BitDefender security for mail servers in the Linux field test: hardly any false positives in spam detection rate high, Holzwickede, November 16, 2009 BitDefender gold has for its security for mail servers 3.0.2 received award of the specialist magazine Virus Bulletin (VB). The E-Mail security solution designed for Linux servers to ensure a secure electronic message traffic for companies and service providers. The software combines a proactive antivirus, antispam and antiphishing technologies with content and attachment filtering. In the test, the solution impressed in particular by its low number of false positive as well as a high spam detection rate. Over a period of 20 days, virus bulletin tested several products on a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11. This VB sent a project honey pot”provided E-Mail body of multiple test addresses.
“This included both clean” as also spam-mails. The messages were in different languages including English, French, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian and in various sent to Asian languages. The test revealed that BitDefender security for mail server exactly realized 97,89% of spam messages with a false positive rate of only 0.7 percent. We are pleased that our security for mail server ‘ again bulletin has withstood the test of virus and was awarded with the Gold Award”, said Catalin Cosoi, senior anti-spam and anti-phishing researcher at BitDefender. We now know that we are at the forefront compared with competitors. The award underlines our position as a provider of proactive malware detection technologies that go far beyond the possibilities of the traditional heuristic methods.
“In this way, we offer users a comprehensive protection for both known and unknown threats.” Version 3.0.2 with new Livequeryr”filters the new in the current security for mail server” version included filter technology Livequeryr “was by the customers in the past few months well accepted. This technology scans incoming E-Mails first locally with a proactive, proprietary anti-spam solution. “” If the message has passed this first filter sequence and not as a vicious “or clean” can be classified a proprietary algorithm extracts several key items from the mail. From this encrypted fingerprint is”created that identifies the mail. Should find a similar fingerprint BitDefender within the databases of its server network, the system immediately causes a block command to the client application. A detailed analysis of the test results is available under vbspam-review-Nov09.pdf. More information about the BitDefender business solutions under. About BitDefender BitDefender is software developer, one of the industry’s fastest and most efficient product lines internationally certified security software. Since the founding of the company in 2001, BitDefender has set new standards in the field of proactive protection against threats from the Internet. Every day, BitDefender protects tens of millions Private and business customers around the globe and gives them the good feeling that your digital life is safe. BitDefender sells its security solutions in more than 100 countries through a global VAD and reseller network. More detailed information about BitDefender and BitDefender products are available in the press centre online. In addition, BitDefender provides background information and current news in the daily fight against threats from the Internet, in English at. Press contact: BitDefender GmbH Robert-Bosch-str. 2 D-59439 Holzwickede contact person: Hans-Peter Lange PR Manager Tel.: + 49 (0) 2301 9184-330 fax: + 49 (0) 2301 9184-499 email: PR Agency: Sprengel & Partner GmbH nesting first race 3 D-56472 Nisterau contact: Fabian Sprengel Tel.: + 49 (0) 2661 91260-0 E-Mail: