Email Virus Protection
Before the explosion of Internet usage and email traffic in the late 1990s, the vast
majority of viruses were spread by infected floppy disks or other relatively slow moving
methods of transmission. With email becoming ubiquitous in corporate environments and elsewhere,
viruses and other harmful files have the ability to spread at lightning speed. Some estimate that
today viruses, worms, and Trojan horses can spread and propagate at a rate of tens of thousands of
copies per hour. At this rate, there is precious little time to update desktop and gateway virus protection
systems to ensure corporate networks and systems are protected.
The TrueProtectTM email virus protection solution leverages the benefits of the FrontBridge network
architecture, ensuring that messages are delivered reliably, securely, and free of harmful content.
Multi-Engine Virus Scanning
FrontBridge employs a layered approach to virus scanning. While many companies install and run anti-virus
software on users' desktops and gateway servers, the fast-moving nature of virus transmission today requires a more
rapid response than desktop and gateway solutions can deliver. FrontBridge's partnerships with Sophos, Symantec,
and Trend Micro provide worldwide coverage and the ability to react much more quickly to virus outbreaks.
FrontBridge maintains very close developer relationships with their anti-virus partners. Because stopping
viruses is especially time critical, their partners often work with them at every stage in the development of
virus remedies. As a consequence, FrontBridge typically deploys protection from new viruses hours before new
signatures are publicly released. Additionally, FrontBridge is able to provide immediate email virus protection prior to
the release of any anti-virus engine update by using its powerful policy and attribute blocking capability to
block specific kinds of attachments or filter email based on specific characteristics of a message.
Outbound Virus Scanning
In addition to securing inbound email and ensuring viruses do not enter the corporate network, FrontBridge
also scans outbound email for viruses to protect the companies with whom your organization communicates. A company's
reputation is important, and being the source of a damaging virus, worm, or Trojan horse that infects the systems of
customers, partners, and suppliers can do harm to that reputation.
Benefits
- Buffer zone – Email is scanned for viruses before messages reach the corporate network, ensuring that viruses and malicious code never touch your infrastructure.
- Multi-engine scanning – Leverage the power of multiple virus scanning engines for more effective protection.
- Rapid updates – FrontBridge anti-virus updates occur every ten minutes; our operations staff can make changes to the network to block malicious content within minutes.
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