Norman Virus Control (NVC) for MIMEsweeper 4.2_10 is an antivirus plug-in to the MAIL- and WEBsweeper members of the MIMEsweeper product family. This plug-in enables MIMEsweeper to search for computer viruses in the emails and Internet downloads passing through the gateway.
NVC will even remove viruses from files attached to the emails. When NVC has removed the viruses, the attachment or downloaded files can be considered safe, and the mail may safely be transferred to the recipient.

If NVC for any reason cannot remove the virus, MIMEsweeper quarantines the infected email. To be able to detect possible computer virus outbreaks as early as possible, it is imperative that the antivirus software placed at the gateway works proactively. Using the unique Norman SandBox II technology, companies can for the first time be proactive in detecting new and unknown computer viruses, worms and even Trojans.

Key features of Norman Virus Control v5 for MIMEsweeper

• On-access scanning for viruses

• Norman SandBox II technology

• Fully integrated in the MIMEsweeper management console

• Memory-loaded scanning for high throughput

System Requirements

• MAILsweeper V4.2_5 SP2 (also known as 4.2_10) and above or

• WEBsweeper V4.1_1 and above

• Windows 2000 SP2 and above

• In addition, Norman Virus Control server version 5.6 or later must be installed.

Conceptual considerations

NVC for MIMEsweeper offers on-access scanning and cleaning of in- and outgoing mail that passes through MIMEsweeper.

NVC for MIMEsweeper is distributed as an add-on to Norman Virus Control corporate version. It is therefore required that Norman Virus Control corporate v5.6 or later is installed prior to NVC for MIMEsweeper.

NVC for MIMEsweeper takes advantage of Norman Virus Control’s components to perform several tasks, such as updating virus signature files via Internet.