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Over the years, contemporary virus threats have transformed into content security threats.
These threats comprise email and web-based virus downloads, Microsoft Word macro bombs, offensive email and web content, misuse of email resources, junk mail and spam infections, harmful Java or ActiveX applets, intrusion by anonymous Internet users and trespassing by unauthorized bodies into a company's internal network.
These threats not only damage files and computers, but also impose productivity losses, wasting time and financial resources.
However, the systems employed to detect these threats are still handicapped by several deficiencies.
The cure implemented by other products only scans data after it is saved to the hard disk, by which time the damage may already be done (see picture on the right).
MicroWorld introduced MicroWorld WinSock Layer (MWL), a revolutionary concept in scanning Internet traffic in real time, a concept set to change the manner in which content security threats are tackled.
MWL is revolutionary because, unlike the other products and technologies, it tackles a threat before it reaches your applications. In contrast, other products deal with the threat after your applications have already processed it.
To be technical for a moment, MWL is placed above the WinSock layer and acts as a Transparent Gatekeeper on the WinSock layer of the operating system (see pictures below).
All data packets coming through different TCP/IP ports are assembled. It then decodes email and web traffic, FTP and ICQ traffic along with all the attachments and passes them through numerous filters such as virus filters, content filters, attachment filters, etc. These filters check the validity of the file's content and issue dynamic notifications.
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MWL technology oversees all data flowing to and from the Internet. This means that MWL can process the data without interfering with your applications.
Dynamic compression and decompression facilitates the flow of data between the Internet and your system, maximising effective bandwidth usage in the process.
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