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Protecting the Microsoft Exchange Environment
Email and groupware systems require specialized antivirus software to prevent viruses from spreading via attachments, data files, and executable programs shared through databases. While the proprietary formats of these databases ensure the security of the information they process, they also defy antivirus software's traditional scanning techniques. Proprietary email and groupware formats render traditional virus protection ineffective because they lack the standardized formats and API functions relied on by traditional virus scanning products. Hence, traditional antivirus software either bypasses or is unable to scan the email attachments and other information shared within these proprietary databases. Network administrators seeking email and groupware antivirus strategies are often forced to rely on desktop applications to combat viruses.
Protecting the Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 Environments
This paper outlines Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 server architecture, identifies its vulnerability to viruses, reviews how ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 works and outlines the benefits for businesses.
Eliminating Viruses in the Microsoft Exchange Environment Using Trend Micro ScanMail® for Exchange 5.5 (ESE Protocol)
In November 1996, Trend Micro introduced ScanMail® for Microsoft Exchange, the first antivirus solution to effectively provide comprehensive protection under Exchange’s proprietary communications environment. ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange is designed to detect infected files and eliminate viruses in real time at the server before they reach the desktop while protecting archived messages. Today ScanMail has a 31 percent market share in the antivirus groupware market.
This white paper outlines Microsoft Exchange’s architecture, its vulnerability to viruses, and reviews how ScanMail works with Microsoft Exchange servers. This paper also describes the benefits of ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange in preventing virus proliferation
