Re: AVG for Exchange

  • From: "Carl Houseman" <c.houseman@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:15:45 -0500

You're not looking at the correct product page.  And they don't call it "AVG
for Exchange".  It's "AVG for Mail Servers".
 
You have to read the FAQ to find written proof that they plug into the AV
API provided by MS for Exchange:
 
AVG for MS Exchange 2000/2003
04203 Is it possible to delete the whole messages which are detected as
infected?
Unfortunately this option is only available in MS Exchange Server 2003,
where Microsoft Virus API 2.5 support has been implemented. The setting is
available in the Microsoft Exchange System Manager.
 
The scanning of emails in MS Exchange 2000 is done by the Virus Scanning API
2.0, which is used for email scanning by many Antivirus systems. 
 
In the case of VSAPI2.0 is the email scanned part by part (there isn't
another solution in MS Exchange - to be exact the API doesn't support that).
This is the reason why the whole message can't be deleted or moved.
 

  _____  

From: paul_lemonidis@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:paul_lemonidis@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 9:03 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] Re: AVG for Exchange


Hi all
 
They might call it AVG for Exchange but it is not a proper Exchange database
virus scanning application. In other words it cannot scan inside the actual
Exchange database. Check their web site. It only scans Exchange accounts
through Outlook at the desktop. Have a look at Sybari Antigen or Trend
ScanMail. The quotes below are directly off their web site.
 
Certifies mail as virus free (except MS Exchange Server 2000/2003).
 
*       


AVG E-mail Scanner (EMS)


E-mail checking is supported either directly by plug-ins for certain
applications (Microsoft Outlook, Eudora, The Bat!) or by Personal E-mail
scanner - AVG EMS works at POP3 and SMTP protocol level. EMS can also
protect e-mail communication of all other E-mail clients (for example
Outlook Express). Each E-mail client plug-in can be individually configured
to have its own testing configuration including the language definition for
certification texts. 


*       With AVG EMS, it is possible to filter attachments by their
extensions or by their content 

*       The solution at POP3/SMTP protocol level is independent of the
E-mail client used 

*       It is possible to protect multiple e-mail accounts and to check
multiple e-mail servers 

*       SMTP authentication is supported

Regards,

Paul Lemonidis.

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Hello:

 

Is anyone running AVG for Exchange? If so, how do you like it? Anything to
look out for? Compared to Symantec?

 

Any thoughts welcome.

 

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