Easy to Use

With no software to install and no modifications required to existing email systems, installation of the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall is quick and easy. Once installed, the system administrator uses the intuitive web interface for monitoring and maintenance. With Barracuda Networks Energize Updates, the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall is continuously updated with the latest spam and virus definitions every hour keeping maintenance to the unit at a minimum and eliminating administrative overhead. Updates are provided by Barracuda Central, an advanced 24/7 security operations center that works to continuously monitor and block the latest Internet threats.

Don't Open Junk Mail

Junk mail, or spam, is email that tries to sell you fake products or pornography, offers you ways to make lots of money, or promises to get you out of debt. The point is to make you want to click on the links inside it, which can put viruses on your computer, sell you bad products, or take your money. Email messages that do not show your email address in the “to” or “cc” lines are often spam.

Protect yourself from spam:

Do's:

• Do delete spam without opening it.
• Do set the spam blocker in your email program to medium or high. (Be sure to check your junk mail folder in case it accidentally catches mail from someone you know.)
• Use Anti-Virus Software.
• Do keep security patches up-to-date.
• Install a Firewall.
• Do reject all email and instant messages from people who you don’t know.

Don’ts:

• Don't open spam.
• Don't click on links in spam. These links can lead you to a Web site that might put a virus on your computer.
• Don't reply to spam as this gives the sender your address.
• Don't open any email attachments from anyone you do not know. These emails and attachments may contain viruses or spyware.

Report Spam

The danger in reporting spam is that you might open it and accidentally click on the links inside. Many services recommend you simply delete it. However, you can forward spam to your Internet Service Provider or the Federal Trade Commission. But do not open the spam and send it back to spammer, since that gives away your email address.

Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall

The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall is an integrated hardware and software solution for complete protection of your email server. It provides a powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solution to eliminating spam and viruses from your organization by providing the following protection:

Anti-spam Anti-virus Anti-spoofing Anti-phishing Anti-spyware (Attachments) Denial of Service

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Powerful, Complete Solution

The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall is compatible with all email servers and can fit into nearly any corporate or small business environment. It is used by small organizations with as few as 10 employees and large organizations with as many as 200,000 employees. A single Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall handles up to 100,000 active email users. Multiple units can be clustered together for even greater capacity and high availability.

The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall protects your email server with twelve defense layers:

• Network Denial of Service Protection
• Rate Control
• IP Reputation Analysis
• Sender Authentication
• Recipient Verification
• Virus Scanning
• Policy (User-specified rules)
• Spam Fingerprint Check
• Intent Analysis
• Image Analysis
• Bayesian Analysis
• Rule-based Scoring

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The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall architecture optimizes the processing of each email to maximize performance and process millions of messages per day. Unlike software solutions, the Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall reduces the load placed on the email server by offloading both spam and virus filtering.

In addition, all Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall models include essential outbound filtering techniques including attachment scanning, virus filtering, rate controls and encryption. These features help organizations to ensure that all outgoing email is legitimate and virus-free.

Keep Your Computer Safe

Many Internet users don’t know that they need to securetheir computers. But your home computer is a popular target for online intruders who may try to infect your computer with a virus, stalk your children or even steal your identity.

Here are some simple ways you can keep your computer safe:

• Use Anti-Virus Software

• Don't Open Junk Mail

• Install a Firewall

• Create a Strong Password

• Only Download from Trusted Sources

ThreatFire™ AntiVirus protects when others can't

PCs are under constant attack from viruses, spyware and identity theft. Every day you hear about a new threat to your PC. They're coming faster than ever before, they're getting harder to stop and traditional antivirus products are not able to keep up.

Will your antivirus software catch the latest malware that just came out today? In most cases, no, because it simply does not know how to detect it yet. But ThreatFire's ActiveDefense technology does, and has proven to provide up to 243% more protection when combined with traditional AntiVirus products. See the table below.

Traditional Security Product Solo vs. Traditional Product with ThreatFire

Base Protection

243% More Protection with ThreatFire

138%

126%

15%

Instances of Malware Detected

without ThreatFire

with ThreatFire

*Results produced by testing over 1300 malware threats collected from the ThreatFire Security Community and secured from other 3rd party sources. Competitor products tested were Trend Micro Internet Security 2007, Webroot Spy Sweeper with Antivirus v. 5, CA Internet Security 2007, and McAfee Internet Security 2007, all with the latest available updates as of the date of test.

Worldwide Detection—Recent Prevalent Threats

ThreatFire protects and defends you against the currently active threats listed below, as well as many, many more. The threats listed are being actively detected by ThreatFire throughout the global community of ThreatFire users. Click on a threat to view its recent geographic distribution within the ThreatFire community. Click the “Learn more about this threat” link to view detailed reports on the threat from our automated threat analysis system, ThreatExpert.

Malware Adware Trojan-Downloader.Agent!sd6 Net-Worm.Kido!sd6 Trojan.Conficker.c.gen Trojan-Downloader.Small!sd6 Win32.Sality.AM.Gen Trojan.KillAV!sd6 Trojan-PWS.OnlineGames.YF Hacktool.Spammer!sd6 Trojan-Spy.Gampass!sd6 Trojan-PWS.OnlineGames.AHRG

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