preselected:

The option Use Sandbox activates Norman’s sandbox functionality to

detect new, unknown viruses. The sandbox is particularly tuned to find

new email-, network- and peer-to-peer worms and file viruses, and will

also react to unknown security threats.

Scanning time will increase when this option is selected, but it is not

likely to have a significant effect on performance. For more

information about the sandbox, please refer to ‘Appendix A’ on page

56.