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Why choose this product?

avast! Business Protection Plus gives you full control over your business computer network, with a new web-based centralized console that gives you everything you need for end points and servers: remote installation, centralized updating, real-time security alerts, scheduled automatic scanning, comprehensive reporting, and more.

Keep your guard up

Our silent firewall stops hackers, using heuristic and behavioral analysis and a white list of safe applications.

Save time and costs

Install and update remotely, to save both time and costs associated with traditional deployment at individual end points.

Scan each file as it opens

Our File System Shield provides real-time scanning of opened/executed files.

Keep your email inbox safe and clean

Our Mail Shield scans all incoming/outgoing email for malware (with a special plug-in for MS Outlook).

Certified & Award-Winning Business Protection

Our newly designed avast! File Server Security earned one of the highest scores to receive a VB100 Award in the latest Virus Bulletin test (October 2011).

Independent testing firm AV-Comparatives has multiple times awarded avast! its highest "Advanced +" rating.

avast! antivirus is regularly certified by leading authorities in the security software industry, such as ICSA labs.

Softpedia, filecluster, and CNET have all given avast! their full 5-star “Excellent” rating, and leading tech magazines CHIP.de and CommentCaMarche.net have also recently given top recognition to avast!

Money Back Guarantee

All orders come with unconditional, 30-day money-back guarantee.

To run avast! Business Protection Plus your computer network must meet the following criteria:

Workstation

Operating Systems Supported

  • Windows 7 - 32 bit or 64 bit
  • Windows Vista (any edition excl. Starter Edition) - 32 bit or 64 bit
  • Microsoft Windows XP (any Edition with the latest Service Pack 3, 32-bit only, except Home Edition)

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Pentium 3 Processor
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 380 MB of free hard disk space
    • Please note that avast! Business Protection Plus runs only on PC operating systems with Windows XP or later.
    • Older Windows operating systems (Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000) are not supported.

Other 3rd party prerequisites

  • Microsoft Silverlight 4

Server

Operating Systems Supported

  • Windows 2003 - 32 bit or 64 bit
  • Windows 2008/R2 Server (any editions, excl. Core), latest SP 32 bit or 64 bit
  • Windows SBS 2011

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Windows 2003
    • Pentium 3 Processor
    • 256 MB RAM
    • 200 MB of free hard disk space
  • Windows 2008/SBS 2011
    • Pentium 3 Processor
    • 512 MB RAM
    • 200 MB of free hard disk space

Note: Minimum Windows system requirements have to be met!

Other 3rd party prerequisites

  • Microsoft Silverlight 4

Administration Console

Operating Systems Supported

  • Windows XP SP3 or higher
  • Windows Vista (any Edition excl. Starter Edition), latest SP
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2003 Server (all editions), latest SP
  • Windows 2008/R2 Server (any editions, excl. Core), latest SP
  • Windows SBS 2011

Note: the latest SP and a fully updated OS is recommended!

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Pentium 3 Processor
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 900MB of free hard disk space
  • Internet Explorer 6 or higher or other Silverlight-enabled browser

Note: other 3rd party pre-requisites will be installed during the setup by the installer if they are not present. These are the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, SQL Server EE 2008R2, IIS

Other 3rd party prerequisites

  • Microsoft Silverlight 4
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

Networking Requirements

  • Valid SMTP server in reach of the management service
  • Availability to connect to the AVAST update servers
  • Windows workgroup or active directory network
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installed

Please also note that avast! will not run properly if you have other antivirus software on your network.

Core Protection

Antivirus and anti-spyware engine

Innovative scanning engine protects against viruses, spyware, and other malicious agents.

Silent Firewall

Stops hackers, using heuristic and behavioral analysis and a white list of safe applications.

Antispam

Comprehensive spam and phishing filter, which works as a plug-in to MS Outlook and a generic POP3/IMAP4 proxy for other email clients.

Real-time anti-rootkit protection

Prevents stealth malware (‘rootkits’) that, when loaded by the computer’s OS, are invisible to ordinary scanners.

avast! Community IQ

Provides the best, most up-to-date signature-based detection, because the global avast! user community provides samples of new viruses.

avast! WebRep

Provides website reliability and/or reputation ratings according to community-provided feedback.

Behavior Shield

Stops ‘zero-day’ threats and unknown malware before virus definitions have been obtained.

Web Shield

Detects streaming web content better, via high-performance tuning.

avast! SafeZone

Opens a new (clean) desktop so that other applications don’t see what’s happening – perfect for banking, secure ordering/shopping – and leaves no traces once it’s closed.

AutoSandbox

Prompts users to run suspicious applications in the virtual Sandbox environment.

avast! Sandbox

Provides an extra layer of security for you to run your PC workstation and its applications in a virtual environment – where any attacks are thus targeted (instead of your real PC).

