From: Denis Zenkin 
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Subject: [Kaspersky Lab Press Release] Kaspersky Lab announces beta-versio
	n of AntiViral Toolkit Pro for Sendmail
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:42:32 +0400


29 March, 2000

Kaspersky Lab announces beta-version of AntiViral Toolkit Pro for Sendmail

Moscow, Russia, March 16, 2000 - Kaspersky Lab, an international anti-virus
software vendor, announces the release of a beta version of AntiViral
Toolkit Pro (AVP) for Sendmail e-mail gateways operating under Linux for
Intel platform.

AVP for Sendmail is an advanced anti-virus filtration system for e-mail
correspondence, transmitted through Sendmail mail server. The program
provides centralised protection against all types of malicious code
including computer viruses, Trojan horses, Internet worms, dangerous Java
applets etc. It allows "on-the-fly" virus detection and removal from the
e-mail message body as well as from attached files. AVP for Sendmail
protects a corporate network on a server level, i.e. before a dangerous
message reaches a target workstation.
The program features a flexible configuration allowing the user to specify
different e-mail traffic flows to be filtered: internal, external or both.
AVP for Sendmail has a special lockdown option for quarantining infected and
suspicious messages and files. In case a virus attack is detected AVP will
send notifications to a system administrator on a specified address and to
both the sender and recipient of the message.

"Sendmail is one of the most popular and reliable e-mail gateways for Linux
and Unix operating systems. However, nowadays e-mail is the main source of
computer virus proliferation. This is why installation of anti-virus
software is a must for every e-mail server. This is why Kaspersky Lab
developed the world's first comprehensive anti-virus protection for Sendmail
gateways, operating under Linux for Intel platform. We strongly believe that
the usage of AVP for Sendmail will eliminate the possibility of penetration
of computer malware into the corporate networks via e-mail," - said Mikhail
Kalinichenko, Kaspersky Lab's Technical Director.

In the future Kaspersky Lab is planning to adapt AVP for Sendmail, for other
Unix-family platforms, primarily to FreeBSD. Future developments to the AVP
product will include: developing a remote administration utility for control
of AVP from a remote console; elaboration of a flexible installation program
and a special user-sensitive content filtration system. Kaspersky Lab will
continue the integration of AVP with other Unix/Linux e-mail gateways:
Qmail, Postfix, Communigate Pro and others.

The Beta version of AVP for Sendmail is available at Kaspersky Lab's WWW
site at www.avp.ru.

Join the AVP beta-testing team! We are waiting for your applications at
info@avp.ru!


About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab Ltd. is a fast growing international privately owned software
company with offices in Moscow (Russia), Cambridge (UK) and Johannesburg
(South Africa). Founded in 1997 the company concentrates its efforts on the
development of world-leading anti-virus technologies and software. Kaspersky
Lab also provides free online security related Internet information
services. The company markets, distributes and supports its software and
services in more than 40 countries worldwide.

Media Contacts

Denis Zenkin
Kaspersky Lab, Ltd.
Phone: +7 (095) 948 5650
E-mail: denis@avp.ru
WWW: http://www.avp.ru