RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc. (www.bytware.com), a global authority on viruses and security, announced today the availability of StandGuard Anti-Virus for AIX running on IBM pSeries servers.
This new solution joins StandGuard Anti-Virus for iSeries and StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux as the third member of Bytware’s family of virus protection solutions, and is the latest member of Bytware’s growing StandGuard Security Suite that also includes intrusion prevention, access controls and authorities, user monitoring, vulnerability and threat mitigation, monitoring and notification, auditing, and recovery.

Like all platforms, AIX is susceptible to hosting and spreading viruses. Recommended guidelines in regulations such as SOX and FISMA (Federal Information Security Act of 2002) for anti-virus prevention strongly recommend that organizations deploy anti-virus software on all systems for which satisfactory solutions are available. Bytware is joining the many government and non-government agencies who are working together to educate organizations of the importance of deploying anti-virus software on all systems within their IT infrastructure and organization. This new solution gives users the tools to detect, contain, and eradicate threats originating on AIX servers. Identifying host servers infected by malicious code is vital to containing malware incidents. StandGuard Anti-Virus for AIX includes the features, power, and ease-of-use that users have come to expect from StandGuard Anti-Virus, which was named the 2003 Search400 Security Product of the Year (iSeries version). StandGuard Anti-Virus for AIX incorporates the latest McAfee scanning engine, making this a mature product backed by battle-tested technology, advanced heuristic analysis, and generic detection & cleaning.

StandGuard Anti-Virus for AIX is available now. Price quotes are available upon request. For more information please call 775.851.2900 or visit bytware.com.
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RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc. (www.bytware.com) a global authority on virus and malware vulnerabilities, announced today a new addition to its award-winning StandGuard Anti-Virus product that allows users to safely and securely scan and clean Linux and AIX partitions running on IBM eServer iSeries and i5 systems.

Linux, like all platforms, is susceptible to hosting and spreading viruses and malicious code; and today’s security requirements demand protection on all operating systems within a network. With this new solution, Bytware gives iSeries users who are taking advantage of the box’s ability to run multiple operating systems in multiple partitions a key tool needed to ensure that their iSeries and network stay free of malicious code.

Support for scanning and cleaning Linux and AIX partitions is now an added functionality of the StandGuard Anti-Virus for iSeries product and provides users with the convenience of a single set of virus definition files and a centralized control center for all OS/400, i5/OS, Linux, and AIX installs on a single eServer box. StandGuard Anti-Virus will automatically mount and unmount guest operating systems for unattended, scheduled scans eliminating the need to install copies on each individual partition. With this added functionality, StandGuard Anti-Virus users enjoy the most streamlined virus protection system available for managing all aspects of their iSeries system using the safety and integrity of OS/400 and i5/OS.

By using OS/400 or i5/OS to manage and initiate scanning and cleaning of Linux and AIX partitions, users can reduce the risk of Linux and UNIX viruses from migrating to OS/400 partitions while leveraging McAfee’s industry-leading scanning engine to provide the same level of protection across all operating systems on the iSeries.

Support for scanning and cleaning Linux and AIX partitions is licensed on a usage count basis to allow users the flexibility to scan the operating systems and number of installs that best fits their system configuration. For details on licensing options, please contact Bytware Sales at 775.851.2900 x2. For more information on StandGuard Anti-Virus and support for Linux and AIX scanning, please visit http://www.bytware.com/products/sgav.html.