Virus scanner (Lotus Foundations Start)
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Virus scanner
Lotus Foundations AntiVirus is an add-on software module. You must have a valid Lotus Foundations AntiVirus virus scanner license to use this feature. The AntiVirus software in Lotus Foundations is provided by a company called Kaspersky, who supplies OEMs with Anti-virus solutions. They have won numerous awards for their anti-virus technology. You can find out more at the Kaspersky website.
Lotus Foundations AntiVirus virus scanner gives you complete antiviral protection for your Lotus Foundations-powered server with both file- and mail-level virus scanning. Lotus Foundations AntiVirus scans for viruses on the local filesystem and incoming and outgoing email messages including mail collected from external mailboxes. Lotus Foundations AntiVirus detects infected, suspicious, corrupted and password-protected files, and files that fail to be scanned because of an error. All infected, suspicious and corrupted objects that can not be automatically repaired are quarantined.
File virus scanner
Lotus Foundations AntiVirus file virus scanner is not a real-time scanner, which means that it does not scan for viruses as data is transmitted/copied/moved to the Lotus Foundations server. Instead, the Lotus Foundations server runs a scheduled file scan once every 12 hours by default. This provides maximum stability and available resources to the daily operations of the Lotus Foundations server, which is especially important if you are using several features of the server at the same time. When a virus is encountered, it is cleaned up if possible. Otherwise it is renamed to "filename-INFECTED" and the user in whose directory the file was found is informed through email of the virus.
Mail virus scanner
Lotus Foundations AntiVirus mail virus scanner scans all incoming and outgoing email messages, including attachments, for viruses. When mail messages that contain infected, suspicious, and other objects are detected, the virus is immediately removed and a warning is sent to the sender and recipient along with the original, but virus-free, mail message.
Activating your file virus scanner license
- Select File Server from the left side of any WebConfig screen. The File Server Setup screen is displayed.
- In the File Virus Scanner field, select Enable.
- Click Save Changes.
Activating your mail virus scanner license
- Select Email Server from the left side of any WebConfig screen. The Email Setup screen is displayed.
- Click the Filtering tab.
- On the Mail Virus Scanner line, click All Emails or Inbound Only to activate mail virus scanning.
- Click Save Changes.
