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SEC URITY TECHNOLOGY Virus Protection

Symantec AntiVirus™ Scan Engine Fast, scalable, and reliable virus protection for traffic passing through network-infrastructure services, applications, and devices KEY POINTS √ The need for virus protection ∆ NEW! Support for version 1.0 of Because of the increasing sophistication and frequency of network attacks, organizations need the Content Adaptation m o re than traditional gateway and desktop virus protection. The network perimeter is composed of Protocol (ICAP 1.0), an emerging industry standard which allows network infrastru c t u re services, such as Web proxy caching, email routing, firewall and file storage the deployment of antivirus services, all of which require virus protection to ensure a safe enterprise computing environment. services at the gateway with minimal network latency Rather than deploy standalone virus protection solutions, some enterprises re q u i re virus scanning ∆ NEW! Provides increased that is tightly and programmatically integrated with these various network infrastru c t u re devices to scanning performance and enhance protection against sophisticated, blended threats such as Code Red, and . improved detection capabilities for protection against malformed Symantec AntiVi rus Scan Engine enables flexible integration of industry-leading virus protection MIME-based threats into third - p a rty software and hard w a re, to help prevent the spread of viruses within the ∆ Easily integrates with third-party corporate network. software and hardware via ver- sion 1.0 of the ICAP protocol or the native API √ Fast, scalable, and reliable ∆ Provides high-performance and Symantec Antiviru s™ Scan Engine is a TCP/IP server application and communication Application reliable virus protection for traffic served through, or stored on, net- P rogramming Interface (API) that provides advanced, high-perf o rmance virus scanning and re p a i r work infrastructure services, services. Designed specifically to protect traffic served through, or stored on, network infrastructure applications, and devices devices, it detects and protects against viruses, worms, and Trojan horses in all major file types, ∆ Includes all award-winning including mobile code and compressed file formats. Utilizing Symantec’s key antivirus engine Symantec antivirus technologies, optimized for speed and rapid ™ ™ ™ ™ technologies such as Bloodhound, NAVEX, LiveUpdate, malicious mobile code detection for Java, deployment ® A c t i v e X, and standalone script-based threats, Symantec AntiVi rus Scan Engine enhances an ∆ Virus definitions and engines are organization’s ability to respond quickly and manage threats effectively at the perimeter. updated automatically with no interruption in virus scanning Increased scanning performance and improved detection capabilities reduce susceptibility to a new ∆ Easily accommodates growing class of email–based worms that propagate and avoid detection by leveraging malformed MIME traffic volumes with automatic headers. This virus protection capability provides insurance against costly downtime and re p a i r load balancing ® ® activities. By employing award-winning Symantec technologies that are optimized for speed, ∆ Runs on Sun Solaris, Red Hat® Linux,® and Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine imposes minimal resource demands on the existing network infra- Windows® 2000 platforms s t ru c t u re. To ensure highly scalable virus protection, the solution easily accommodates growing ∆ Backed by Symantec™ Security traffic volumes with automatic load balancing across multiple servers. Response, the world’s leading Internet security research and support organization √ Enables seamless integration

Symantec AntiVi rus Scan Engine enables third - p a rty software and hard w a re vendors to integrate v i rus scanning and repair capabilities into services such as email gateways, firewalls, network-attached storage, and data caching. A client-side API allows virus scanning to be seamlessly added to network applications, and virus scanning can be integrated with Internet appliances through pro p r i e t a ry protocols or through the ICAP 1.0 standard. Symantec AntiVi ru s Scan Engine can operate on the same server as third - p a rty software in Windows, Solaris, and Red Hat Linux environments, or on separate servers to support embedded appliances and heterogeneous environments. Sym a n t e c A N T I V I R U S ™ SCAN ENGINE

√ World-class service and support from Symantec Security Response

Like all Symantec security technologies, Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine benefits from the security intelligence provided by Symantec™ Security Response—the world’s leading Internet security re s e a rch and support organization. Symantec Security Response helps organizations keep their security and management systems optimized and effective in the face of the latest threats with global, around-the-clock vigilance and response. Symantec Security Response provides rapid e m e rgency response, delivering the latest security and compliance checks 24 hours a day. And with Symantec’s exclusive LiveUpdate™ c a p a b i l i t y, product updates and virus definitions can be automatically deployed worldwide in just minutes.

For more information about Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine, visit http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com

VIRUS PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY IS A KEY COMPONENT OF SYMANTEC ENTERPRISE SECURITY. SYMANTEC ENTERPRISE SECURITY COMBINES WORLD-CLASS TECHNOLOGIES, COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, AND GLOBAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS TO HELP BUSINESSES RUN SECURELY AND WITH CONFIDENCE.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS SYMANTEC ANTIVIRUS™ SCAN ENGINE 4.0

• Enabling support using ICAP 1.0 or the Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Sun® Solaris® Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine API • Solaris 7, 8, or 9 • A software application or network device capable • 400 MHz SPARC® CPU of making a TCP/IP connection to the Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for each file (request) to • 256 MB RAM be scanned • 35 MB hard disk space • Source code control for that application or • 1 NIC running TCP/IP with a static IP address network device •Web-based Administration requires Microsoft •To use the Symantec supplied API library, Internet Explorer 6.0 or later gcc-2.95.2 or gcc-2.96 is also required • LiveUpdate™ of virus definitions requires an Internet connection Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Windows® 2000 Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine • Server SP2 or Windows 2000 for Red Hat® Linux® Advanced Server SP2 • Red Hat Linux 7.2 or 7.3 • 500 MHz Pentium® III • 500 MHz Pentium® III • 256 MB RAM • 256 MB RAM • 25 MB hard disk space • 25 MB hard disk space • 1 network interface card (NIC) running TCP/IP with a static IP address • 1 NIC running TCP/IP with a static IP address •Web-based Administration requires Microsoft •Web-based Administration requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Internet Explorer 6.0 or later ™ • LiveUpdate™ of virus definitions requires • LiveUpdate of virus definitions requires an Internet connection an Internet connection

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