AntiSPAM Guard

The AntiSPAM Guard Defense System provides comprehensive spam-blocking for your organization. The algorithms and methods used are the most comprehensive and most advanced in the industry. The AntiSPAM Guard Defense System even includes Bayesian analysis which has been shown to be the most effective and most accurate method of blocking spam.

It provides a number of parameters that can be adjusted and tuned for your specific environment. These parameters do not have to be adjusted to obtain extremely effective spam blocking, but are available for advanced users.

The AntiSPAM Guard Defense System is a highly intelligent piece of hardware that handles all the processing and filtering.   One simple change to the (MX) records and your email is instantly flowing through this device.   Because Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus will no longer be processed on your server it will free resources, increase performance, and decrease threats on your server.  

Anti-Spam	Anti-Spyware (email attachments)
Anti-Virus	DoS Protection
Anti-Spoofing	Compatible with all Email Servers
Anti-Phishing

Key Benefits of AntiSPAM Guard Defense System

• Increased Security - Virus/Spam that never reach your server means it have a higher degree security.
• Lower Bandwidth Usage - Mail is processed and filtered before it reaches the server, reducing bandwidth usage.
• Central OPS Updates - Fully managed updates handled by FastServers.Net (daily).
• Ease of Use - Once your (MX) record is pointed to the device, everything else is processed and handled by the device without further configuration.
• Anti-Spam - The algorithms and methods used by the Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus service and the Barracuda Spam Firewall are the most comprehensive and most advanced in the industry at detecting and filtering spam resulting in the lowest rate of false positives.
• Anti-Virus - By utilizing dual layer virus blocking, decompression of archives and file type blocking, the anti-virus engine used by the Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus service and the Barracuda Spam Firewall provides complete virus protection.
• Anti-spoofing - This technology prevents the use of forged or "spoofed" sender addresses on unsolicited email. The anti-spoofing feature also allows larger organizations to specify a list of IP addresses that are allowed to have a "From" address that appears from inside the organization to support multiple sites and multiple email servers.
• Anti-phishing - The Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus service and the Barracuda Spam Firewall provides robust protection against phishing schemes which are often used to gather confidential information about an organization or its individual users.
• Anti-spyware (Attachments) - All attachments are scanned and any spyware executables are detected and eliminated immediately.
• Denial of Service Protection - Rate controls are utilized to stop denial of service attacks as well as dictionary based Spam attacks. These rate control systems are integrated and automatic in the Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus service and the Barracuda Spam Firewall
• Compatible with all Email Servers - The Anti-Spam & Anti-Virus service is independent of the type of mail server you are using. 
• Dual Layer Virus Blocking The Barracuda Spam Firewall uses two virus scanners to maximize protection. This provides two layers for extra safety.  
• Decompression of Archives The Barracuda Spam Firewall unpacks and examines every individual file within 17 different types of archives. It also uses techniques to examine password protected archives.  File type Attachment 
• Blocking The Barracuda Spam Firewall allows you to block certain types of files. Many of the commonly blocked file types, frequently contain viruses, such as VB script (.vbs files). These blocking methods have become industry standard in order to provide additional protection.