OS supported:

  • Windows XP SP2+ 32-bit
  • Windows Server 2003, Vista, 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
    only RTM versions are supported (Windows 7 SP1 RC is currently also supported)
  • Windows SBS 2011

OS not supported:

  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP 64-bit (with any SP installed)
  • Windows Server 2003 64-bit

Server

Antispam

Antispam for Microsoft Exchange servers 2007/2010 with latest SP.

Integrated protection for both email and file servers

Includes high-performance scanning, superior scalability, and support for clustering (even in active-active mode), and integrates perfectly with Exchange via Microsoft's own Virus Scanning APIs.

SharePoint Server plugin

Tightly integrates with SharePoint 2003/2007/2010 Servers via Microsoft's own AV interfaces.

Microsoft Exchange server

MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010 email server is fully supported.

Low resource usage

Stays light on system resources, to reserve server resources for your business needs.

Management Console

Web-based console

Comfortable dashboard lists all current problems, recommended solutions, and other actions. Accessible from everywhere via web browser, so additional applications are not needed to manage your network.

Remote installation and updates

Saves both time and costs associated with traditional deployment at individual end points. Full network administration is unnecessary for operation.

Auto-discovery of new/unprotected (or ‘rogue’) PCs

Notifies you when potentially unprotected/harmful PCs connect to your company network.

Ability to schedule/run scanning jobs

Schedule scanning at night or on weekends (whenever PCs are not needed).

Comprehensive reporting

Set your own parameters for what information gets reported and how often.

Real-time alerts

In case of infection or other undesirable activities, the central console receives immediate real-time alerts.

Others

64-bit support

Supports the 64-bit architecture platforms of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Boot-time scanner

Scans your computer for infections before the OS can start to activate any viruses beneath it (now applies also to 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista).

Intelligent Scanner

Reduces the number of required file scans up to 80% through a white list of safe applications. Files identified as safe are not rescanned unless they change.

Compare with avast! Business Protection

avast! Business Protection Plus is maximum protection for all points in your network, including high-risk external computers (laptops, for example). Check the following comparison table to see how it provides maximum security for your business.

Feature comparison

Business Protection

Antivirus with central control

Business Protection Plus

Maximum capability for all points
Client protection Yes Yes
Server protection Yes Yes
Central management Yes Yes
File servers protection Yes Yes
Email servers protection Yes
Firewall (workstation only) Yes
Antispam (now also for servers) Yes

We always take care about our existing customers. If you already use avast! Business Protection Plus, the following information can help you with your inquiries:

How our avast! Business Protection licensing model works

avast! Business Protection is licensed on a per-node basis, which means that if you buy a license for 20 devices, you can use it on any combination of 20 devices – whether they are servers or endpoint PCs.

Example

If you buy a 20-device license, it can be used on:

  • 20 endpoint PCs and 0 servers
  • 19 endpoint PCs and 1 server
  • 10 endpoint PCs and 10 servers
  • ...etc.

Server license

The server license covers connections limited to the number of devices you bought. That is, if you install server product on 20 servers, it will still have only 20 connections in total. For unlimited connections, we offer avast! File Server Security – recent recipient of Virus Bulletin’s VB100 Award.

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VB100 comparative review of file server solutions

In the four major performance categories tested by Virus Bulletin, avast! achieved exceptional results: fast, ultra-light, accurate, and efficient. Protect your servers with avast! File Server Security and focus on your business growth.

Virus Bulletin Comparative
Test Server solutions (Oct 2011)
On-Access
Detection
On-Demand
Detection
Clean Set
Suspicious
Certified OD-Throughput
(MB/s)
OA-Throughput
(s/GB)
Resources
Increase
G Data 100.00% 100.00% 0 PASS 20 90 10%
Avira 99.80% 99.70% 0 PASS 18 56 7%
BitDefender 99.70% 99.80% 103 PASS 17 77 25%
BullGuard 99.70% 99.80% 0 PASS 28 51 66%
avast! File Server Security 99.60% 99.60% 0 PASS 22 32 1%
eScan 99.50% 99.80% 0 PASS 22 53 8%
ESTsoft 99.30% 99.40% 34 PASS 12 13 21%
AVG 99.00% 99.30% 3 PASS 12 18 3%
F-Secure 99.00% 99.10% 0 PASS 19 239 2%
Fortinet 98.70% 98.70% 0 PASS 18 64 17%
GFI VIPRE 98.40% 99.70% 0 PASS 7 365 3%
ESET 98.10% 98.70% 22 PASS 17 47 12%
Kaspersky 97.80% 98.50% 0 PASS 10 35 3%
Microsoft 97.30% 97.70% 2 PASS 19 51 3%
Lumension 96.60% 96.70% 4 PASS 2 333 18%
Norman 96.50% 96.60% 2 PASS 7 278 11%
Defenx 97.00% 96.50% 0 PASS 13 63 63%
Emsisoft 99.80% 99.50% 0 FAIL 6 46 21%
Rising 99.70% 99.70% 0 FAIL 10 10 31%
Hauri ViRobot 85.30% 97.40% 2 FAIL 30 42 3%
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