Introduction to the WinGate AntiVirus

Welcome to the WinGate AntiVirus!

A plug-in available with WinGate 5.0 and beyond, the Visnetic AntiVirus plugin for WinGate comes complete with a range of configurable options that will help keep your network safe from viruses. It’s ‘set and forget’ software – simply configure the WinGate AntiVirus and let it take care of the rest. All you have to do is keep your virus definitions up-to-date.

The engine powering the WinGate AntiVirus comes from Kaspersky Labs, providers of superior data-security technologies and software.

Kaspersky’s market-leading product is the Kaspersky AntiVirus, a product well-known for its rapid ability to identify virus definitions as new virus threats are introduced.

The WinGate AntiVirus plugin is powered by the Kaspersky Anti-Virus 4.0 engine.

The main features of the WinGate AntiVirus engine are:

•	protection against viruses, worms, trojan horses, time bombs, drop dead devices or other malicious code.

•	advanced scanning techniques, that identify, quarantine or eradicate infected files on servers, workstations and personal computers.

•	full support for all operating systems, including Windows XP.

•	a quarantine feature for isolating infected and suspicious objects.

•	module-based design allowing for both savings in operating memory and increased stability (whereby possible errors in the anti-virus application operation do not affect system functioning as a whole).

•	rapid, daily updating of virus signatures as new viruses are introduced.

•	The ability to scan incoming / outgoing data streams from your WinGate server.


General Tab

Use this tab to select general settings in the WinGate AntiVirus.

Miscellaneous Options:

Action to Take- Your options are:

•	Quarantine data stream – this option will force WinGate send the infected file(s) to a quarantine folder on the server.

•	Discard data stream – this option will force WinGate to delete the data stream upon discovery of a virus – no quarantine.

Note: Due to the way WinGate AntiVirus scans the data stream when using FTP, the client may still receive up to 75% of each individual file in the stream. WinGate will then notify the user that the download was infected.

File Paths:

Virus database- This is the location of virus definitions on your machine.


Options Tab

Use this tab to select more advanced options for the WinGate AntiVirus. If in doubt, we suggest you keep the defaults.

NB: This tab will only be available if your version of the Deerfield / Kaspersky antivirus engine is up to date.

Scanning options:

Check packed files- This refers to compressed and self-extracting files, like .exes and .zip files.

Check archives- Check this box to include in the scan all files marked as ‘Archived’.

Check email databases- This refers to any file containing, or relating to, email.

Check plain email- This refers to .eml files

Limit exe, zip and packed files to- You may not wish to scan files over a certain size. Enter the upper limit here.

Limit broken exe, zip etc, files to- You may not wish to scan broken files over a certain size. Enter the upper limit here.

Advanced scanning options:

Scan for possible virus signatures or dangerous code- This generally refers to VB/Runtime scripts that could contain viruses or other damaging code.

Scan broken exe, zip, etc. files- Check this box to include broken files of any kind in your scan.

Note: If your version of the Deerfield / Kaspersky AntiVirus Engine is older than the WinGate AntiVirus plug-in, then the following screen will display –


File Scanning Tab

Use this tab for selecting particular drives, folders and files to scan on an ad hoc basis. This tab does not however, set overall configuration preferences - use the General and Options tabs for this.

Scan a Folder / Drive:

Scan- Select a particular folder or drive on your machine that you want to scan.

Scan sub-folders- Selecting this option will perform the scan on all folders inside the folder you have chosen in the ‘Scan’ field.

Scan a Specific File:

Scan- Select a particular file on your machine that you want to scan.

Options:

Action- Select what action you want to perform to the selected file(s). Your options are-

•	Clean the file / folder – if unsuccessful, you will be presented with the option of deleting.

•	Delete the file / folder – sends the infected files/folders to your Recycle Bin.

•	Leave the file – this option neither cleans nor deletes, it simply leaves the file/folder where it was. This is not recommended, as it is potentially dangerous if you forget that the file/folder is infected with a virus.


Users Tab

This screen allows you to change the users/ user groups for whom GateScanner is enabled or disabled.

Double-clicking on a user/ group in the ‘Available’ field, sends that user/ group to the ‘Enable plugin for’ field, thereby making this particular user/ group subject to the current configuration settings for the GateScanner plugin.

Similarly, double-clicking users/ user groups in the ‘Enable plugin for’ field sends the user/ user group to the ‘Available’ field, thereby deselecting the particular user/ group.

You may perform the same functions by simply highlighting the user(s)/ group(s) and clicking ‘Add’ or ‘Remove’ as required.


About Tab

This tab contains information about the Kaspersky Antivirus Engine and Database.

AntiVirus Engine:

Version- This is the version number of the Kaspersky engine you have installed.

Date- This denotes the date you installed this version of the Kaspersky engine.

License Expires- This expiry date refers to the license provided by the Kaspersky AntiVirus engine. This is distinct from the license you have for the WinGate AntiVirus plugin.

Send EICAR Test- Click this button if you want to actively test your AntiVirus program with the EICAR virus – please note that this virus contains no malicious code and cannot damage your system. It will however, test the effectiveness of your virus protection.

AntiVirus Database:

Known Patterns- This number denotes the number of viruses, or virus patterns, that the Kaspersky engine protects your system from.

Last Updated- This is the date that you last updated your virus definitions.

Update Database- This command fetches the last virus definition update issued, and downloads it to your machine.