Chapter 1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Dr.Web for MIMEsweeper. This product is a plug-in for ClearSwift MIMEsweeper for SMTP designed to protect corporate mail systems against viruses and spam.

With the use of Dr.Web for MIMEsweeper, the ClearSwift content scanner incorporates the latest and most advanced anti-virus technologies of Doctor Web aimed to detect and neutralize the malicious objects which may present a threat to mail servers operation and information security. If you purchased the plug-in with the «Anti-virus&Anti-spam» license (and an appropriate license key file), it also identifies unsolicited e-mail messages using the VadeRetro spam filter.

Dr.Web for MIMEsweeper checks all e-mail messages received by the content filter for viruses, dialer programs, adware, riskware, hacktools and joke programs. If the plug-in is licensed to operate in the Anti-virus&Anti-spam mode, it also identifies unsolicited e-mails. On detection of a security threat, the plug-in classifies the infected or unsolicited messages according to the ClearSwift MIMEsweeper policies and neutralizes the malicious objects.

Main Features

Dr.Web for MIMEsweeper plug-in:

Protects you from viruses in e-mails including malicious objects in archived attachments
Detects malware
Recovers infected objects
Detects spam using VadeRetro technology
Performs the checks fast and efficiently
Automatically updates virus databases and plug-in components

For detailed information on the content filter scenarios, refer to the ClearSwift official web site.