AVIRA Antivirus for Sendmail-Milter (Linux) is a plug-in for Sendmail, which acts as a SMTP antivirus filter for the entire mail traffic.

It uses the milter technology from Sendmail to optimally process the mail traffic.

AVIRA for Sendmail-Milter offers:- Solid antivirus technologies: multi-platform, VB100% certified scan engine;- Extensive Malware Recognition: aside from viruses, Trojans, backdoor programs, worms, etc., AVIRA detects Adware & Spyware, double extension files and unusual runtime compression tools;- Easy installation and use, providing an excellent integration with Sendmail;- Comprehensive range of actions to perform on infected and suspicious items: isolate, block emails containing suspicious archives, block suspicious MIME emails;- Blocking e-mails based on the attached files' extensions (including either plain files or packed in archives);- E-mails scanning based on their sender and/or recipient addresses;- Virus advanced detection by superior heuristics, based on specific behavior patterns;- Increased scanning speed and scalability due to milter plug-in technology;- Automatic internet update module, that checks for updates and installs them immediately when any become available;- Built-in archive scanning support, allowing you to freely select the recursion level;- Professional services: the AVIRA license entitles you to an entire year of free virus definitions updates and product upgrades, access to documentation, as well as standard technical support, offered by a team of skilled professionals.This application checks all incoming and outgoing emails and, depending on the result of the scanning process, the emails are blocked or normally delivered.

Email notifications can be issued for the message sender, the recipient and the administrator.

The plug-in architecture of AVIRA for Sendmail-Milter offers antivirus top scanning speeds and better scalability comparing to the usual mail gateway configurations.