An Antivirus Solution is only the first step to protecting your
organisation, and is considered by many to be the bare
minimum.
Firewalls and other protection technology may have been
adequate just a few years ago, but they simply aren’t enough
as new and unknown threats emerge to target your IT
infrastructure.
Now, a protection strategy needs to cover all entry points in your network, and one of the most important places to protect are your desktops and workstations.
With the increasing use of MP3 players like iPods, USB sticks
to share data as well as cameras, portable hard disks and
other USB devices, viruses can easily be spread by simply
plugging in a compromised USB device.
The next-generation anti-virus technology of McAfee®
VirusScan® Enterprise 8.5i ensures the availability and
security of desktop and server systems and applications by
proactively stopping and removing malicious software.
As soon as a file is accessed, or read into memory, be it on a USB drive, network drive or on the computer's own hard drive, VirusScan Enterprise scans the file and compares the data with it's known database of infections. At the same time, VirusScan Enterprise analyses it's behaviour and decides if it thinks it is a new virus using it's Bloodhound Heuristic Scanning Technology. This technology protects in the event of a new virus or piece of malicious code before the DAT files are released to detect the new variant.
As the McAfee products not only detect existing and new viruse, they also prevent them from spreading, so the "Window of Vulnerability" is reduced to almost zero.......this is one of the many reasons that we recommend McAfee products as part of a complete Security package
VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i and 8.5i also features Access Protection, combining technology from McAfee's Host Intrusion Prevention (HIPS) solution and it's award winning Desktop Firewall, it is one of the few antivirus packages on the market today that proactive block mass-mailing worms who have their own SMTP engine.
This is achieved by only allowing specific named processes to send traffic out over port 25 (SMTP Port). This immediately stops network spread of any new malicious code through email.
As an additional benefit, the McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise module neatly plugs in to VirusScan Enterprise eliminating the need to have two products to fulfill one roll. All antiviral and antispyware scanning is completed with the one engine eliminating the need for dual scans and reducing precious bandwidth.
Not only is
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise easy to use, self-updating and
self protecting, it installs easily to clean,
quarantine, or delete malicious threats. All control can be
done at the user level, group level or enterprise level from
within ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO).
ePO is the only one Centrally managed Console that enables
at-a-glance monitoring as well as complete control over all
of the McAfee products available in the market today.
This can be from a dedicated Secure Content Management (SCM)
appliance all the way down to desktop antivirus with
VirusScan Enterprise, all of these products are controlled
from within the same, single console.
McAfee is the only security provider that delivers both
system and network protection solutions, giving you a
complete view into your IT infrastructure—and an
understanding of how to stop threats faster and more
reliably.
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i is available in the McAfee
security suites and designed specifically to help growing
businesses like yours maintain control of your security and
keep your anti-virus up-to-date.
Call us on 0870 486 8100 and let us assess, audit and protect your IT infrastructure.
Proactive thinking from ITSE.....