New features in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Internet Mail

Helsinki, Finland - December 10, 2001

To stop new and fast spreading viruses, anti-virus products require more advanced functionalities. To address this need, F-Secure Anti-Virus for Internet Mail 6.0 now provides advanced protection against new unknown viruses, and introduces several new features to improve corporate virus protection.

F-Secure Anti-Virus for Internet Mail detects and removes viruses, worms and Trojans from both incoming and outgoing email traffic in real time, before viruses can enter or leave the corporate network. The latest version of the software allows the corporate administrator to define what types of email attachments are allowed to pass through the firewalls and/or email servers. Companies can greatly improve their security by stopping email attachment types such as .exe and .vbs.

For example, dropping all .vbs file attachments, viruses such as Love Letter could have been stopped even before updated protection was available from anti-virus vendors. Furthermore, the attachment-stripping feature enables corporate administrators to filter out non-work related emails that include for example pictures and multimedia files. F-Secure Anti-Virus for Internet Mail 6.0 can also strip email attachments based on file name. If needed, the stripped attachments can be placed in a local quarantine directory. This way the administrator is able to view the types of email attachments that have been removed from incoming and outgoing corporate emails.

F-Secure Anti-Virus for Internet Mail 6.0 also includes the possibility for using a local user interface for monitoring the status and statistics of the product. This helps evaluation and installation of the product and makes configuration on small networks easier.