NEW: APPLICATION FIREWALL

Anti-Spyware Protection Key Features and Benefits:

• Blocks spyware delivered through auto-installed ActiveX components, the most common vehicle for distributing malicious spyware programs
• Scans and logs spyware threats that are transmitted through the network and alerts administrators when new spyware is detected and/or blocked
• Stops existing spyware programs from communicating in the background with hackers and servers on the Internet, preventing the transfer of confidential information
• Provides granular control over networked applications by enabling administrators to selectively permit or deny the installation of individual spyware programs
• Prevents e-mailed spyware threats by scanning and then blocking infected e-mails transmitted either through SMTP, IMAP or Web-based e-mail

Gateway Anti-Virus Key Features and Benefits

• Delivers intelligent file-based virus and malicious code prevention by scanning in real-time for decompressed and compressed files containing viruses, Trojans, worms and other Internet threats over the corporate network
• Utilizes an extensive database of thousands of high threat virus signatures written to detect and prevent viruses, Trojans, worms and other malware, as well as peer-to-peer and instant messaging file transfers
• Utilizes a first-to-market per packet scanning engine to handle unlimited file sizes and virtually hundreds of thousands of concurrent downloads, offering ultimate scalability and performance for today’s networked environment
• Provides an additional layer of protection against malicious threats by allowing administrators to enforce real-time gateway anti-virus scanning not only between each network zone and the Internet, but also between internal network zones
• Ensures incredibly fast time-to-protection by employing a dynamically-updated database of high threat virus signatures created by a combination of SonicWALL’s SonicAlert Team and third-party sources
• Delivers protection for high threat viruses and malware by inspecting over the most common protocols used in today’s networked environments, including SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP, FTP, NetBIOS, instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications and dozens of other stream-based protocols

Intrusion Prevention Key Features and Benefits:

• Utilizes a configurable, ultra-high performance deep packet inspection engine to deliver maximum network protection
• Prevents known buffer overflow vulnerabilities in software, as well as various worms, Trojans, and backdoor exploits
• Mitigates risk and legal liability while improving productivity by blocking instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications
• Protects networks not only from attacks originating outside the network (WAN), but also from internal attacks targeting network segments (LANs)
• Provides a robust database of attack and vulnerability signatures that is dynamically updated as new exploits and vulnerabilities are discovered