SonicWall’s Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware & Intrusion Prevention Service provides robust protection against spyware, malware, and advanced application-layer threats. It blocks spyware at the gateway and halts background data transmissions from infected systems. Powerful intrusion prevention scans for worms, Trojans, backdoor exploits, software vulnerabilities, and peer-to-peer or instant messaging applications.
The integrated deep packet inspection engine uses parallel searching up to the application layer, enhancing web, email, and application-level security without impacting performance. Its per-packet scanning capability enables handling of unlimited file sizes and hundreds of thousands of concurrent downloads, ensuring ultimate scalability and network efficiency.
Administrators gain granular application control, monitoring and restricting unsafe applications while improving productivity and conserving bandwidth. Deployment is simplified with global policy creation, security zone management, and prioritized threat handling, making it ideal for distributed networks requiring high-performance, scalable protection.
