Today most companies are connected to the Internet, using email, web browsers and FTP software. The need to secure companies from unauthorized users getting in to the network or employees accessing not approved web sites, has mainly been the task for Firewalls This is achieved by controlling the data stream at the gateway.

It is estimated that more than 80% of the viruses that get into companies' networks come through emails. Therefore the need to be able to scan for malware at the gateway has become imperative. Norman Virus Control v5 (NVC v5) for Firewall-1 is a virus scanner that integrates with Check Point Firewall-1 through the CVP (Content Vectoring Protocol), making sure that everything that passes through the gateway is checked for viruses, trojans and other hostile code.

Features in NVC v5 for Firewall-1

Real-time scanning

NVC v5 for Firewall-1 scans all data packets entering or leaving the network through the three main Internet protocols, SMTP, HTTP and FTP. The scan is performed in real-time mode for optimum security.

The handling of viruses

You can individually select how viruses are handled for the three supported protocols, HTTP, FTP and SMTP.

The choices are

clean
remove
warn only
ignore

Infected files that cannot be cleaned will be moved into quarantine. If you receive an infected file, you can automatically send a message to the sender informing her that she has sent a virus to the receiver's address.

Updating

Norman Internet Update (NIU) is an integrated part of the product and can be configured to regularly check for new and updated files on Norman's download servers.

NIU will automatically update the virus definition files with new virus signatures while continuously maintaining virus protection.

System requirements

For both servers and workstations: Microsoft Windows 2000 or NT4 SP6 or later and Norman Virus Control version 5.

To function with UNIX based Firewall-1 installations, NVC for Firewall-1 needs to be installed on a separate machine with Intel Pentium processor and Microsoft Windows 2000 or NT4 SP6 installed.