MessageLabs releases new security services
MessageLabs Ltd. announced today the release of new security software that scans Web traffic for viruses, detects spyware and filters content to enforce company Internet policies.
The company’s Web Protect service’s antivirus functionality uses a heuristics approach with multiple virus-scanning engines, while its antispyware features scans in real time. Incoming and outgoing Web traffic is scanned for malicious code, spyware, adware and phishing attacks, it said. The services are administered through MessageLabs’ portal.
Its Web Control product includes address filtering that allows companies to be in control of how its employees use the Internet.
“We started to see an increasing amount of spyware and malware in the Web browsing area,” said Mark Sunner, chief technology officer for MessageLabs. “We’ve realized there’s quite an unplugged gap here.”