Sybari Adds Advanced Content Management Capabilities to Antigen for Microsoft Exchange.

Business/Technology Editors

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001

NEW VERSION includes subject line, sender and domain name filtering to DELIVER proactive elimination of suspect e-mail and spam

Sybari Software, Inc., the premier developers of Antigen, a comprehensive anti-virus, content-management, and e-mail security solution for Microsoft Exchange, today announced Antigen version 6.5 for Microsoft Exchange.

Antigen 6.5 will provide Exchange administrators powerful new features and capabilities including new content management tools for subject line, sender, and domain name filtering, MTA connector message scanning (including X.400 messages), and Named Scan Job Templates. Enhancements to the Antigen user interface, Antigen Worm Purge, and support for Microsoft's Virus Scanning Application Program Interface (VS API 2.0) in the Exchange 2000 Server will also be included in version 6.5.

Antigen 6.5 for Microsoft Exchange enhances administrators' abilities to proactively eliminate suspect e-mail and spam based on all or part of its subject line, as well as by sender and domain name. This new feature further strengthens Antigen's content management capabilities, which currently includes the ability to filter attachments by filename, wildcards, and by file type. Filtered messages and attachments can then be deleted or quarantined for review and delivery at a later time.

"Sybari's Antigen delivers anti-virus and security solutions for Exchange administrators and is a valuable business solution," said Kevin McCuistion, Exchange Group product manager at Microsoft Corp. "We're pleased to work with Sybari in delivering a comprehensive solution that will meet the needs of our mutual customers.."

Responding to customer demand, Sybari also added support for X.400 message scanning in Antigen 6.5 via the Antigen MTA scan job, which provides the ability to scan messages passing through the Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer Agent (MTA) on an Exchange 2000 Server, including all Microsoft Exchange MTA connectors (X.400, MSMail, cc:Mail, etc). The Antigen SMTP and MTA scan jobs employ a server side event slink to provide scanning of the Exchange 2000 connectors. This implementation provides the means for antivirus scanning and content filtering at the connector level which does not compete with the resources needed to provide protection of mailboxes and public folders at the Information Store.

"We started using Antigen right after we got hit by the "I Love You" virus, and that's the last email virus that got into our system," said Bob Schmidt, director of computer networks & systems for Kemmons Wilson Companies. "Antigen has been able to filter out every bug thrown our way, and I'm looking forward to the added control and protection of the content filtering technology in Antigen 6.5."

With Antigen 6.5, administrators can easily customize the defaults for scan jobs and establish custom Job Templates and File Filter Sets. Sybari has enhanced the Antigen Configuration Manager to assist in the deployment and loading of named templates by allowing customized configurations to be included when the product is distributed throughout an organization's messaging infrastructure.

Sybari designed Antigen 6.5 specifically for Microsoft Exchange 2000 and Windows 2000 Servers, while maintaining backward compatibility for Exchange versions 5.0 and 5.5. Antigen utilizes Windows 2000 Active Directory service (ADS) to gather real-time information about Exchange Storage groups and for notification alert purposes when viruses are detected or files filtered. Antigen 6.5 makes extensive use of the Microsoft Virus Scanning Application Program Interface (VS API 2.0) for comprehensive and reliable anti-virus protection and content management of Exchange 2000 environments. Microsoft's VS API 2.0 provides Exchange antivirus developers a versatile, low-level API for creating high performance solutions.

"We are very happy with Antigen. It's sleek, fast, and it works!," said Botp Pena, System Adminstrator at Delmonte. "We are one of many who asked Sybari for subject and body text line filtering and are looking forward to version 6.5 and the added security features."

Antigen for Microsoft Exchange is a server-level antivirus solution that protects both Exchange 2000 and Exchange 5.5, delivering multiple virus scan engine support with five of the leading scan engine technologies from Network Associates, Sophos, Norman Data Defense, and the Etrust antivirus engines from Computer Associates. The Multiple Scan Engine Manager is available for all Antigen scan jobs, and allows administrators to customize and configure a variety of settings and options at each level. Antigen 6.5 includes two robust content management features: Antigen File Filtering(TM) (AFF) and Antigen Worm Purge(TM). AFF enables administrators to proactively filter e-mail based on several filters including subject line, attachment filename, wildcards, and by file type. Antigen Worm Purge(TM) is a proactive safeguard tool against worms burrowing into e-mail networks, enabling network administrators to prevent the overload of virus-generated messages churned out when worm viruses are unleashed in an environment. Worm Purge deletes messages containing worm viruses in their entirety and prevents new worm threats from spreading before scanner engines can be updated.

"Worms such as NIMDA and Sircam, have shown the need for anti-virus software to become more flexible, proactive, and robust," said Kurt Schlegel, Senior Research Analyst, Web & Collaboration Strategies for META Group. "Advanced filtering capabilities such as the ability to filter by subject line, sender, and domain name will add a much needed layer of detection and defense against the increasingly daunting virus threat."

A recently appointed Microsoft Certified Partner, Sybari is exhibiting at, and is a gold sponsor of MEC 2001, scheduled for September 30th through October 4th, in Orlando, Florida. To obtain a first hand demonstration of Sybari's comprehensive anti-virus, content-management and e-mail security solutions, as well as to preview new solutions currently in development by Sybari at MEC 2001, contact Marcella Mazzucca, Director, Global Marketing and Media Relations for Sybari Software at [phone] or [e-mail] or visit Sybari's booth, number 409.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

Antigen 6.2 for Microsoft Exchange is currently shipping. Antigen is available as a two-year renewable license, based on the number of users protected within an organization. Antigen's price ranges from $27.50 - $7.50 per user (prices are quoted in US dollars, for local pricing please contact your local Sybari office). Discounted pricing is available based on volume. For product "trade-up" from vendors such as such as Network Associates (NASDAQ:NETA), Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), and Trend Micro (NASDAQ:TMIC), Sybari offer's additional pricing and support options. For more information on Antigen and its award-winning features, contact us at [e-mail] or download your evaluation copy today at www.sybari.com.

ABOUT SYBARI

Since 1995, Sybari has the led the market in providing innovative solutions to groupware-based virus and security threats. Today, over 5 million Microsoft Exchange/Outlook and Lotus Domino/Notes seats are virus-free as a direct result of Sybari's Antigen technology. Sybari's Antigen is unsurpassed in providing protection of corporate messaging environments. Antigen's unique architecture institutes a preemptive line of defense from viruses and malicious code. Antigen for Microsoft Exchange and Antigen for Lotus Domino are distributed in more than 50 countries through Sybari's worldwide locations and distribution network. Sybari is headquartered in East. Northport, New York with an EMEA headquarters in Madrid, Spain and an Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore. Sybari's clients include IBM, Amazon.com, Cable & Wireless, Compaq, Con Edison, Dell, Deloitte & Touche, Eastman Chemical, Getronics, JD Power, Lufthansa, Mayo Foundation, Merrill Lynch, Nortel, Pirelli, Reckitt Benckiser, Sony, Target, Texaco, Tosco, Union Pacific, US Federal Government, and Visa. Sybari's many strategic partners include Lotus Development (NYSE:IBM), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Computer Associates (NYSE:CA), Compaq (NYSE:CPQ), and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW).

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