GFI AVG Anti-Virus Updates for GFI MailSecurity, RNW, 250-499u, DEU AVGREN250-499 User Manual
Product codes
AVGREN250-499
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GFI MailSecurity 2011
About GFI MailSecurity
Incoming email is relayed to the GFI MailSecurity machine.
Email is scanned by GFI MailSecurity using the email scanning engines and filters
configured to scan inbound emails.
E
MAIL SCANNING ENGINE
D
ESCRIPTION
Virus Scanning Engines
Scan emails for viruses and malicious code. Some engines also include
other features, such as macro checking, link scanning and Sandbox
technology.
other features, such as macro checking, link scanning and Sandbox
technology.
Content and attachment
filtering
filtering
Block emails that match any rules containing pre-configured conditions
within the email body or attachments.
within the email body or attachments.
Decompression engine
Analyzes compressed attachments for potentially malicious content.
Trojan & executable scanner
Analyzes the function of executable files for malicious code.
Email exploit engine
Checks if attachments contain any exploits.
HTML Sanitizer
Scans and removes html code with email body and attachments.
GFI MailSecurity applies the appropriate action depending on the scan results.
S
CAN RESULT
A
CTION
Accepted
If the email is safe
, delivery to the user‟s mailbox is allowed.
Blocked
When a compromised email is detected, the appropriate action is taken
by GFI MailSecurity depending on which action is configured (for
example, the email is quarantined).
by GFI MailSecurity depending on which action is configured (for
example, the email is quarantined).
2.2.2 Outgoing email
Screenshot 2 -Outgoing email
Outgoing email is relayed to the GFI MailSecurity machine.
Email is scanned by GFI MailSecurity using the email scanning engines and filters
configured to scan outbound emails.
E
MAIL SCANNING
ENGINE
D
ESCRIPTION