The UTM firewall solutions of gateProtect contain a world-wide several distinguished scan engine. The newest generation of the anti-virus gateway scans for HTTP, ftp, POP3, SMTP and also HTTPS. For this files are loaded by a proxy from the Internet and scanned for virus on the firewall before they will be forwarded to the inquiring user. Our customers are protected before thus the daily threats by viruses in e-mails or in websites in the best way.

Web-Anti-Virus
If you open determined websites in the internet, there is the risk that your computer will be infected by viruses, which are installed by scripts contained on websites. In addition a dangerous object can be loaded on your computer. The Web-Anti-Virus was developed especially to prevent such situations. The scripts, which are on websites and which are risky, will be intercepted by this component and their execution becomes banned. Also the HTTP traffic is subject to strict control.

Mail-Anti-Virus
The email-correspondence is used more and more by aggressors for the spreading of harmful programs. It is one of the most important media for the spreading of worms. Therefore it is very important to control all email messages. The Mail-Anti-Virus is a component to the investigation all in and outgoing email messages of your computer. It analyzing emails for defective programs. An email is delivered only if it does not contain risky objects.

HTTPS Scan
It is not possible to scan HTTPS traffic on the firewall with the products from most other suppliers. Malware such as trojans and viruses exploit this open door to enter an internal network unhindered.

gateProtect is one of the few manufacturers to close this door with their xUTM appliances. gateProtect software can also scan encrypted HTTPS connections in the data traffic for viruses and other malware.
To do this, the data flow is decrypted at the firewall, analysed and, if no viruses are found, re-encrypted and sent on its way again.