MicroWorld unveils futuristic e-mail security with MailScan 5

Centralised e-mail security at the mail server level just got better and a lot more advanced in technology! The pioneer of innovations in anti-virus, anti-spam and content security, MicroWorld Technologies today launched MailScan 5 for mail servers, the comprehensive mail security solution at the mail gateway of organisations and business houses.

E-mail is a vital part of today's business communication for enterprises of all segments and sizes. And it's of paramount importance to safeguard the e-mail infrastructure from a multitude of threats like viruses, worms, trojans, backdoors, spamming and phishing.

"If you are talking about a comprehensive, end-to-end protection for mailing systems, it ought to be right there at the mail gateway," said Govind Rammurthy, CEO of MicroWorld Technologies, at the launch of MailScan 5.

"With the new version of MailScan, we empower the mail administrator with some future defining technologies that can intelligently detect and block all kinds of malicious programs in mails, filter out spam with impeccable accuracy and enforce a comprehensive mail security policy for the entire organisation. While we sharpen our precision in nailing down individual challenges in e-mail security, never do we lose sight of the complete picture."

MailScan works at TCP/IP port level and hence does not require an additional machine to act as a gateway. It's powered by the revolutionary 'MicroWorld WinSock Layer' technology, the first of its kind in the world. Data packets coming at different TCP/IP ports are assembled at the MWL layer and get scanned for malware before and after the mail server sends or receives mails.

With MailScan 5, MicroWorld is introducing to the world a revolutionary technology in spam fighting named as NILP (non-intrusive learning patterns). Rammurthy explained what the technology is all about, "NILP is an advanced spam filtering method based on the principles of artificial intelligence, with the ability to analyse each e-mail according to the behavioural patterns of the user and take an informed decision thereafter. This system comes with a built-in capability to learn on its own and makes the most accurate decisions in weeding out spam."

Some key features of MailScan are a combination of other technologies used for multi-layered spam filtering, power to block image spam, TCP connections, LDAP authenticated administration, real-time antivirus, advanced heuristics, attachment filtering, auto-generated spam whitelist, attachment and e-mail archiving, real-time content scanner, integrated mail security policies, customised disclaimers and extensive reports.