AVIRA WebGate 1.2.0 review

AVIRA WebGate may act as a web proxy or as a stand-alone application along with the proxy server, depending on the network’s ar

License: Shareware File size: 5746K Developer: AVIRA

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AVIRA WebGate may act as a web proxy or as a stand-alone application along with the proxy server, depending on the network’s architecture. It thoroughly scans the plain HTTP and FTP incoming and outgoing traffic, allowing you to smoothly browse the Internet, away from malware or any cybernetic threats.

The integration of AVIRA WebGate does not require any significant change in the configuration of the existent proxy server or currently used browser. It cooperates with the proxy server and completes its security function in an ideal way.

Benefits:

Solid antivirus technologies: multi-platform, VB100% certified scan engine, proving their reliability with the 100% detection rate;
Enhanced antivirus protection: the product offers permanent protection against complex threats, ensuring an immediate outbreak response when new viruses emerge;
Extensive Malware Recognition: aside from viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms, etc., AVIRA detects Adware & Spyware, double extension files and unusual runtime compression tools;
Webmail scanning: increased protection for your web-based mailbox, by scanning the plain HTTP and FTP incoming and outgoing traffic;
Real-time protection: AVIRA keeps watching while you browse the Internet, permanently scanning the web contents you are accessing;
Professional services: the AVIRA license entitles you to an entire year of free virus definitions updates and product upgrades, access to documentation, as well as standard technical support, offered by a team of skilled professionals.

Here are some key features of "AVIRA WebGate":
New: Comprehensive actions:

Blocking files and archives, based on specified extensions;
Ability to tunnel requests performed over SSL;
Possibility to restrict access to selected clients or (sub)networks, based on their IP addresses;
Capability to limit connections to selected destination ports.

On access permanent protection

AVIRA WebGate provides real-time scanning of the plain inbound and outbound data transfer on the Internet gateway. It ensures flawless protection from virulent contents that may be transferred through HTTP or FTP connections;

Heuristic detection for both macro and Win32 viruses

You can stay protected even against undiscovered threats, due to the advanced behavior analysis methods, which help identifying and blocking suspicious programs according to code patterns inspection;

Improved security for data transfer

AVIRA WebGate scans both your inbound and outbound non-encrypted traffic. Network users may now upload as well as download data without any security worries. This means that you are not only protecting your network against Internet-based malware, but also making sure that an inbound infection does not reach the Internet and cause your company serious image losses. Moreover, this antivirus program features advanced notification functions, warning the administrator whenever an infection is detected on a workstation from network;

Webmail scanning function

AVIRA WebGate highlights a very useful feature: antivirus protection for web-based e-mail accounts, performing a thorough examination process on the messages and attachments that are transferred through a non-encrypted connection;

Capability to run in non-privileged user mode

The application may be launched as root initially and afterwards switched to user mode. This way, the system will stay protected against certain attacks that might exploit a root’s full privileges in order to gain control over the system.

Recursive scanning inside archives

AVIRA WebGate supports a unique flexible configuration for searching viruses in archives. The program makes a real in-depth examination: the nested archives are also unpacked and scanned, level by level. The recursion level can be limited or freely specified, thus optimizing the process speed. In addition, AVIRA offers the possibility to switch on and off the archives scanning. The maximum size of the unpacked and scanned files in the browsed archives can also be defined at any moment;

Timeout function

AVIRA WebGate permanently checks inactive connections and closes them automatically after a predefined period of time, freeing additional resources;

Extensive logging, warning and notification functions

AVIRA WebGate highlights enhanced notifying and reporting features. Every action is recorded in a log file, offering the possibility to send warnings or notifications in case of program errors or virus detection;

Automatic Internet Updater

The update module makes sure that AVIRA solutions are permanently up-to-date, with the latest virus definitions files and scan engines updates. The updater can be configured to download and install any new updates available on the Internet;

Self-Integrity Program Check

The antivirus scanner should always perform a self-check when it starts. Viruses frequently corrupt antivirus installations, which is why a self-check ensures the antivirus system is operating correctly at all times.

Requirements:
Platform: i386;
Operating System: Linux with 2.2 Kernel and GLIBC 2.2 or better ;
8MB free harddisk space for product installation;
100MB free harddisk space for the working directory (1GB recommended, depending on the amount of data transferred);
32MB free memory space (64 MB recommended).