McAfee System Protection McAfee® Managed Virus Defense McAfee® Managed Virus Defense is a truly comprehensive product and managed service suite delivering virus protection at the desktop, file server, email server, and Internet gateway levels of the network. The Managed Virus Defense solution includes an anti-virus managed service that allows organizations to offload the burden and costs of ongoing anti-virus software management and re-focus on critical business projects. See System Requirements

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Key Benefits Leading virus technology – Based on the award-winning McAfee scan engine, Managed Virus Defense provides virus utility scanning and protects against all types of viruses and malicious code, including new and unknown threats. A complete, integrated solution – Managed Virus Defense provides comprehensive protection in the areas that need it most-desktops, file servers, email servers, and Internet gateway-for a coordinated, cost-effective solution. Outsourced management of desktops/servers anti-virus protection for desktops and file servers Protection for desktops and file servers—the hardest part of the network to maintain—is completely managed by McAfee. Recovery of IT resources – The McAfee Managed Services technology frees up IT resources normally dedicated to anti-virus management, by providing automatic virus updates - allowing IT resources to be reapplied to core business projects. Flexibility for custom needs – The depth and breadth of the Managed Virus Defense security suite allows organizations to mix-and-match to meet their specific security needs
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Product Features Leading anti-virus technology The McAfee virus scanning engine stops every type of virus and malicious code threat, including "traditional" viruses, e-mail worms, Internet worms, DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, backdoor and remote access Trojans, and zombies. Using technology that drills down into compressed data, Managed VirusScan, with Managed Virus Defense, is also able to find hidden threats buried in .zip and other compressed file types. Proactive protection is delivered through advanced heuristics and generic detection, which allow Managed VirusScan Defense to protect-in advance-against new, unseen viruses and other threats.
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McAfee Managed VirusScan: a managed service The Managed Virus Defense Suite includes Managed VirusScan, a completely managed service providing virus protection for the desktop and server. Entirely managed by McAfee, Managed VirusScan allows organizations to offload the huge burden of ongoing management and updating of desktop and server anti-virus-the hardest part of the network to manage. This enables the redirection of resources, especially IT, back to core business projects, and reduces the high costs associated with anti-virus management.
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Intelligent auto-updating Utilizing bandwidth-friendly Rumor™ technology, Managed VirusScan quickly and transparently provides daily anti-virus updates across the entire desktop and server architecture, without IT assistance. Completely transparent to your IT team and end users, Managed VirusScan continuously monitors all systems, automatically updating them, so you won't have to manage updates again.
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McAfee VirusScan® Enterprise for desktops and file servers VirusScan provides comprehensive virus protection for desktops and file servers. Powerful, flexible, and bandwidth-friendly, VirusScan delivers protection the way it’s needed in today's fast-moving, highly adaptive businesses.
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McAfee WebShield® for Internet gateways McAfee WebShield keeps viruses and other Web-based threats out of the network, stopping them before they enter at the Internet gateway. And with integrated content filtering of messages to prevent offensive or inappropriate content from reaching users, WebShield keeps both inbound and outbound SMTP traffic clean and virus-free.
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McAfee GroupShield® for email servers The Internet is not the only entry point for a virus—collaborative environments such as email servers are also at risk. McAfee GroupShield specifically protects this layer of the network, with anti-virus support for Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange servers.
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McAfee NetShield® for NetWare® file servers McAfee NetShield for NetWare protects file servers through real-time scanning to detect and clean known viruses. By caching file status when an initial scan is performed, NetShield ensures that clean files are not rescanned unless and until modified, significantly improving performance and efficiency.
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