Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino is a complex anti-virus package which consists of several complementary components that interact with each other to ensure the highest level of anti-virus protection. The operation of these components can be configured via the Dr.Web Administrator Console (see Starting the Administrator Console).
Below is a list of these components with their short descriptions:
| • | Monitor scans all incoming and outbound messages in realtime mode as they are processed by Lotus Domino. As soon as scanning of a message is complete and it is considered safe, the message is immediately sent to the receiver. If a message contains infected or suspicious objects, then a corresponding prespecified action is applied. |
| • | Scanner is used to periodically check documents in the selected NSF databases. It is launched according to schedule or manually and, like the Monitor, applies prespecified actions to infected and suspicious objects. |
| • | Quarantine is used for isolation of infected and suspicious objects. It is an NSF database (quarantine.nsf), which resides in the drweb subdirectory of the Lotus Domino Data folder. Access to objects in the Quarantine is performed via the Dr.Web Administrator Console database (DrWebAdmin.nsf). |
| • | Automatic Updating Utility is included into the Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino anti-virus package and designed to automatically update the virus databases. The Automatic Updating Utility downloads copies of the virus databases via the Internet, from a local network folder or server. There are two ways to start the updater: automatic launch and command line launch (see Updating the Virus Databases). |
| • | Anti-spam checks all messages incoming via SMTP in realtime mode as they are processed by Lotus Domino. It uses special algorithms based on the detection of spam features in email messages to determine whether the message is spam or not. If the component determines that a message is spam, then a predefined prefix is added to the message header (by default, the prefix is set to [SPAM]). |
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The Anti-spam component is only available in the “Anti-virus + Anti-spam” version (see License Key File). |
| • | The Statistics component saves information on the types of processed messages and actions performed with these messages. You can view this information in order to keep track of the Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino activity. |
| • | The Reports component is used to regularly send reports on the operation of Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino to the specified addresses according to a certain schedule. |
| • | The Event Log component allows administrators of the Lotus Domino servers to effectively monitor the events which occur during operation of Dr.Web for IBM Lotus Domino (e.g. update of the virus database, detection of a virus, adjustments of settings, etc.). The Event Log database (DrWebLog.nsf) can contain information from one or several Lotus Domino servers under protection of the anti-virus plug-in. Documents with event information are sent to the Event Log via internal mail system of the Lotus Domino server. |
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Operation of the Monitor and Anti-spam components can be configured for different profiles to suit the needs of various clients and groups. Operation of other components is configured for the whole plug-in. |