McAfee System Protection McAfee® LinuxShield™ McAfee® LinuxShield™ provides always-on, on-access scanning for superior protection from the growing number of viruses, worms, and other malicious code targeting Linux systems. Designed for the realities of today’s fast-moving, highly adaptive businesses, LinuxShield is easily scalable, updates automatically, and can be centrally managed from a single console. See Key Benefits See System Requirements

Key Benefits
Always-on protection – LinuxShield is one of the only products to deliver always-on, realtime anti-virus protection for Linux environments Superior scanning technology – Award-winning McAfee antivirus technology enables heuristic scanning, which identifies new viruses before a patch is available, and archive scanning, which detects viruses hidden inside archived files Hassle-free updating – Updates are automatic and don’t require a server restart, ensuring the most up-to-date protection without the hassle Anti-virus Protection for both Linux and Windows – LinuxShield can protect Windows systems behind it by blocking Windows viruses from passing through the Linux environment Enterprise management and reporting – LinuxShield's antivirus for Linux utilizes McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® for managing security policies and creating detailed coverage and infection reports
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Product Features Always-on, on-access antivirus protection LinuxShield is one of the few products that provides continuous, on-access anti-virus protection for Linux against viruses and other threats, greatly increasing its effectiveness.
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Heuristic scanning McAfee scanning technology includes heuristic scanning, which uses behavior-based rules to identify and block new viruses without needing to first download a patch.
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Archive scanning While other anti-virus products are fooled by viruses hidden within archived files, the LinuxShield archive scanning function detects and blocks such threats providing a more complete antivirus protection for Linux.
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Automatic updating LinuxShield automates the update process, freeing up IT resources and ensuring the most current updates are always in place. Updates are behind-the-scenes, and don’t require a server restart.
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Antivirus Protection against Windows viruses LinuxShield's antivirus for Linux was designed to meet real-world needs, which often include a heterogeneous system environment. The superior virus protection of LinuxShield is effective against Windows viruses that try to pass through the Linux system.
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Enterprise management and reporting eThe highly flexible protection of LinuxShield can be centrally managed from a single console with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator - one of the only truly scalable security policy management tools - for policy management and detailed graphical reporting of coverage and infection status.
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	Intel Pentium II, 266MHz, with 128MB RAM, and 40MB free space on the hard drive
	Monitor screen with a recommended minimum resolution of 1024x768

Intel Pentium 4, 1GHz, with 256MB RAM, and 40MB free space on the hard drive.

	Red Hat 9.0
	Red Hat Enterprise 2.1 Advanced Server, Workstation, Enterprise Server
	Red Hat Enterprise 3.0 Advanced Server, Workstation, Enterprise Server
	Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 Advanced Server, Workstation, Enterprise Server
	SuSE 8.2
	SuSE 9.0
	SuSE Enterprise 8 Server United Linux 1.0
	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES9), SP1, SP2
	Novell Open Enterprise Server
	Novell Linux Small Business Server
	Novell Linux Desktop 9 (NLD 9), SP1, SP2