Trend Micro Ships Updated Version of Award-Winning Virus Protection for Lotus Notes on Windows NT

Business Wire, Oct 11, 1999

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999--

ScanMail for Lotus Notes 2.0 adds file blocking feature for

virus alerts and non-productive email attachments in

addition to powerful new protection features and performance

enhancements

Trend Micro, Inc. (Nasdaq:TMIC)(Japan OTC: 4704), the leader in centrally managed Internet virus protection and the only antivirus vendor with Lotus Premium Partner status, today announced shipment of its Domino R5-compatible Lotus Notes virus protection software on Windows NT (Intel), ScanMail(R) for Lotus Notes V2.0.

ScanMail 2.0 provides enhanced protection by incorporating a new file blocking feature for emergency virus alert situations (which can also be used to block bandwidth- consuming non-productive email such as personal greeting cards), automatically cleaning virus-infected zipped file attachments, and detecting potentially malicious Notes scripts. In addition, several new techniques have been incorporated to enhance performance and maximize bandwidth. Several eliminate redundant file scanning (incremental scanning and "smart scanning"), while others enable administrators to adjust their Notes configuration settings for optimum bandwidth utilization (eMail Traffic Monitor).

According to the 1999 ICSA Computer Virus Prevalence Study, more than 50 percent of viruses today are spread through email and groupware attachments. Protecting the mail system at the Notes server is the most efficient way to eliminate the spread of viruses and reduce the cost of virus protection.

ScanMail for Lotus Notes is a native Notes application that detects and cleans viruses from Notes mail in real-time at the email router, in shared databases, and during Notes replication so administrators can be assured that all possible points of infection are being tightly monitored and protected.

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Protection Enhancements

--   Emergency File Blocking -- allows administrators to block
     incoming files by file name, type, etc., while still permitting
     other non-threatening email to pass through. During email virus
     alert situations (such as this year's Melissa and
     Worm.Explore.Zip crisis), administrators can use the emergency
     file blocking to feature to block emails with suspicious file
     attachments instead of being forced to shut the email system down
     to protect the system. This feature can also be used to block
     bandwidth-consuming non-productive email such as personal
     greeting cards around holiday time.

--   Zip File Auto-Cleaning - not only detects viruses in zipped
     files, but automatically cleans infected zip files as well,
     eliminating the need to quarantine infected zip files for
     administrator intervention.

--   Notes Script Scanning - protects against potential future threats
     such as Notes hot spots and other Notes-specific malicious script

Performance Enhancements

--   Smart Scanning- eliminates redundant scanning to maximize server
     efficiency (in environments with more than one Notes server)

--   Incremental Scanning - ensures that scanning is only performed on
     documents that have been changed or newly posted to the Notes
     database since the last scan (prescheduled and on-demand scans)

--   eMail Traffic Monitor -- monitors inbound and outbound mail
     traffic so administrators can tell how much bandwidth individual
     users are consuming, either by quantity of mail or size of
     messages. Administrators can then use this information to adjust
     mail configuration settings and optimize performance of their
     Notes network.

--   Improved Multi-Threaded Architecture - provides for even faster
     performance and greater scalability

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Trend Micro is the only antivirus vendor to support the full range of enterprise platforms for Notes: NT (Intel and DEC Alpha), OS/2, AIX, Solaris, OS/390, and AS/400. ScanMail for Lotus Notes was awarded the 1998 Lotus Notes and Domino Advisor Editor's Choice Gold Award in the security category and InfoWorld's Best of the Test Center Award in 1997.

Pricing and Availability

A full release version of ScanMail for NT V2.0 (English Version) is available now through Trend Micro's network of value-added resellers. Pricing for ScanMail NT V2.0 is on a per seat/volume basis and start at USD$1150 (SRP) for 25 users. For more information about this product visit http://www.antivirus.com, or call 1(408) 867-6404 in N. America.

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro provides centrally controlled server-based virus protection and content-filtering products and services. By protecting information that flows through Internet gateways, email servers, and file servers, Trend Micro allows companies worldwide to stop viruses and other malicious code from a central point before they ever reach the desktop.

Trend Micro's award-winning products have been chosen by Check Point Software Technologies, Cisco Systems, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, ISS, Lotus, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, Oracle, Sprint, Sun Microsystems and U S WEST as part of their server security solutions.