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MailMoniter protects against mass-mailing devices. (Security).


Sophos has released new versions of its MailMonitor products for Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox.  2000 and Lotus Notes/Domino servers which add to the virus protection, message handling and integration features of these solutions. MailMonitor for Exchange 2000 v 1.5 scans for viruses in all incoming emails, enabling network administrators to either disinfect To remove the virus code that has attached itself to a legitimate file. Sometimes, the antivirus program cannot untangle the code, and the infected file has to be deleted. See quarantine. , delete or quarantine infected messages. New features include support for the Microsoft virus-scanning Application Programming Interface (VSAPI VSAPI Virus Scanning Application Program
VSAPI Virus Scanning Api
) 2.0, allowing scanning of the Exchange information store in both active and background scan modes. The new version can also scan newsgroups This is a list of newsgroups that are significant for their popularity or their position in Usenet history.

As of October 2002, there are about 100,000 Usenet newsgroups, of which approximately a fifth are active.
, both internal and internet Usenet discussion boards, intercepting known viruses, Trojans and worms in real-time. A selective "strip all" facility allows system administrators to prevent unknown viruses from being distributed via Exchange newsgroups by blocking all attachments. Sophos MailMonitor for Notes/Domino is now available for the R6 environment, as well as the already supported R4 and R5. It detects and disinfects viruses in Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling.  databases and email. Installed on a Lotus Domino server, it intercepts and scans email attachments as they are sent and received providing round-the-clock protection.

Both MailMonitor for Exchange 2000 and MailMonitor Notes! Domino detect viruses, Trojan horses It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome.
  • AIDS
  • Beast Trojan
  • Bifrost
  • Generic8.
 and worms in compressed and archived file attachments, providing automatic centralised reportingof virus incidents and outbreaks. Administrators are automatically alerted on receipt of virus-infected emails. The products come complete with continual updates to protect against the latest viruses, deliverable 24x365 via secure download using Sophos's Enterprise Manager suite.

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Title Annotation:MailMonitor for Exchange 2000 1.5 and MailMonitor Notes! Domino 1.5
Publication:Software World
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:May 1, 2003
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