RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc., developer of the award-winning StandGuard Anti-Virus solution for OS/400 and i5/OS, announced today that the application has moved to version 5.31. This move officially marks the launch of the Object Integrity Scanning feature that the company announced last November. StandGuard Anti-Virus 5.31 with OIS is available immediately. Object Integrity Scanning (OIS) gives StandGuard Anti-Virus the ability to alert iSeries managers to changes made to IBM’s digital signatures by patched programs. Many applications modify the operating system in order to achieve functionality not available on a given release of the OS. Regardless of whether a “patched” program does something good or something bad, such programs can create potential problems for the integrity of the operating system.

Building upon object integrity and digital signature APIs that IBM has included in OS/400 since V5R1, OIS provides an easy way to identify patched programs and modifications to the operating system, allowing managers to decide what action — if any — they should take. In addition to being key to a healthy iSeries, awareness of modifications to the system is an important aspect of compliance with new regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley.

Version 5.31 also incorporates various enhancements that have been made to StandGuard Anti-Virus since the release of version 5.30 in June of 2004.

StandGuard Anti-Virus is the award-winning native virus scanner for OS/400 and i5/OS. Designed specifically for the iSeries and powered by McAfee’s industry leading scanning engine, StandGuard Anti-Virus provides the power to ensure total coverage of computer networks to protect against viruses, Trojans, and malicious code and programs, even finding viruses that PC-based solutions simply cannot.

For more information on StandGuard Anti-Virus and OIS, visit
http://www.bytware.com/products/av/ or contact Bytware Sales at 775.851.2900.

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