Antivirus Software for Microsoft Exchange 5.5

Most companies are connected to the Internet, and email is a common communication method. However, email has also been the most common way for spreading malicious programs/malware (viruses, worms etc.). The need for scanning for malware on the email server is therefore crucial.

What Is NVC for Microsoft Exchange 5.5?

Norman Virus Control v5 (NVC v5) for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 is a virus scanner that integrates with Microsoft Exchange 5.5 to ensure that everything that passes through the Exchange server is checked for viruses, trojans, and other malicious code.

Product specifications

Scanning

NVC for MS Exchange 5.5 offers two types of scanning:

on-access
on-demand

On-access scanning involves constant monitoring of all crucial activity on an Exchange server, and it handles scanning of:

incoming mail
database entries
database replication, compression, and other housekeeping activities

On-demand scanning is based on active involvement by the administrator where he/she identifies one or more specific databases for scanning. All Exchange databases can be scanned on demand.

Messaging

NVC for Exchange 5.5 uses the common NVC the messaging system, giving the administrator the possibility to route selected messages via SMS, e-mails and SNMP traps.

Decompression library

The new Norman decompression library for scanning within archive files is used to be able to perform scans in more than 30 compression formats.

Internet update

Norman Internet Update (NIU) ensures seamless updating of the Norman Scanning Engine (NSE) and stopping/starting the service after definition file updates is no longer required.

NVC for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 - The bottom-line

A complete solution for Microsoft Exchange 5.5 high flexibility, scalability, automatically updated, ease of use and the possibility mix with NVC for Microsoft Exchange 2000 environments.

System requirements

Norman Virus Control (NVC) for MS Exchange 5.5 will run on Microsoft NT server 4.0 SP4+.
It will work with the Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5.
Norman Virus Control v5.5 or later must be installed.

Note!
Due to technical limitations in Microsoft’s API, the maximum number of mailboxes that can be scanned simultaneously is 250.