Symantec guards groupware environments with Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino

New R5-compatible version features enhanced integration, performance and scanning, more comprehensive reporting

SYDNEY --NSW - May 18, 1999 -- Symantec, the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing, has announced the release of Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino. This version of Norton AntiVirus for Lotus Notes/Domino includes several new features designed to give Domino databases the most comprehensive, reliable, automatic anti-virus protection in a multi-server environment.

Symantec Corporation helps make computer users productive and keep their systems safe and reliable anywhere, anytime. The company is focused on addressing customer needs in three main application areas: the Norton product line of anti-virus and PC-assistance products; the pcAnywhere, WinFax and ACT! product lines that cater to remote user productivity; and the Cafe product lines in Internet development tools.

Fast Facts
Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino offers:

• Real time scanning, detection and repair of viruses found in Lotus Notes/Domino environments;
• Ease-of-use and easy configuration because operations, such as alerting, event logging and database scanning, are done in a native Notes format;
• LiveUpdate which automatically downloads and installs the latest virus definitions onto the user's system;
• Bloodhound technology to detect and repair viruses before they reach the desktop or network;
• Macro Virus Protection which virtually eliminates the macro virus threat in a corporate environment.

"Many companies use Lotus Notes as the central communications system for delivering information and services to thousands of employees and clients. Symantec recognises that groupware products also provide a powerful collaborative environment in which viruses can flourish and spread rapidly. With the release of Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino, corporations can protect their extensive groupware networks from the destructive effects of computer virus infections," said Leigh Costin, regional product manager, Security and Assistance Business Unit, Symantec Asia Pacific.

Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino works in real time to scan, detect and repair viruses found in Lotus Notes/Domino environments without inhibiting or degrading server performance or stability. Enhanced to support the Lotus/Domino R5 multi-server environment, version 2.0 includes a new feature called Scan Window, which allows an administrator to schedule a scan for a particular period of time. Scan Window has the intelligence to know where to start scanning based on where the last scan ended. As a result, enterprises with many databases are able to rotate through all their servers, optimising scan time and providing maximum server protection.

Easy, flexible administration
For ease of configuration, Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino provides replication-friendly databases for local and remote configuration. Virus definitions are automatically retrieved and may be centrally managed and rapidly deployed through Notes or Symantec's specially developed management software.

Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino features high-performance, flexible scanning. Incremental scanning ensures that redundant scanning is eliminated and that scan speeds are optimised. Maximum administrative control and flexibility allow the administrator to set scan configurations from remote computers, to choose real-time, on-demand, or scheduled scanning and to have infected files repaired, quarantined or deleted.

Version 2.0 of Norton AntiVirus for Lotus Notes/Domino is easy to use and configure because all operations, such as alerting, event logging, database scanning and configuration, are done in a native Notes format. Norton AntiVirus for Lotus Notes is based on the Notes interface, so there is no new interface to learn, thereby reducing training and ownership costs. Integration with Notes Statistics and Event Reporting allows for administrative ease.

Version 2.0 also provides a comprehensive set of reports, allowing administrators to view, print and export valuable report information in numerous formats. Version 2.0 also includes fully customisable alerts, thereby keeping administrators informed of the virus activity within their organisation (the sender and recipient of the note can also be notified).

Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino also features LiveUpdate, which looks for virus definition updates at system boot from a central location on the server and automatically downloads and installs the latest definitions onto the user's system. Version 2.0 also includes a modular engine called NAVEX that allows Symantec to ship fundamental changes and updates to the virus scanning engine technology with every virus definition update. LiveUpdate delivers this engine, but NAVEX is what keeps these changes small enough to download over the Internet. With LiveUpdate and NAVEX, users are assured that they are always protected against the latest virus threats.

Comprehensive, automatic protection
Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino includes: Symantec's unique Bloodhound technology to detect and repair both known and unknown viruses at the collaboration server before they reach the desktop or network; AutoProtect, which provides continuous, unobtrusive background protection; and Marco Virus Protection (MVP), which virtually eliminates the macro threat on a corporate environment. For further information on these features please visit the Symantec web site.

Pricing and availability
Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino is available now and is priced at $1,535 for one server and 25 users. Site licenses are available.

System requirements
Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino requires an Intel CPU, Windows NT Server 3.51 or 4.0 and Lotus Notes Server Version 4.5, 4.6, or higher.

About Symantec
Symantec Corporation helps make computer users productive and keep their systems safe and reliable anywhere, anytime. The company is focused on addressing customer needs in three main application areas: the Norton product line of anti-virus and PC-assistance products; the pcAnywhere, WinFax and ACT! product lines that cater to remote user productivity; and the Cafe product lines in Internet development tools.

Founded in 1982, Symantec maintains corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California with regional offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Hong Kong, Beijing, Taiwan, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore and Malaysia. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SYMC, Symantec is ranked in the top ten international software vendors and employs more than 2,300 people worldwide. Information on the company and its products can be obtained at the Symantec Asia-Pacific Press Centre.

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