Virus Blocker Solutions from SECURE COMPUTING®

Protecting the Network from Viral Attacks

Secure Computing's virus blocker technology delivers in-depth protection against viral attacks of all types, including zero-day attacks, by taking a multi-layered approach to ensure that every possible attack vector is covered. In addition, Secure Computing's unrivalled virus blocker technology is fast, due to the innovative Anti-virus PreScan™ technology.

Virus attacks have become more focused and well-planned, and cause far more damage than ever before. Virus attackers today are more focused on achieving results, stealing your information, and draining your bank accounts. Viruses often come in through email (SMTP), but can also come in through other protocols, including HTTP, FTP and HTTPS through drive-by downloads, or through IM and P2P. A virus blocker must therefore be aware of multiple protocols and attack vectors.

Secure Computing's Webwasher Anti-Virus solution is the only solution available with Anti-Virus Multi-Scan™, a virus blocker technology that includes up to three anti-malware engines to scan both Web and email traffic.

Many virus blockers are based on signature technology, and signature-based virus blockers are an important part of your security strategy. Secure Computing's anti-virus engine has a leading response time for virus signature updates, and are fully integrated with the Secure Computing Secure Firewall (Sidewinder) gateway security appliance. But this is only the beginning. Despite lightning speed and frequent updates, signature-based virus technology still cannot block a zero-day virus attack. There is a narrow window of time between when the virus is released, and when it is detected, that it can still get through. Fortunately, Secure Computing's virus blocker strategy is built on multiple technologies that enhance and build on the ability of signature updates.

Secure Computing's Secure Web (Webwasher), which protects your computer against web-based threats, also forms another layer of virus protection. Because viruses are often embedded in rogue web sites and disseminated by drive-by downloads, Secure Web's (Webwasher) ability to categorize web sites and selectively block them will also prevent access to web sites that are most likely to contain this type of malware. With this type of virus blocker strategy, the virus never even has a chance to attack, because the web site where it is hidden is never accessed.

An additional virus blocker strategy is seen in Secure Computing's TrustedSource™ global reputation system. This approach stops new threats from infiltrating the network, even if those threats are able to evade other signature- and heuristics-based protection. TrustedSource analyzes the reputation of every URL and sender, individual domains, and individual images. It provides powerful virus blocker tools by monitoring billions of messages, and classifying their content in real time. TrustedSource also identifies the reputation of each IP address, identifies zombie sites, and blocks malicious sources from connecting to your network.