McAfee Active VirusScan protects your desktops and file servers from all types of viruses.

Used in conjunction with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, Active VirusScan provides you with single-console management and reporting. This product scans downloads from e-mail, FTP servers, and Web sites. It detects and protects against threats before they enter your system. McAfee VirusScan ’s NetShield specifically protects NetWare file servers.

The proven anti-virus technology blends heuristics and generic information to identify both known and as yet undiscovered viruses and protects against exploits known to target Microsoft applications and OS services. It even drills down into compressed files to find threats hidden in .zip and similar files.

Updates are critical to effective virus protection. Active VirusScan automatically downloads the latest virus-pattern data for continuous up-to-date protection.

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Benefits:

• Broad protection Active VirusScan protects your desktops and file servers against a wide range of virus types and malicious codes, including new and as yet undiscovered threats
• Triple action solution It scans, detects and cleans doing the work of three separate tools
• Protects you where you need it Active VirusScan offers broad threat protection for your desktops and file servers by scanning downloads from e-mail, FTP servers, and Web connections
• Single console management It works with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator so you can manage your security management solution from a single, centralised console that also offers detailed graphical reporting on your security status
• Automatic updating Virus code updates are crucial to effective protection; Active VirusScan updates itself automatically

Features:

• Advanced anti-virus technology Active VirusScan blocks a wide range of virus and malicious code threat; using advanced heuristics and generic detection, it protects against new viruses and other threats, including exploits that target Microsoft applications and OS services
• Centralized management Add ePolicy Orchestrator for centralised management and detailed graphical reporting from a single console
• AutoUpdate technology Active VirusScan keeps your protection continually up to date; it downloads new virus information hourly, all without your intervention
• E-mail protection Active VirusScan protection extends to MAPI and POP-3 e-mail formats; you and your users are protected against mass-mailer viruses that attempt to propagate and infect the e-mail systems of co-workers, family, and friends
• Internet filtering Employees surfing the Web can unknowingly launch malicious Java and ActiveX applets; Active VirusScan’s advanced Internet filter defends your desktops from these applets and allows you the flexibility to block access to certain Web sites
• Download scanning Active VirusScan scans e-mail and Web content to prevent your users from downloading infected attachments from Web sites or FTP servers
• NetWare file server protection McAfee NetShield for NetWare uses real-time scanning to protect NetWare file servers; it detects and cleans viruses and other threats and does not rescan cleaned files for improved performance and efficiency

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Datasheet

Active Virus Scan Suite SMB 

Active VirusScan Suite SMB (AVSS SMB) edition is also available for a limited period.  The only difference between Enterprise and SMB version is the management console which is a scaled down version on the SMB version called Protection Pilot.

AVSS SMB will stop being sold as new in the US in July 2007.  McAfee will keep supporting the product for the time being, but end users are encouraged to either upgrade to the Enterprise version or move to the managed Antivirus cover called Total Protection for Small Business.

Core Components

• Virusscan Enterprise 
  The primary Virusscan engine for all the McAfee Antivirus Suites that is designed to cover both Desktop and Server.
• Virusscan Netshield
  Specifically protects Netware File Servers
• ePolicy Orchastrator (ePO)
  The core management console for all Enterprise products / suites.