RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc. (www.bytware.com), a global authority on IBM iSeries virus vulnerabilities, announced today the upcoming release of StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux. Linux and iSeries share a commonality: they both are popular platforms for file serving, as well as mail and web serving. Since the launch of StandGuard Anti-Virus for iSeries in 2003, Bytware has learned much about how businesses can be impacted by malicious code residing on file servers. Recent evidence proves that threats are increasingly targeting hosts as their launch pad for denial of service, data theft, and destruction. Perfect examples are the MyDoom and Zotob viruses, both of which took advantage of file sharing environments to attack the infrastructure of critical business and government.
Available October 2005, StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux is the second anti-virus member of Bytware’s growing StandGuard Security Suite that already includes intrusion prevention, access controls and authorities, user monitoring, vulnerability and threat mitigation, iSeries anti-virus, monitoring and notification, auditing, and recovery.
StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux is designed to scan directories for viruses and other malicious code, and to perform advanced containment, cleaning, and notification procedures. Again building on the strengths of the world-renowned and most respected anti-virus organization McAfee, Inc., StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux incorporates the latest McAfee scanning engine, making this a mature product backed by battle-tested technology, advanced heuristic analysis, and generic detection & cleaning.
Scanning engine features include:
- Scans within compressed files
- Decompresses and scans files compressed in packages such as PKZip, .LHA, and .ARJ
- Detects and cleans macro and script viruses
- Detects and cleans encrypted and polymorphic viruses
- Detects and cleans new viruses in executable files and OLE compound documents
- Detects and removes “Trojan horses,” worms, and many other types of malicious software (malware)
- Upgrades easily to new anti-virus technology
Additionally, StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux includes:
- Automatic download of virus definitions (.DAT files)
- Automatic download of software updates and fixes
- Built-in scheduling features for scanning and updating
- Network-enablement
- Extensive logging capabilities
StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux will support Linux on a stand-alone server. An added benefit to our iSeries customers is that StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux uses the similar graphical interface that is used for StandGuard Anti-Virus for iSeries.
StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux meets the recommended guidelines set in regulations like SOX and FISMA (Federal Information Security Act of 2002) to protect data. Guidelines set forth 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 is the key to detecting, containing, and eradicating threats. Identifying host servers infected by malware is vital to containing malware incidents.
StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux is part of the StandGuard Security Suite offered by Bytware, Inc., which includes StandGuard Anti-Virus for iSeries, StandGuard Security, and StandGuard Recycle Bin. Bytware’s understanding of today’s malicious threats as well as our unique understanding of today’s security and vulnerability landscape is proof positive that Bytware, Inc. is a serious provider of real security solutions and knowledge necessary for protecting you when the next exploit hits.
StandGuard Anti-Virus for Linux will be available mid-October 2005. Special release pricing will be offered to current StandGuard customers and organizations interested in replacing competitive solutions. Details and price quotes available upon request. For more information please call 775.851.2900.
