Data Sheet: Messaging Security
Symantec™ Antivirus for Messaging
Comprehensive and proactive email virus protection for messaging solutions
Overview
Symantec AntiVirus for Messaging provides high-
performance, integrated mail protection againstvirus
threats and other unwanted content for email traffic
passing through multiple messaging solutions. Employing
award-winning Symantec technologies that are optimized
for speed, the solution imposes minimal resource demands
on the messaging server. Symantec's extensible NAVEX™
antivirus technology defends against new and known
viruses. With integrated LiveUpdate™ functionality, virus
definitions can be deployed enterprise-wide without
stopping scan services or incurring server downtime. In
addition, the solution can be installed on or over the
network on a separate server.
Key FeaturesKey Features
• Provides scalable and reliable virus protection for email
traffic passing through various messaging solutions.
• Employs award-winning Symantec technologies,
including Symantec AntiVirus™ Scan Engine to detect
viruses, worms, and Trojan horses in all major file types.
• Virus definitions and engines are updated automatically
using Symantec LiveUpdate with no interruption in virus
scanning.
• Easily accommodates growing traffic volumes with
automatic load-balancing.
• Remote Web-based management console for virus
protection, configuration, logging, reporting, and
alerting.
System RequirementsSystem Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems
⁃ Windows 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
⁃ Windows 2008 R2
⁃ Windows 2000 Server with the latest service pack
⁃ Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
⁃ Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)
⁃ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (32-bit and 64-bit)
⁃ Solaris(SPARC) 9 and 10 (32-bit)
⁃ Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 3 and 4 (32-bit)
⁃ Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 3 and 4 (32-bit)
⁃ Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3 and 4 (32-bit)
⁃ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 (32-bit)
⁃ All the supported operating systems are supported
under VMware
• Supported Browsers
⁃ Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later
⁃ Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (SP1) or later
• Minimum Hardware Configuration
⁃ 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or 1 GHz SPARC
⁃ Java 5 or 6
⁃ 1 GB RAM
⁃ 500 MB hard disk space available
⁃ 1 NIC running TCP/IP with a static IP address
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