Netservers - Email Virus Filtering

Email Virus Filtering

The Problem:

The biggest threat that businesses face from the Internet today is e-mail viruses. "Melissa" and "The Love Bug" were the most successful viruses of all time, due to the unique way they propagated. The frightening thing about these viruses was the speed at which they spread and the massive harm they could potentially do. What is more frightening is that they are easy to write and even easier for a Script Kiddie to "mutate" into a new form.

Whether we like it or not, e-mail viruses are here to stay. As quickly as anti-virus companies bring out new "inoculants", more virii are run off the Script Kiddie production line.

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The most common way to combat these viruses is to install anti-virus software on every machine. This should be seen as an absolute necessity on every Internet connected PC. The main downside with such anti-virus is that quite often users neglect to update their virus software often enough. In the case of viruses such as Melissa and The Love Bug, they devastated e-mail systems within hours of their appearance. It would be naive to believe that individual users can and will update their workstations quickly enough to defeat these viruses.

The Solution:

Netservers E-mail Filtering is a totally transparent and fully managed service that can be switched on in a matter of minutes. No additional hardware or software is required from you and even better, there is absolutely no user training or maintenance overhead needed.

Once our service is activated, all your inbound and outbound e-mail is rerouted through the Netservers Virus Filter facility and scanned by three industry-leading scanners before being delivered on to its final destination. There is no discernible impact on e-mail delivery times – on average it takes us under 1.5 seconds to process an e-mail – enabling us to provide a totally transparent service to the recipient.

Virus Signature updates are automatically performed across the network every ten minutes and, in the event of a new outbreak of a virus, instant updates are performed automatically, giving you peace of mind that you’re completely secure.

Netservers Virus Protection detects and eliminates viruses before they ever enter the network. The Netservers Virus Filtering system scans all inbound e-mails and attachments offsite using our proprietary tools and three completely independent virus-scanning engines insuring the most complete protection possible. Service highlights include:

Each e-mail is scanned through three engines for viruses and malicious code.

Netservers anti-virus libraries are updated for new viruses far more frequently and more efficiently than is possible within the typical enterprise.

No maintenance windows or other downtime that may reduce corporate protection.
Implementing the service requires only a simple change in DNS configuration.
No software or hardware is necessary to implement this support.
No user training required.
Maintaining the company’s networks and/or the user’s desktop just became easier.
No discernible latency – an average e-mail takes us under 1.5 seconds to process
No more worry about users forgetting to update their desktop virus products.