**Important notification for GFI MailSecurity 10 customers** The GFI MailSecurity optional AVG anti-virus engine makes use of specific files which need to be updated periodically. These files are included with the updates for the AVG Virus Scanning Engine. If the AVG engine is enabled and the AVG files are not updated before June 2011, GFI MailSecurity 10 will no longer load the AVG virus scanning engine. This will cause the scanning of all emails to be delivered to the GFI FailedMails folder and emails will not be delivered to end-users. There will be no data loss. Information on how to prevent this from happening is provided below. Who is affected? All GFI MailSecurity 10 customers, including customers who did not opt to purchase the AVG engine updates, can potentially be affected by this problem. GFI MailSecurity 2011 is not affected by th

Yes, Windows 2008 is supported, however you will need to add theGFI MailSecurity scanning engine executable (GFiScanM.exe) and the Kaspersky virus scanning engine executable (kavss.exe) to the Windows Data Execution Prevention (DEP) exception list. There are two ways to enter the GFI executables in the DEP exception list; Automatically or Manually. Automatically: When the GFI MailSecurity machine is restarted, pop up windows will inform the console operator that the above mentioned executables are possibly malicious executables and will ask the user if he wishes to add the executable to Exception list'. If the operator chooses to add the executable to the exception list, the DEP configuration will be opened directly and the executable will be already in the list. The user only needs to accept the configuration. Manually: Go to Start -> Control

Notes: This article only appliesto GFI MailSecurity version 2011 build 20101129 and later, since vendor differential updates were introduced at this stage. For MailSecurity version 10 build 20070619 and later, refer to following knowledge base article: KBID003252 For earlier builds of GFI MailSecurity 10 and GFI MailSecurity 9, refer to the following knowledge base article: KBID002423 If you are running GFI MailSecurity 8.1, please refer to the following Knowledge Base article: KBID001528 In order to perform a manual update of the definition files you need to follow the steps outlined below: Obtain a username and password from GFI support. Sto

You can install both products on Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 / 2008 / 2011. However in view of the fact that Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) may require a large amount of RAM when all the Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) components are installed,make sure there is theminimum required amountof RAM available for MailEssentials in such situations. To avoid loading your Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS)server you might want to install the GFI products on a separate Windows 2003 Server or higher to act as a Gateway. NOTE: Microsoft SBS 2011 is supported from GFI MailEssentials 2010 SR2 and later only.

GFI MailSecurity 2011 has now been released and offers the following new features and improvements: AVG LinkScanner:For those using the optional AVG antivirus engine with GFI MailSecurity, this new scanning technology analyzes hyperlinks in email bodies to determine whether they point to malicious content. Additionally, AVG LinkScanner can also be configured to scan the links' destination pages. Norman AV Sandbox: It is well-known that the best way to detect the most recent malware, for which definitions have yet to be released, is to run it in a sandbox. GFI MailSecurity 2011 now features Norman Sandbox, a technology which uses an emulated environment to analyze the behavior of suspicious files in cases where signature-based analysis falls short. Full scans of internal emails: GFI MailSecurity 2011 now performs full scanning for internal emails. For example, attachment-filter

GFI MailSecurity 2011 (build 20101129) has been released and is available for download. Changes in this release include: NEW: Introduced AVG LinkScanner: a new scanning technology that blocks emails containing links to malicious content. Additionally, AVG LinkScanner can also be configured to scan the links' destination pages for exploits. NEW: Introduced Norman Sandbox: a technology which makes use of an emulated environment to analyze suspicious files in cases where signature-based analysis falls short. NEW: Introduced a Dashboard that displays product information such as services status, scanning activity, real-time monitoring with filtering capability, and anti-virus update information. NEW: Introduced full scanning for internal emails. For example, attachment-filtering rules can now be applied to internal emails, in addition to inbo

GFI MailSecurity 2011 for Exchange/SMTP BETA 1 (build 20101028) has been released and is available for download. This BETA release gives our customers the opportunity to perform acceptance or in-house testing of GFI MailSecurity 2011 before the final production release.

As this build is currently a BETA, we discourage installations on mission-critical, live server environments. Changes in this release include: NEW: Introduced AVG LinkScanner: a new scanning technology that blocks emails containing links to malicious content. Additionally, AVG LinkScanner can also be configured to scan the links' destination pages for exploits. NEW: Introduced Norman Sandbox: a technology which makes use of an emulated environment to analyze suspicious files in cases where signature-based analysis falls short. NEW: Introduced a Dashboard that displays product informa

On September 7, 2010, an update to the Norman anti-virus engine was released which will cause older builds of GFI MailSecurity 10.x (build 20080614 and older) to fail to perform automatic updates to the Norman anti-virus engine. What versions of GFI MailSecurity are affected? GFI MailSecurity version 10 customers running the product builds released before April 2009 which are listed below are known to be affected by this issue. 20070619

20071129

20080324

20080404

20080614 Newer builds of GFI MailSecurity are not affected since GFI MailSecurity 10 build 20090409 and above includes a feature called Engine Recovery Procedure (ERP) which allows GFI MailSecurity to automatically recover from similar issues where an anti-virus engine enters a non-updatable state. How can I verify if I am affected? You can verify if your installation is affected as follows: Open the GF