The Truth about Antivirus Software

The traditional philosophy of antivirus solutions is 'sacrificial', offering poor protection against new viruses. Antivirus vendors accept that customers, often in very large numbers, will fall victim to a new outbreak before the virus can be identified and signature distributed to registered users. This is why today, even in a world where everyone relies on email to do business, a small piece of malicious code has the capability to bring the Internet to a grinding halt, creating massive loss to businesses.

The Problem with Signature Updates

An IT administrator may spend ten percent or more of his time managing and updating in-house antivirus software, but why? Virus authors do not release their damaging creations on monthly cycles! By the time a routine signature update is complete, it's probably already out of date.

ADVASCAN™ is the Email Antivirus Solution

ADVASCAN™ solves the virus problem with a uniquely integrated approach. Signatures of known viruses are updated automatically from major vendors, continuously. Furthermore, the system incorporates our unique "email filter engine" ASSESSOR™, developed in the software labs (PROSTO Ltd). A proprietary rules-based system for heuristic analysis of email, ASSESSOR™ detects and traps viruses - even those that may never have been previously identified.

ADVASCAN™ Kills Spam, Safely!

Additionally, incorporated into ADVASCAN™ is cutting-edge antispam functionality. Spam - unsolicited bulk email - has already become a serious problem and there is predicted further significant growth in this menace. Spam wastes too much employee time, carries potential harmful, illegal or offending content, and absorbs bandwidth and server resources. Sure, there are plenty of antispam software solutions available, but how can the user be confident that in his effort to remove spam he is not inadvertently deleting important emails? All antispam systems carry a risk of mistakenly identifying wanted emails as spam; but ADVASCAN™, designed with the corporate user in mind, minimises false positives and brings the antispam configuration parameters under control of the in-house IT administrator.

How ADVASCAN™ works.