Features & Benefits
SonicWALL Anti-Sam Desktop installs on a Windows-based desktop or laptop in minutes to immediately begin protecting Outlook or Outlook Express Inboxes from spam and phishing email. There are no rules to create and no lists to populate. With continued use, SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop learns about unwanted email types, to continuously improve Inbox protection.
REAL-TIME PROTECTION
To stay up-to-date on evolving spam, phishing and malware attacks, all SonicWALL Email Security solutions interact in real-time with the SonicWALL GRID Network. With unparalleled accuracy, the SonicWALL GRID Network collaboratively gathers, analyzes and vets cross-vector threat information from a highly-distributed network of millions of business-oriented sources around the world – including hundreds of millions of emails each day. Threat protection information is then distributed securely, anonymously and in real time to improve the overall effectiveness of all SonicWALL security solutions. For each email, the GRID Network determines the reputation of the sender, content, links, images attachments and more. The GRID Network’s collaborative filtering process enables SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop to deliver highly accurate, fully self-correcting and up-to-date protection.
POWERFUL BAYESIAN FILTERING
SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop stops spam with its unique Adversarial Bayesian Filtering Engine. Bayesian filtering examines the content of an email message to determine if it is spam. Unlike many spam filters, SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop also considers hundreds of other email attributes, detecting even the most subtle spammer tricks.
UNIQUE ANTI-PHISHING PROTECTION
SonicWALL Anti-Sam Desktop has the industry’s only Bayesian Phishing Engine. This allows SonicWALL to detect phishing email with unsurpassed accuracy. SonicWALL places these dangerous emails in a designated Phishing folder, making it clear that those emails are potentially dangerous. This dramatically reduces the risk of having financial, personal or proprietary information lost through an email-based phishing attack.
EASY-TO-MANAGE ALLOWED AND BLOCKED LISTS
Allowed and Blocked lists allow each user to personalize SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop to meet their specific spam blocking needs. SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop automatically creates and updates a People (email address) Allowed and Blocked List. Each user can also update these lists as they see fit. In addition, SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop allows each user to create and maintain a Company (domain name) Allowed and Block list and a Mailing List Allowed List.
FLEXIBLE CONTROLS
Once installed, SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop begins blocking spam and phishing email immediately. Users have the power to change the aggressiveness of the spam detection settings based on the content of the message. For example, a user can be more aggressive in blocking email with obscene language, but less aggressive in blocking email containing advertisements. Users can even choose to block or allow messages based on language. This flexibility lets users fine-tune SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop.
CHALLLENGE-RESPONSE READY
SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop can challenge none, some or all of the email messages received from unknown senders. Challenges can be text or a visual image, and users can customize the “challenge” message.
CONNECTIVITY TO ALL SONICWALL EMAIL SECURITY SOLUTIONS
When SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop is running on a desktop or laptop, it will determine if there is an upstream active copy of a SonicWALL Email Security appliance or software solution. If so, SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop will attempt to “push” its People Allowed and Block Lists to the SonicWALL Email Security solution, assuming that appropriate login credentials can be provided and the user is allowed to update these lists on the SonicWALL Email Security system. Once set up, this connectivity allows the user to use the “Junk” and “Unjunk” buttons in SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop and have the Allowed and Blocked List automatically updated on the SonicWALL Email Security solution.
MANY OTHER FEATURES
- Multiple Inbox Support – The Outlook version of Anti-Spam Desktop can scan one or more different Inboxes.
- Scan Folder Option – Users can re-scan their Inbox or any other folder by simply selecting that folder and using the Scan Selected Folder option
- Automatic Re-scanning – The SonicWALL GRID Network is always discovering new spam, phishing attacks and malware. This option removes any newly discovered spam from the Inbox.
- Wireless Device Support – Email received by a desktop or laptop and forwarded to a wireless device can have spam and phishing removed before it is sent out.
Signing Up for the Anti-Spam Desktop 5.0 Beta
Please complete the registration form below to sign up for the Anti-Spam Desktop 5.0 Beta. After your successful registration you will receive an e-mail containing:
- A link to download the SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop (ASD) Beta software, and
- A registration key to activate the software
We will use the e-mail address provided below to contact you via e-mail about the ASD product. If you do not wish to be contacted you should NOT sign up for the Beta.
