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McAfee WebShield SMTP

McAfee Messaging Protection

Protect your messaging system

Simply plug McAfee WebShield® SMTP into virtually any network and you can scan SMTP traffic for viruses and inappropriate content, without impacting your performance-critical systems.

 

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Benefits and Features

Benefits:

  • Protect your messaging system from current and emerging threats
    Block a wide range of today's viruses and tomorrow's threats from entering via email
  • Reduce your legal liabilities
    WebShield SMTP scans for inappropriate content in email subject lines and messages; it blocks files by name, type, or size
  • See the results
    Get extensive graphical reporting and analysis by integrating with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator®
  • Manage outbreaks 24/7
    The Outbreak Manager takes pre-programmed action 24/7 in case of an outbreak
  • Easy to install and configure
    It plugs into almost any existing network without impacting firewalls or mail servers

Features:

  • Comprehensive, proactive protection
    Its built-in scan engine stops viruses and malicious code threats, including macro viruses, Trojans, Internet worms, advanced 32-bit viruses—even hostile ActiveX and Java objects; it even drills down into compressed data to find hidden threats buried in .zip and other compressed files.
  • Filters content
    Protect your users from offensive emails with our integrated content filtering; block outgoing messages that contain sensitive data or file types.
  • Activity, trends reporting
    Integration with ePolicy Orchestrator gives you detailed graphical reports on virus activity, content filtering, policy compliance, and trend analysis
  • Outbreak management
    It lets you set rules for identifying new attacks; automatically emails your administrator and/or executes preset tasks to secure your email environment without manual intervention
  • Easy to install
    WebShield SMTP easily plugs in behind almost any firewall without impacting other critical systems

Description:

McAfee WebShield SMTP software-based scanner technology delivers anti-virus protection and content blocking at the Internet gateway. Firewall-independent, it easily plugs into virtually any existing network, and scans SMTP traffic without impacting other performance-critical systems, such as firewalls or mail servers.

System Requirements:

Note: The following are minimum system requirements only. Actual requirements will vary depending on the nature of your environment.

Systems

  • Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Type: Intel Disk Space
  • 64 MB (Microsoft Windows NT), 128 MB (Microsoft Windows 2000)
  • Minimum 9 MB install requires 500 MB free disk space