How F-Secure Anti-Virus For Microsoft Exchange Works - F-SECURE ANTI-VIRUS FOR MICROSOFT EXCHANGE Administrator's Manual

1.2 How F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange
Works
Scanning
Attachments and
Message Bodies
Flexible and Scalable
Anti-Virus Protection
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange is designed to detect and
disinfect viruses and other malicious code from e-mail transmissions
through Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 Server. Scanning is done in real
time as the mail passes through Microsoft Exchange Server. On-demand
scanning of user mailboxes and Public Folders is also available.
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange scans attachments and
message bodies for malicious code. It can also be instructed to remove
particular attachments according to the file name or the file extension. In
addition, it can filter out messages containing keywords that have been
defined as disallowed.
If the intercepted mail contains malicious code, F-Secure Anti-Virus for
Microsoft Exchange can be configured to disinfect or drop the content.
Any malicious code found during the scan process can be placed in the
Quarantine, where it can be further examined. Stripped attachments can
also be placed in the Quarantine for further examination.
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange is installed on Microsoft
Exchange 2000/2003 Server and it intercepts mail traveling through
mailboxes and Public folders. Intercepted attachments and documents
are sent to F-Secure Content Scanner Server, which returns disinfected
files back to F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange.
The two-component product architecture ensures that the anti-virus
protection does not increase the load on the protected system and that
the infected data is never stored on the production network. It also
enables you to implement a server pool, so you can share the traffic load
between multiple F-Secure Content Scanner Servers and have backup
servers if the traffic to primary servers stops for some reason.
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Introduction