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[Kakapo] Virusscan Enterprise 8.0i Release Announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Atticus Gifford)
Thu Sep 9 17:27:55 2004
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From: Atticus Gifford <atticus@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 17:23:41 -0400
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From: Software Release Team
Subject: Virusscan 8.0i Release Announcement
Good Afternoon,
On behalf of the Virusscan Release Team, I am pleased to announce the
release of Virusscan Enterprise 8.0i. Virusscan is an antivirus program
that runs on the Windows 2000 and XP client and Windows 2000 and 2003
server platforms. Virusscan Enterprise 8.0i contains many enhancements
and new features, including the ability to detect and remove a growing
number of spyware/malware programs and to scan and prevent scripts from
performing malicious actions.
Notable Features of Virusscan:
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-Access protection
-Integrated anti-malware/spyware functionality
-Blocking (This feature blocks connections from remote computers which
have infected files in a shared folder)
-Buffer overflow protection
-Unwanted programs policy
-Script scanning
-Microsoft Outlook e-mail scanning
-Selective updating (autoupdate)
-Alert manager (local alerting)
-Repair installation
-Error reporting service
Known Issues:
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-limited anti-malware/spyware capabilities: Although this new version
of Virusscan contains anti-spyware/malware functionality, it is not yet
a complete solution. The release team urges you to review MIT's
anti-malware page to learn how you can better protect yourself against
this increasingly prevalent threat to your privacy:
http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/security/malware.html
How to Obtain:
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MIT possesses a site license for Virusscan, so the program is available
to MIT staff, students, faculty, and affiliates free of charge. You can
download the product from the MIT IS&T Windows Software Site:
https://web.mit.edu/software/win.html. Please note that you need a
current personal certificate to download this software. If you do not
have a current personal certificate, then you can obtain one from
https://ca.mit.edu/.
Getting Help:
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The Virusscan at MIT page is located at:
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?vid=644
If you have a question or need assistance, please contact the Computing
Help
Desk at computing-help@mit.edu or x3-1101.
All the Best,
Bryant C. Vernon
Virusscan 8.0i Product Release Coordinator
Software Release Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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