F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange

F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange Overview:

Protecting the Microsoft Exchange Environment

Combining comprehensive protection with powerful centralized management, F- Secure® Anti- Virus™ for Microsoft Exchange is an ideal solution for both small and large businesses.

Today's Challenges:

Many of the new fast spreading and destructive viruses are targeted at the Microsoft Exchange and Outlook environment, making it especially important for Microsoft Exchange users to protect their networks.

The Solution:

F- Secure® Anti- Virus™ for Microsoft Exchange protects Microsoft Exchange 2010/2007/2003 users from viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, and other security threats. The product scans both incoming and outgoing messages and attachments, as well as internal mail traffic. It also inspects documents and notes posted to Exchange public folders. The protection is transparent and always on as the scanning is done in real-time. The solution also provides spam and attachment filtering.

F- Secure® Anti- Virus™ for Microsoft Exchange includes the F- Secure® Spam Control™ Module, which protects users against spam e-mail and other unwanted content. The solution has an industry-leading spam detection rate of over 97%, with virtually no false positives (1 in 1.5 million messages). This improves productivity, saves network bandwidth and reduces legal liability concerns.

F- Secure® Spam Control™ detects and filters spam messages from an organization’s e-mail traffic by using advanced content and traffic pattern analysis and categorization. It provides real-time protection against all types of spam, regardless of its content, format or language. The solution protects users from new spam outbreaks instantly. Industry-high accuracy and detection rates are maintained by global e-mail traffic analysis and by scanning e-mail using advanced filtering mechanisms.

Security for Microsoft Exchange Users

This solution protects Microsoft Exchange users and the corporate infrastructure against viruses and other malware, many of which are especially written to work in the Microsoft Exchange and Outlook environments. It provides real-time scanning of both incoming and outgoing messages, and also stops viruses in documents posted to public forums.

The solution includes advanced message filtering, spam filtering and content filtering options. It provides automatic virus definition updates, proactive protection against unknown threats, and can be centrally managed for maximum efficiency.

High Accuracy Anti-Spam
The optional F-Secure Spam Control detects and filters spam messages from an organization’s e-mail traffic by using advanced content and traffic pattern analysis and categorization. It provides real-time protection against all types of spam, regardless of its content, format or language.

The solution protects users from new spam outbreaks instantly. High accuracy detection rates are maintained by global e-mail traffic analysis and scanning e-mail using advanced filtering mechanisms.

Features & Benefits:

Key Features:

• Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, 2007 & 2003
• Support for Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 & 2003
• Real-time e-mail scanning on the email Server
• Proactive virus protection against new, unknown threats
• Content filtering
• Attachment filtering
• Stripping archives with disallowed files inside
• Support for Trusted Senders and
• Recipients
• Always up-to-date virus definitions
• Easy-to-use web user interface available in six different languages

Combination of Easy-to-use and Advanced Functionality
The easy-to-use web user interface makes installation and administration of the product effortless for small and medium business customers. When F- Secure® Anti-Virus™ for Windows Servers and F- Secure® Anti-Virus™ for Microsoft Exchange are installed on the same server, both products can be managed from a single web UI. Advanced users and large customers benefit from the powerful centralized management of the solution.

Award-winning Antivirus
F-Secure® Anti-Virus™ for Microsoft Exchange provides effective signaturebased protection against viruses, worms and trojans. Virus definition databases are updated transparently and automatically several times a day. The scanning platform is also updatable. The product also protects users against new, unknown malware, thanks to new proactive technologies that find and eliminate unknown zero-day threats.

Several Scanning Options
The product scans both incoming and outgoing e-mails. It also supports realtime, manual, and scheduled scanning of mailboxes and public folders.

Advanced Message Filtering
The network is protected against fast-spreading viruses, worms and trojans by activating e-mail filtering. E-mails can be filtered by their file types and names.

Automatic Spam Filtering
F- Secure® Spam Control™ for Microsoft Exchange detects spam messages in the company’s e-mail traffic, filtering them automatically and transparently.

Support for Trusted Senders and Recipients
The system administrator can exclude certain sender and recipient e-mail addresses from security checks and content filtering. For example, it is possible to exclude a dedicated e-mail address that is used for archival purposes.

Centralized Management for all Areas of Your Network
With F-Secure® Policy Manager™, the system administrator can manage the security of workstations, servers and gateways through a single console. Centralized management also makes it easy to administer several Exchange Servers in a large network.

Specifications:

Support Platforms:

• Microsoft® Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition with the latest service pack
• Microsoft® Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with the latest service pack
• Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition
• Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft® Small Business Server 2003
• Microsoft® Small Business Server 2003 R2
• Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 with the latest service pack

Supported Languages:

• English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

Screenshots:

Scanning Settings

Content Filtering: Stripping of Attachments

Scanning of Public Folders

 

Documentation:

Download the F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange Datasheet (PDF).