Download Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise for Storage 1.0 rc

Mcafee released the first release candidate of Virusscan Enterprise for Storage 1.0 a few days ago. This is a further development of Virusscan for Netapp 7.1, where it will be equipped with the latest detection techniques from Virusscan Enterprise 8.7i and will also support other appliances in addition to Netapp by using icap for exchanging data. For more information and a brief explanation of how the data on the appliances is actually checked, we refer you to this manual in pdf format. To download this release candidate you do need an account in the Mcafee corporate beta program. The corresponding announcement looks like this:

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Storage 1.0 Release Candidate

McAfee is pleased to announce the Release Candidate version of VirusScan Enterprise for Storage 1.0. We encourage you to actively participate in this release and provide us your valuable feedback through beta forums. This will greatly help us in improving the product quality and release a robust product.

VirusScan Enterprise for Storage (VSE for Storage) 1.0 is a new Windows server-based product that provides anti-malware protection to Network Appliance (NetApp) network attached storage (NAS) appliances and Sun Storage Tek NAS appliances. VSE for Storage 1.0 provides on-demand scanning services to attached NAS appliances and helps protect the NAS system from malware threats. When a client system attempts to access a file on the NAS, the filer’s operating system ( eg Data ONTAP™ in case of NetApp NAS) determines if the file needs to be scanned. If the file needs to be scanned, the filer sends a request to the scan server and VSE for Storage scans the file and if necessary, takes action on the file.

VSE for Storage is a replacement for VirusScan for NetApp 7.1.

Key features of VSE for Storage 1.0 are:

• Architectural enhancements leveraging improvements in the VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) 8.7i base product
• Uses the latest 5300 anti-malware scanning engine
• Completely configurable, manageable and reportable either stand-alone or through ePO 3.6.1 and ePO 4.x
• Dedicated storage scanner with dedicated configuration console
• Dedicated reporting capability through ePO 4.0
• Support for NetApp DataOnTap 6.1 and above, including DataOnTap 7.x
• Support for ICAP with dedicated console for ICAP configuration: VSE for Storage 1.0 supports Sun NAS appliances
• Support for Quarantine Manager in VSE for Storage
• Supported platforms: Windows Server 2003 (32- and 64-bit), Microsoft Server 2008 (32- and 64-bit)