 Anti-Virus |
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- Anti-virus are used to prevent virus infection of the documents, as well as the applications and hardware. Viruses are now a common problem since the introduction of e-mail communication.
- Considering all the ways and means of spreading a viral infection, Anti-Virus products are necessary on the network, mail server, workstations and end-user computer. An anti-virus on the network will enable to block the spreading of worms as well as macro viruses when files are exchanged using the network platform. 80% of viruses are spread by e-mails, an anti-virus based on the mail server will filter all in coming and out going e-mails and block known viruses from entering or leaving the organisation via e-mail. The remaining 20% of virus infections happen via the exchange and use of floppy disks and unknown or polymorph viruses traveling through the network or e-mail. A personal anti-virus is always a necessity on every workstation of an organisation as well as on the end-user computer.
- Viruses can be quite destructive if not detected early enough. Some even damage the hardware of your computer (e.g. C.I.H.), others can delete system files, slow down your applications or cause the computer to stop functioning. They can also corrupt documents, which may have informative value or time value. Anti-virus are important in order to maintain the best working conditions, as well as preserve the computer investment.
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| Furthermore, Extol proposes a wide range of anti-virus management services in order to improve the internal security of the organization.
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