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AVG chosen by WatchGuard to provide anti-virus protection.


Worldwide Computer Products News-2 November 2009-AVG chosen by WatchGuard to provide anti-virus protection(C)1995-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com

Network security and connectivity solutions provider WatchGuard Technologies Inc announced on Monday it is partnering with Internet security software provider AVG AVG Average
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 Technologies to provide WatchGuard unified threat management See UTM.  (UTM (Unified Threat Management) Refers to a stand-alone appliance or a software package that combines a firewall, antivirus, spam and content filtering as well as intrusion detection. See firewall, antivirus, antispam and IDS. ) customers with comprehensive anti-virus protection.

According to the company, by having anti-virus capabilities at the gateway, businesses can reduce PC infection rates before individual end-user computers can be infected within their networks. In addition, with WatchGuard and AVG, businesses automatically obtain immediate virus definition updates so that protection is always as current as possible.

All WatchGuard Firebox and XTM multifunction firewalls deliver deep packet inspection Analyzing network traffic to discover the type of application that sent the data. In order to prioritize traffic or filter out unwanted data, deep packet inspection can differentiate data, such as video, audio, chat, voice over IP (VoIP), e-mail and Web. , stateful packet inspection See stateful inspection.  and proxy-based protection, which creates the foundation for a defense-in-depth security architecture.

The AVG engine uses a combination of known virus detection and heuristic analysis to scan e-mail and web traffic at the gateway, providing front-line defense and protection against viruses, worms, spyware, rogueware and trojans.

AVG gateway anti-virus protection is available now as an optional security subscription on all new WatchGuard unified threat management appliances that utilise the WatchGuard Fireware XTM operating system. WatchGuard gateway anti-virus service starts at USD USD

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