AVG E-Mail Server Edition 8.5
AVG E-Mail Server Edition 8.5
March 4, 2009: AVG E-mail Server Edition 8.5 now offers a central Anti-Spam module, which filters out unwanted e-mails and attempted phishing attacks at the server level.
It checks all e-mails sent and received, and their attachments, protecting against all e-mail-borne threats and the ever-increasing amount of e-mail spam attacks.
The latest release also prevents the opening of infected files on the server, ensuring that the e-mail server itself is fully protected against viruses and spyware. This prevents suspicious files from being opened thus removing the possibility of accidental infections. Infections are automatically quarantined or removed so they can’t spread across the network.
AVG E-mail Server Edition 8.5 supports all leading e-mail server applications, including MS Exchange, Lotus Domino and Kerio MailServer. The new server level anti-spam module is based on the best-of-breed Mailshell technology.
Pricing starts from A$220 for a one year five mailbox licence. This includes free telephone support during Melbourne business hours, backed up by free 24/7 technical support by e-mail.
Other network versions of AVG 8.5 products are also available, enabling centralised deployment, configuration and reporting, plus remote administration, of all networked PCs across an organisation.
AVG also announced the launch of a new product, AVG Identity Protection (IDP) that gives computer users an additional layer of protection on top of their existing security software.
IDP is specifically focused on helping to prevent thieves from using carefully-targeted attacks to steal passwords, bank account details, credit card numbers, and other digital valuables. It uses a technology called behavioural analysis to make sure all the programs running on a user's computer are operating the way they should. If it spots something suspicious that could indicate an attempted ID theft attack, it shuts that activity down, preventing any possible theft from happening. It doesn't matter whether users are running AVG software or security software from another vendor; IDP runs smoothly alongside all popular programs to keep users safer when they’re online.
AVG Identity Protection is based around the technology AVG acquired when it bought the Sana Security company earlier this year.
"Tens of thousands of new virus samples arrive in security companies' labs every day," says AVG Technologies CTO Karel Obluk. "It is simply not feasible for traditional signature-based anti-virus to keep up with this level of activity from the bad guys. So while it's important to continue to use anti-virus to protect against the known viruses that are out there 'in the wild', it's vital for users to have an additional protective layer against the unknown."
AVG Identity Protection is priced at A$33.99 for a one year, single user licence.