RENO, Nevada—Bytware, Inc., a world leader in monitoring and security, announced today that IBM eServer iSeries can now be protected by the first and only native iSeries virus detection solution—StandGuard Anti-Virus by Bytware, Inc., and powered by McAfee Security. “This is a significant day for IBM iSeries customers. Before today the only option for scanning the Integrated File System was the use of a PC, which compromises the security iSeries customers demand. Viruses are everywhere, no platform is immune. With the introduction of StandGuard Anti-Virus, the iSeries is now protected and customers now have a secure option to eliminating the threat,” said Christine Grant, President, Bytware, Inc.

Viruses can seriously affect your company’s bottom line! With more than 60,000 known viruses floating around today, new virus threats occurring weekly, and evidence that new viruses are being designed to target corporate enterprises, virus detection for the iSeries is more important now than ever before. Before today, iSeries customers only had one option for scanning for potential viruses embedded in their Integrated File System (IFS), a PC. However, because of performance, security and stability concerns associated with using a PC to scan the IFS, this has not been a popular or recommended solution. StandGuard Anti-Virus addresses these concerns, performs scans within minutes, secures data and because it runs native on the iSeries is a stable solution.

“We are happy to welcome the new security solution from Bytware, StandGuard Anti-Virus for iSeries, as it enhances our customers’ ability to protect their data and the data of those with whom they do business,” said Stephanie Joy, Director of Marketing, IBM eServer iSeries. “Virus protection is particularly important in today’s environment as we use the Internet extensively for business and communication.”

StandGuard Anti-Virus is a native iSeries virus detection solution designed to scan the IFS directories for viruses and perform advanced cleaning and notification procedures. StandGuard Anti-Virus incorporates the latest generation of McAfee’s scanning engine, in turn making StandGuard Anti-Virus a mature product backed by battle-tested technology, advanced heuristic analysis and generic detection, and cleaning. The scanning engine:

• 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

“We are pleased to partner with Bytware to bring the power of McAfee anti-virus protection to IBM eServer iSeries,” said Todd Gebhart, Vice President, Managed Services and OEM, Network Associates. “The agreement with Bytware is another example of Network Associates ‘ dedication to providing anti-virus protection to all customers across all platforms.”

Additionally, StandGuard Anti-Virus includes:

• Green screen and iSeries Navigator plugins provided
• Automatic download of virus definitions (.DAT files)
• Automatic download of software updates and fixes
• Built-in scheduling features for scanning and updatingNetwork-enabled
• Extensive logging capabilities

StandGuard Anti-Virus is part of the StandGuard Security Suite offered by Bytware, Inc., including StandGuard and StandGuardAudit. Bytware’s understanding of today’s real threats combined with the StandGuard Security and Messenger Monitoring/Notification solutions is proof positive that Bytware, Inc. is a serious provider of real security protection needed in today’s modern environment.

Please visit the main StandGuard Anti-Virus Press Page for additional information and materials, including official logos and screen shots.

For StandGuard Anti-Virus product details and related materials, please visit the main product page.

About McAfee Anti-Virus Security Products
McAfee anti-virus security products are a part of Network Associates McAfee Systems Protection Solutions family of products, which protect systems from security breaches, virus attacks and blended threats by providing comprehensive system and network protection. In addition to industry leading anti-virus, encryption, desktop firewall, intrusion detection, viral vulnerability assessment and online managed services, all McAfee Security products are backed by the world-leading anti-virus research organization, McAfee® AVERT(TM) (Anti-Virus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team). McAfee AVERT is the team responsible for providing cures for major outbreaks like Mydoom, Netsky, Bagle, Blaster, Nachi and Lovsan. For more information, McAfee experts can be reached at 888-VIRUS-NO, and on the Internet at http://www.mcafeesecurity.com.