Virus Interception

Our Virus Interception works along with Spam Control. If you receive a message with a virus, it will be diverted to the remote server. The remote server will generate an email to you that it is holding an infected message. You can access and read the email via your Message Center.

We would caution you, however, that the nature of viruses is that they spread quickly, and THEN the anti-virus software companies develop a way to detect and destroy them. There is always a period between the advent of the virus and the creation of the means to intercept it. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you purchase anti-virus software, and that you use and update it regularly.

There are a number of companies that offer anti-virus software. Below are links to three Web sites where you can learn about and purchase the products:

McAfee VirusScanhttp://www.mcafee.com/
Norton AntiVirushttp://www.symantec.com/
eTrust EZ Antivirushttp://my-etrust.com/?

Some of the virus software companies offer a system of checking for viruses online, rather than running the software on your computer. We recommend that you purchase a program that runs locally. It takes a long time to run the virus checker online, and if you did get infected, you could be sending out viruses as you are scanning for them.


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