Avira AntiVir is powered by the Avira Anti-Virus scanning engine that is then wrapped into a Collax server to produce outstanding Virus protection, high efficiency and rock solid stability for even the most demanding of business solutions.

Collax lets you choose from the following Virus protection options:

E-Mails Scanning with File Scanning

Protecting yourself against unwanted E-Mails and malicious E-Mail content is not a trivial task. Avira has over 25 years of self-developed security solutions that when wrapped up in the high performance Collax server makes this one of the most solid E-Mail scanning solutions available. This package also includes a fill File Scanner that is explained bellow.

Web Traffic Scanning with File Scanning

One of the biggest vulnerabilities in your company is your staff and their use of the internet. Using Avira AntiVir to monitor your company’s use of the internet can dramatically reduce your vulnerability footprint/exposure. Avira AntiVir, together with Collax, will make sure that your staff are protected from viruses, malware and digital attacks. Web Traffic scanning is a security must have. This package also includes a fill File Scanner that is explained bellow.

Files Scanning

With the increase in perimeter security you would think that companies now are immune to Virus attacks. What has been observed is that now viruses are being manually brought into companies: People bring files into protected companies on memory sticks or even on mobiles that have been exposed when outside the company. The infected files are then placed on file servers and soon spread around the company. File Scanning is the final weapon needed to virtually eliminate malicious code from your corporate network. This is why File Scanning is included in all Avira AntiVir options. Using the Avira AntiVir file scanning engine, on a Collax server, provides real-time detection of threats together with scanning efficiency. This means negligible loss in performance coupled with total Virus removal.  

Total Virus Protection

In the case you already have some form of Virus protection you can purchase any one of the above options separately, but you really need all forms of Virus protection to protect your company from viruses, worms, Trojan horses as well as other malware. With this in mind Collax offers a special, all-in-one, Virus protection bundle. This gives you E-Mail scanning, Web traffic scanning and File scanning in one economical module.

At a Glance:
 

Collax Avira Antivir (powered by Avira) contains the following features:

• Automatic updates
  • Updates are automatically received, installed and updated
  • Updates are for both signatures and scan engine
  • Collax Avira Antivir is always up-to-date
  • Together with Avira you are running the most relevant signatures available. This means you have ultimate security
     
• Admin Alerting
  • As soon as a threat is detected administrators are instantly alerted
     
• Unknown Archives Quarantining
  • A common way to distribute malicious software is by sending it in an archive format.
  • If an archive format is not recognized then the contents can not be scanned
  • If Collax Avira Antivir does not recognise the archive format it treats it as a possible threat
  • If the archive file is password protected it can not be scanned
  • Collax Avira Antivir treats password protected archives as a possible threat
     
• Support for all common archive types
   
• Auto Quarantining of infected or suspicious files
  • A Quarantine is a safe area where infected or potentially infect files can be placed for further examination later
  • Collax Avira Antivir automatically quarantines all files it considers are a threat or potential threat
  • Administrators then have the final say as to what happens to these files
     
• Auto Deletion of infected or suspicious files (optional)
  • Collax Avira Antivir gives you the option to automatically delete all files that are classed as a threat
  • This feature makes sure that infected files never get passed on
     
• Collax Avira Antivir Scan for:
  • viruses,
  • worms,
  • Trojan horses,
  • spyware,
  • jokeware,
  • root kits,
  • botnet zombies,
  • and other malware
     
• Real-time E-Mail scanning
  • All incoming and outgoing emails are scanned at real time before passing them on
     
• E-Mail attachment Scanning
  • All attachments in and email are scanned
     
• Compressed E-Mail attachment Recursively Scanning
  • Even compressed email attachments are scanned
  • A common technique to bypass scanners is to compress the file several times
  • Collax Avira Antivir recursively scans compressed attachments so as to examine the final file
     
• Real-time Web Traffic scanning
  • All web traffic is scanned by Collax Avira Antivir
     
• File-Cache Scanning
  • All files that are ‘touched’ are scanned in real time before they are passed on
  • Continual re-scanning of files is time consuming and pointless
  • Collax Avira Antivir only scans a file if:
    • It has not been scanned before
    • It has changed since the last scan
    • There are new signatures available
  • This gives ultimate protection efficiently
     
• Support for Cascading and Disparate Antivirus solutions:
  • Collax lets you nest Collax Avira Antivir with other Collax supported Antivirus product to give multi-layered AV protection
  • Collax lets you choose to have different product scanning different methods (e.g. one for mail, one for wen and a different one for file)
     
• Supported Protocols for file access are:
  • SMB,
  • CIFS,
  • NFS,
  • FTP,
  • Web DAV
     
• Supported Protocols for mail traffic are:
  • SMTP,
  • POP3,
  • IMAP,
  • MAPI
     
• Supported Protocols for Web traffic are:
  • HTTP,
  • FTP

Each part of this product has different requirements.

Avira AntiVir - Mail Scanning requires one of the following:
 

• Collax Platform Server with Collax Mail Security module
• Collax Business Server
• Collax Security Gateway
• Collax Groupware Suite

Avira AntiVir - Web Scanning requires one of the following:
 

• Collax Platform Server with Collax Web Security module
• Collax Business Server
• Collax Security Gateway
• Collax Groupware Suite

Avira AntiVir - File Scanning requires one of the following:
 

• Collax Platform Server with Collax Net Storage module
• Collax Business Server
• Collax Groupware Suite

If you use the bundle or more than make sure you have the minimum requirements for each functional component.