17 July 2001

Kaspersky Labs Completes the Latest Breakthrough for Unix/Linux Anti-Virus
Defense

Kaspersky Labs announces support for OpenBSD and Solaris operating systems,
and exim e-mail gateways

Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software-development company,
announces the release of the latest version of the popular Kaspersky
Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux operating systems.
The latest version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus affords customers the opportunity
of additionally installing a centralized anti-virus defense for file servers
and application servers operating on OpenBSD (version 2.8) and Solaris 8
(for Intel processors) systems, and also for exim e-mail gateways (one of
the five most popular e-mail gateways for Unix/Linux).
“Development of this anti-virus package came about as a result of responding
to the needs of mid-size and large corporate customers using Unix, and
particularly Linux.  This also includes Unix-based e-mail gateways that are
one of the most widespread standards,” commented Vsevolod Ivanov, Sales and
Marketing Director at Kaspersky Labs.  “We are pleased to fulfill the wishes
of our users and provide a full information security solution that is
capable of defending an enterprise-wide network.”

Today, Kaspersky Labs presents customers with the most advanced
problem-solving solution embedded in the anti-virus scanning for the
Unix/Linux platform.  Currently, Kaspersky Anti-Virus can be utilized on
Linux, FreeBSD, BSDi, OpenBSD, and Solaris operating systems, and also
contains a ready-made solution for integration into sendmail, qmail,
postfix, and exim e-mail gateways.  The package includes the scanner, daemon
and monitor anti-virus technology, and also includes automatic anti-virus
database updates via the Internet, an interactive parameter set-up shell and
a module for generating and processing statistic reports.
In addition to supporting OpenBSD, Solaris, and Exim, the latest Kaspersky
Anti-Virus version for Unix/Linux has other innovations, making the
defense-process network even more reliable, effective and full-scale.
The most important addition increasing the program’s reliability is the
introduction of the multithreaded object-scanning technology allowing the
anti-virus scanner to simultaneously check any amount of files, with the
number of such sessions limited only by the server’s capabilities.  The
amount of active sessions can easily be set in the start-up command line or
in the Kaspersky Anti-virus configuration file.
In order to simplify development of the third-party applications when using
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for performing an anti-virus scanning, the program has
been powered by an advanced version of the API interface. A specialized
library containing the procedures for interacting with the anti-virus
daemon's protocol has been added to the package.
For the first time, the latest Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux has been
equipped with a system for the remote control of the program for use with a
Web interface through a secure HTTPS connection.  This allows the system
administrator to decrease the amount of time and means for managing the
program significantly:  The whole process can now be conducted completely
remotely without the necessity of using a third-party utilities.
The anti-virus monitor contained in Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux has been
significantly perfected.  Unlike previous versions, the latest monitor
intercepts file operations and transfers objects in real time for scanning
by the anti-virus daemon without using a buffer directory with delayed
scanning. In addition to this, monitor installment no longer requires the
recompilation of the operating system's kernel and reboot of the active
server.
Processing procedures have been improved to the level where the scanning
speed of e-mail has been increased by almost 35%.  Also, cycle functions for
the scanning of a fixed directory can also be used for completing specific
tasks, such as scanning the e-mail box contents. The statistics generating
module is now able to generate statistics in real time and for a period
indicated by a user.

In accordance with the latest product line introduced in April 2001,
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux is included in the Business Optimal and
Corporate Suite packages.  Kaspersky Anti-Virus users, unlike the users of
competitors’ products, are able to pick and pay for only those modules they
need and not waste money on anything unnecessary. Also, the default package
of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux servers now includes free support for
50 e-mail boxes.
All previously registered users of Kaspersky Anti-Virus Business Optimal and
Corporate Suite can install the latest version for Unix/Linux free of
charge.

Best Regards, Denis Zenkin
Head of Corporate Comminucations
Kaspersky Lab Ltd

10, Geroyev Panfilovtsev St, Moscow, 123363,  Russia
Tel.: +7 095 948 56 50; Fax: +7 095 948 43 31; Mobile: +7 095 798 98 76
E-mail: denis@kaspersky.com; http://www.kaspersky.com;
http://www.viruslist.com
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