Virus and spam protection

Alarmingly, the period of time between the appearance of a new area of vulnerability in an operating system or application and the moment at which a new virus appears to exploit it is becoming shorter every year. Years ago it was a question of months, but nowadays it's only days or even hours.

As a world-wide medium, the Internet enables quick and anonymous communication between millions of users. Of the total amount of e-mail messages transported by the Internet, more than 90% contain viruses or are spam. To fight this trend, it is necessary to use not only the newest technologies, but also the potential in people, for example those who work in Brightmail Logistics Operations Centers (BLOC™), a company that analyzes e-mails from all over the world 24 hours a day and release new updates for junk mail filters every 10 minutes.

Modern antivirus programs do not count only detection and elimination of viruses, but also:
• antivirus protection,
• spyware protection,
• spam protection,
• Rootkit protection,
• privacy protection,
• firewall protection.

The threats mentioned above can be eliminated by separate applications or through one comprehensive package, which is more suitable for deployment into larger networks.