Active Virus Defence SMB (AVD SMB)

McAfee Active Virus Defense is a suite of products that protects your desktops, Internet gateways, e-mail servers, and file servers from all types of viruses.

ProtectionPilot lets you manage it effortlessly. McAfee VirusScan protects your desktops and file servers. McAfee WebShield keeps viruses out of your Internet gateway. McAfee GroupShield covers your mail servers. McAfee NetShield protects your Netware file servers.

The proven anti-virus technology blends heuristics and generic information to identify both known and as yet undiscovered viruses. Updates are critical to effective virus protection and Active Virus Defense automatically downloads the latest virus-pattern data for continuous, up-to-date protection.

Key Features

• ProtectionPilot management
  McAfee ProtectionPilot guides you through installing, monitoring, and managing anti-virus protection with clear directions and wizards; its interactive monitoring displays system compliance, virus activity, and software configuration
• Proven anti-virus technology
  McAfee anti-virus technology blocks a wide range of virus and malicious code threat, even in compressed files; using advanced heuristics as well as generic detection, Active Virus Defense protects against new, unseen viruses and other threats
• Automatic updates
  ProtectionPilot checks in with McAfee every hour for new virus updates; it then retrieves them and automatically deploys them— without your intervention— to the systems on your network
• Protects desktops and file servers
  McAfee VirusScan provides comprehensive anti-virus protection for desktops and file servers; it protects against exploits that target vulnerabilities in Microsoft applications and OS services
• Protects Internet gateways
  McAfee WebShield stops viruses and other Web-based threats before they enter your Internet gateway; using integrated content filtering, it prevents offensive or inappropriate content from reaching your users
• Protects e-mail servers
  McAfee GroupShield specifically protects e-mail servers, another virus entry point: t supports both Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange servers
• Protects NetWare file servers
  McAfee NetShield protects NetWare file servers; it uses real-time scanning to detect and clean viruses and other threats, and it will not rescan clean files unless they are modified, thereby improving performance and efficiency

Core Components

• Virusscan Enterprise 
  The primary Virusscan engine for all the McAfee Antivirus Suites that is designed to cover both Desktop and Server.
• Virusscan Netshield
  Specifically protects Netware File Servers
• Webshield
  Keeps viruses out of your Internet Gateway
• Security for Email Servers
  Mail Server virus protection and content filtering
• Protection Pilot (SMB Products and Suites Only)
  Scaled down version of ePO

Active Virus Defence SMB

Active Virus Defence SMB edition is also available for a limited period.  The only difference between Enterprise and SMB version is the management console which is a scaled down version on the SMB version called Protection Pilot.

AVSS SMB will stop being sold as new in the US in July 2007.  McAfee will keep supporting the product for the time being, but end users are encouraged to either upgrade to Active Virus Defense (AVD) Enterprise edition or move to the managed Antivirus cover called Total Protection for Small Business.