What You Need To Know; Anti-Virus - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL USG 200 Series User Manual

Chapter 33 Anti-Virus

33.1.2 What You Need to Know

Anti-Virus Engines
Subscribe to signature files for ZyXEL's anti-virus engine or one powered by
Kaspersky. When using the trial, you can switch from one engine to the other in
the Registration screen. After the trial expires, you need to purchase an iCard for
the anti-virus engine you want to use and register it in the Registration >
Service screen. You must use the ZyXEL anti-virus iCard for the ZyXEL anti-virus
engine and the Kaspersky anti-virus iCard for the Kaspersky anti-virus engine. See
Chapter 11 on page 279
Virus and Worm
A computer virus is a small program designed to corrupt and/or alter the
operation of other legitimate programs. A worm is a self-replicating virus that
resides in active memory and duplicates itself. The effect of a virus attack varies
from doing so little damage that you are unaware your computer is infected to
wiping out the entire contents of a hard drive to rendering your computer
inoperable.
ZyWALL Anti-Virus Scanner
The ZyWALL has a built-in signature database. Setting up the ZyWALL between
your local network and the Internet allows the ZyWALL to scan files transmitting
through the enabled interfaces into your network. As a network-based anti-virus
scanner, the ZyWALL helps stop threats at the network edge before they reach the
local host computers.
You can set the ZyWALL to examine files received through the following protocols:
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
• HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
• POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3)
• IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol version 4)
How the ZyWALL Anti-Virus Scanner Works
The following describes the virus scanning process on the ZyWALL.
The ZyWALL first identifies SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, HTTP and FTP packets through
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standard ports.
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