McAfee GSSCDE-AA-DA User Guide - Page 12

McAfee® GroupShield™ 7.0 User Guide 1 Introduction GroupShield Features What is New? „ New Web Based User Interface - GroupShield for Exchange provides a user friendly web-based interface based on DHTML. To access this, click Start | Programs | McAfee | GroupShield for Exchange | GroupShield for Exchange (Web). „ Policy Management - The Policy Manager menu option lists different policies that you can set up/manage in GroupShield. You can specify various policies/actions that determine how different types of threats are treated when detected. For detailed information on the policy management, refer to the chapter Policy Manager on page 105. „ Anti-Phishing Capability - GroupShield for Exchange is capable of detecting email messages containing phish that fraudulently tries to obtain personal information. „ Capability to detect Packers and Potentially Unwanted Programs - GroupShield for Exchange is capable of detecting packers that compresses and encrypts the original code of an executable file. It also detects Potentially Unwanted Programs that are software programs written by legitimate companies which may alter the security state or the privacy posture of a computer on which they are installed. „ Enhanced Anti-Spam Capability - GroupShield for Exchange is capable of detecting spam or unsolicited bulk email messages sent to multiple recipients, who did not ask to receive it. It assigns a "spam score" to every email message. You can then choose to block those messages if they are above a certain score. „ Enhanced Background Scanning options - For Exchange Server 2007, GroupShield provides enhanced background scanning options. During this type of scanning, not all the email messages are scanned when accessed. This reduces the workload of the scanner. For more information, refer to the sub topic For Exchange Server 2007 on page 165. „ Centralized Scanner, Filter Rules and Enhanced Alert Settings - Using Scanners, you can configure the scanner-related settings that a policy can apply when scanning items. In File Filtering Rules, you can set up rules that apply to file name, file type, and file size. You can use the alert editor to customize the text of an alert message using the Style, Font, Size, and Token menus. „ Time based scanning and actions - GroupShield for Exchange enables scanning emails at convenient times or at regular intervals. You can schedule regular scan operations when the server activities are comparatively low and when they do not interfere with your work. „ Content Scanning and True Type File Filtering of Microsoft® Office 2007 file formats 12