Doctor Web, Ltd. announced the release of a new solution for filtering unsolicited mail - Dr.Web Anti-spam for Unix mail servers.

This release opens an absolutely new line of products for Unix mail servers. It does not only protect corporate users from various spam, but can also use the award-winning Dr.Web technology for filtering infected mails, eliminating mail worms, trojans, macro-viruses, polymorphics and dozens of other types of malicious software which can spread by e-mail. It can also perform an anti-viral scan of the server thus implementing a real protection for mail servers and not only for passing-through mail traffic. The headerfilter plugin can filter all messages by their headers which is important for applying the enterprise security policy to neutralize insiders' activity.

Unique technologies used in the new Dr.Web Anti-spam solution for mail servers provide a correct handling of objects with multiple nesting levels. Thousands of rules of spam filtering can be applied according to the type of object - which brings spam detection to a very high level of accuracy - up to 98% according to beta-testing results. Vade Retro technology used in Dr.Web Anti-spam starts filtering spam right after it is installed on mail server - no initial training is required to achieve full productivity.

The solution for spam filtering by Doctor Web is based on a completely new technology Dr.Web MailD which makes it possible to assemble your mail protection system like a constructor - adding necessary modules in accordance with your specific needs.

As Linux viruses become more and more numerous, Doctor Web included in the new product an anti-virus scanner to protect mail servers against malicious codes. This makes the life easier for system administrators who can now use one product not only to protect their mail traffic but also the server itself. This feature is likely to please many administrators, especially in the SMB segment.

Another important feature of the newly released product is a possibility to freely integrate a third party software. Dr.Web MailD is provided with an SDK allowing any developer to create a plugin for maild which can bring an additional functionality to the solution. The SDK is provided free of charge, but any commercial usage of derived products has to be agreed with Doctor Web, Ltd.

The product can be purchased in two versions - Dr.Web Anti-spam and Dr.Web Anti-virus & Anti-spam. The anti-virus version includes a very well known scanning module drwebd, which has already gained an excellent score worldwide.

Read more about the new product of Doctor Web, Ltd. at the company's website. The solution can be purchased from official Dr.Web resellers and in the Dr.Web online store. A free evaluation period of 30 days is recommended before purchase.

For registered users of Dr.Web anti-virus for Unix mail servers we offer beneficial upgrade to Dr.Web Anti-virus&Anti-spam valid till September 1, 2007. Read more …