GFI Software Launches MailSecurity 2011

GFI MailSecurity 2011 Dashboard

GFI Software on Thursday introduced GFI MailSecurity 2011 email security software. The on-premises software checks inbound and outbound email using multiple antivirus engines, as well as an exploit detection engine, spyware detection, HTML sanitization and attachment checking.

Enhancements address two key attack vectors, according to Nicholas Sciberras, product manager, GFI, which are, "the most recent malware for which definitions have not been released and links in emails that point to malware."

Other features include an updated dashboard, an HTML Sanitizer exclusion list, more comprehensive scanning of internal email and enhanced attachment checking.

GFI MailSecurity 2011 uses Norman AV's Sandbox technology, which runs suspect malware in attachments, and analyzes the code activity, within a sandbox. This identifies, stops and isolates new and previously unknown malicious code that is in an attachment, "before it can damage computer networks or compromise data," according to the company.

When running the optional AVG antivirus engine, GFI MailSecurity 2011 can now also detect links within email message body that point to malware.

The HTML Sanitizer exclusion list addresses the challenge of HTML tags and HTML forms in legitimate email being disabled by GFI MailSecurity's HTML Sanitizer. The exclusion list lets email messages from approved senders bypass being scanned by the HTML Sanitizer. (Bypassed messages are still checked by MailSecurity's other filters.)

GFI has improved checking of email attachments, including the ability to block attachments that exceed a specified size or are suspicious, while letting the rest of the message be delivered. GFI MailSecurity can now also do full scans of all internal email messages, using all of the product's various filters.

Additionally, GFI MailSecurity's dashboard now gives administrators access to various counters and important logs.

GFI MailSecurity runs on Windows Server 2008 or 2003 and requires an email server such as Microsoft Exchange. Pricing starts at $160 dollars for 10 mailboxes for the first year, and $102 for subsequent years, with volume discounts.