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VIRTUALISATION AVG releases malware solution for Linux
VIRTUALISATION AVG releases malware solution for Linux | AVG releases malware solution for Linux |
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| by Peter Dinham | |
| Monday, 11 May 2009 | |
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AVG Australia’s Lloyd Borrett says AVG Server Edition 8.5 for Linux/Free BSD provides protection for both e-mail and file servers in a single distribution package, and is robust enough to support millions of e-mails a day, and is suitable for use even by large enterprises and ISPs. “Though not as prevalent as on Windows operating systems, Windows malware can and does impact Linux systems. Additionally, Windows-based workstations are frequently attached to Linux-based servers in the network, and AVG 8.5 for Linux provides centralised anti-malware protection for those systems.” Borrett says AVG anti-virus free edition 8.5 for Linux/FreeBSD provides basic anti-malware protection for Linux workstations. According to Borrett, AVG 8.5 for Linux offers both network managers and workstation users a range of new features and benefits, including: • A streamlined scanning engine that detects and removes viruses, worms, spyware, Trojans, key loggers and other malware in a single pass • Heuristic emulation for improved detection of new and unknown malware types • New avflt anti-virus filter. A RedirFS-based on-access scanner for improved performance, along with simplified installation and deployment • Improved system resource handling through shared memory usage • Increased scalability through support for 64-bit and multi-CPU architecture, new multi-core CPUs • A fully modular solution, further reducing the number of necessary restarts. Borrett says RedirFS, or redirecting filesystem, is a new layer between virtual filesystem switch (VFS) and filesystem drivers, and is implemented as an out-of-kernel module for Linux 2.6.25 and provides a framework to allow modification of filesystem calls in the VFS layer. CONTINUED page 2 |
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