Benefits
A wide range of supported platforms
Dr.Web antivirus for Samba file servers creates an impenetrable barrier in the way of malware virtually for all Unix-family OS:
- Linux – all distributions with glibc-2.2 or higher
- FreeBSD 4.11 and higher (4.х, 5.х и 6.х)
- OpenBSD 4.1
- Solaris 10 (for Intel platform only)
High compatibility
Dr.Web antivirus for Samba file servers can be used with Samba, starting with 2.2.1, and it doesn’t conflict with known network firewalls and file monitors.
High scan speed and protection from malicious objects
Dr.Web antivirus for Samba file servers is an exceptionally high-performance solution used to protect information stored on Samba file servers running under Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris(x86). The solution combines high-speed scan of large amounts of data with extremely low system load both in a real-time mode and performing scheduled tasks. Several high-speed scans of stored information are performed on-the-fly at the moment of writing a file from a workstation to a server or while opening a server file by a workstation, that is while a file operation request sent from a server to a workstation is being performed. A workstation that imposes a virus threat is automatically disconnected from a server with a corresponding message displayed to a user
Flexible and easy to manage
Dr.Web antivirus for Samba file servers is easy to install and to use, which reduces maintenance time and, consequently, makes work of system administrators easier. Figures are the best evidence and they speak for themselves. A poll results show that users of Dr.Web antivirus who didn’t have a reason to apply to technical support service or did it only once in a year constitute 67%! Easy to install and mange Dr.Web antivirus .allows to control all file operations on a server and prevents any malware objects from spreading between workstations in a local area network. All network security activities of the antivirus are logged. The log file can be used for analysis and system security diagnosis to detect its weak points A handy system of user notifications on a malicious page loading attempt or upon virus detection will help to comply with security policy of your company. Standard tools of supported OS allow administrators to create their own scanning schedules. The system offers an easy to configure notification system – via e-mail, using a mobile phone or a pager. Notifications can also be sent to a workstation that has become a source of a threat. One can also specify a list of users or groups that will always receive notifications.
Scalability
The capability of the solution to handle huge amounts of data in a real-time mode, its stability and flexibility of configuration allow the product to meet demands of any company regardless of its size or line of activity You can create your own threat response scenario which significantly expands functionality of the programme.
High performance and stability
Well designed architecture of Dr.Web antivirus for Samba enables it to scan large amounts of data at a time.. Traditionally low system requirements of Dr.Web products mean that the solution can be run on any server hardware configuration.
High protection level
A virus database with thousands of entries combined with constantly improved heuristic analyzer don’t leave any chance to viruses, miacro-viruses, trojans and other types of malware that try to get to computers of users. Dr.Web for Samba is sure to detect malicious software created for various platforms (Windows, UNIX, DOS) including malicious programmes targeting Microsoft Office documents. A unique algorithm of non-signature detection of malware used as an addition to a traditional signature-based scan and Dr.Web heuristic analyzer increase detection rate of unknown viruses.
A correct scan of archived and packed files
Dr.Web antivirus for Samba not only supports most archiving and packing formats with any nesting depth but can also scan multi-volume and self-extracting archives. It is especially relevant for security of users working in Internet networks. Dr.Web for Samba file servers supports more than 1000 types of different archivers and packers, some of them are not recognized by any other anti-virus programme. When scan an archive, an administrator can specify compression ratio and nesting level, limit compression level for scanning and set maximum size of an extracted file.
Quarantine
Infected or suspicious files detected by the programme can be moved to the Quarantine. So one can perform additional actions with such files: extract necessary information, cure or delete. One can isolate quarantined files which also decreases a threat of malicious software spreading in a network.
Dr.Web is not only an antivirus!
Dr.Web for Samba file servers is used to detect and remove any piece of malicious software including mail and network worms, file viruses, trojans, bodiless viruses and stealth viruses,, polymorph viruses, macro-viruses, MS Office viruses, script-viruses, spyware, password stealers, key loggers, dialers, adware, potentially dangerous software, hacking utilities, backdoors, jokers, spam, fishing, farming,
scamming and bounce-messages;
Technologies
Samba SpIDer is a file operation monitor for a Samba sever, it is implemented both as a plug-in for vfs (virtual file system) – the interface of Samba – and as a client of Dr.Web Daemon system, to which it sends data for a virus-scan.
Dr.Web for Samba file servers is not just used as anti-virus filter, it also disconnects infected machines from the Internet to prevent a virus epidemic.
Open source
As usual Doctor Web, Ltd. pays attention to developing antivirus programmes for open source projects which gives third-party programmers an opportunity to improve it and contributes to security of the solution allowing free source code auditing.
Licencing
A licence for Dr.Web antivirus for Samba is given per a server it protects.
Complex Dr.Web solutions including a component for protection of file servers are available
- Dr.Web antivirus for mail and file servers protection
- Dr.Web antivirus for protection of file servers and Internet gateways
- Dr.Web antivirus for protection of mail servers, file servers and Internet gateways
Licences to such products include licences for each component included in a solution.
