PureMessage for Windows/Exchange tackles barrage of unwanted
emails
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses from spam and
viruses, today announced the release of PureMessage for Windows/Exchange, a consolidated
anti-spam and anti-virus solution for enterprise users running
Microsoft platforms. PureMessage combines Sophos's industry-leading
virus and spam protection to safeguard networks, improve email
productivity and reduce the risk of legal liability from employees
viewing offensive spam.
Designed for companies with more than 100 desktops, PureMessage
for Windows/Exchange is fully configurable, helping network
managers stay in control of their system security. Advanced email
threat reduction features are designed to stop new, unknown viruses
from entering company networks, even when the email attachment
names have been changed or files have been hidden in compressed
files.
"As malicious code writers converge spam, worms, and viruses,
they constantly spawn new and more disruptive threats. To stem this
tide, businesses need a unified approach to messaging security for
inbound, outbound and internal mail streams," said Chris
Christiansen, VP Security Products, IDC. "Sophos's integrated new
product offers a robust solution for combating this explosive
growth in unsolicited and dangerous email."
Virus and spam protection is automatically updated from the
Sophos databank and messages are scanned regardless of how mail is
sent or received. Suspicious attachments are removed and
quarantined before the email is delivered to the recipients.
Multiple language message processing makes it ideal for
multi-national organisations.
In a recent Sophos poll of more than 5,800 companies*, 96% of
respondents indicated that email was critical to their jobs, 78%
believed that they would be more productive without spam. This,
combined with an increase in email scams such as 'phishing' and the
virus plague which shows no signs of abating, shows that companies
need a robust anti-virus and anti-spam solution to protect their
employees.
"Keeping up with virus and spam threats is a constant battle for
network administrators," said David Mitchell, product manager,
Sophos. "Sophos's new PureMessage solution helps enterprises tackle
the problem head-on, with a scalable solution to protect corporate
credibility and improve productivity."
PureMessage for Windows/Exchange offers support for clustered
Exchange installations to make use of failover capabilities of the
Windows Server System.
PureMessage also provides end users with powerful, web-based
quarantine management tools to retrieve email from the quarantine
area without contacting the system administrator.
* Web survey of 5,856 businesses conducted by
Sophos, February 2004.
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.