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Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino

The Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino software does the following to ensure your protection:

• Mail is scanned as it passes through the Lotus Domino environment.
• Documents in the user databases are scanned as set by Administrator.
• Infected and suspicious mail messages and documents are either deleted or quarantined.
• Users and administrators are notified about infected and suspicious items.
• Results are saved in a log.

Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino includes the following components:

• Monitor - that scans all incoming and outgoing mail.
• Scanner - that scans all documents in the nsf databases as set by Administrator.
• Updater - that updates antivirus databases automatically.
• Configuration database - that is used to manage the antivirus package.
• Quarantine store - that is used to keep infected and suspected objects.

Any authorized Administrator of Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino can configure the package and view the infected documents.

Real time scanning and cleaning of the Lotus Domino e-mail traffic doesnÒt slow down mail delivery. Infected objects are blocked regardless of their format and archive or compression type used.

Mail messages monitor checks:

• Body of the mail message.
• Attached files.
• Any attached OLE objects.

On-demand scanning ensures that databases are virus-free on setup. Fully configurable scheduled database scanning offers an additional layer of protection. Scanner checks NSF bases in the directories specified by Administrator.

The following components of the documents are scanned:

• Rich Text fields.
• Attached files.
• OLE objects.

• Encrypted files cannot be checked.
• Electronic signature may be damaged during the scanning process.
• Files created in OS2 and Macintosh cannot be checked.

• Windows 2000/XP/2003 operating system.
• Lotus Domino R6.0.1 for Windows or higher.
• CPU Pentium 133 or higher.
• 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended).
• At least 30 MB free hard disk space.

Features of Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino:

• The Avast, Clam AntiVirus, Quick Heal and VirusBuster scanners are used.
• Different antivirus scanners can be plugged in.
• Lotus Domino R6.0.1 and higher is supported (Notes/Domino server R6, R6.5, R7 or R8).
• Lotus Domino partitioned server is supported.
• High performance allows it to check up to 18 000 messages per hour.
• Infected messages can be cured instead of being deleted.
• E-mail messages with multiple recipients are scanned once before delivery. No additional per-recipient scans are performed.
• The mail messages monitor can process multiple mail boxes.
• Infected or suspicious files are isolated in the quarantine zone, preventing network infection.
• Optimized speed.

Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino supports plugging in different antivirus scanners and flexible antivirus configuration according to scan results. The addressor, addressee and system Administrator are notified about found viruses and the original copy of the received message is saved.

Automatic update of virus definitions directly from the Avast, ClamAV, Quick Heal and VirusBuster servers is supported. Thus, the product is kept up to date, ensuring an effective service.

During installation the Protea AntiVirus Tools configuration database is created in the Domino\Data\PAVT folder.

The Protea AntiVirus Tools, ClamAV version uses the Clam AntiVirus scanner. Before installing Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino, make sure that the Clam AntiVirus scanner is installed.

ClamAV - Installation Instructions

• Proceed to the http://www.sosdg.org/clamav-win32 (http://code.google.com/p/clamav-sosdg/) download page.
• Use the following link to download the 'ClamAV for Windows' software package.
• Install ClamAV to your server.
• When installing ClamAV for Windows, select Full type of install.
• After installing ClamAV, open the configuration file \clamav-devel\etc\clamd.conf and change it as follows:
  • change the value of LocalSocket to #LocalSocket;
  • the value of FixStaleSocket to #FixStaleSocket;
  • the value of #TCPSocket to TCPSocket 3310;
  • the value of TCPAddr to #TCPAddr 127.0.0.1;
  • the value of StreamMaxLength 5M to StreamMaxLength 25M;
  • the value of ArchiveMaxFileSize 5M to ArchiveMaxFileSize 25M.
• You can copy the changed clamd configuration file from the Protea AntiVirus Tools folder or download it from here.
• To launch Clamd, use clamd.bat - \clamav-devel\start-clamd.bat.
• To check whether clamd operates properly, use the following application: clamdscan.exe -\clamav-devel\bin\clamdscan.exe.
• If there are no errors, the installation was successful!

• Each time your windows server reboots, you should launch clamd - \clamav-devel\start-clamd.bat.
• To automatically start clamd at windows startup, you can use the runclamd NT service - \clamav-devel\thirdparty\runclamd\.
• To install runclamd, you should use the changed configuration file runclamd.ini, which you can copy from the Protea AntiVirus Tools folder or download it from here.
• Copy the changed runclamd.ini to the following folder: \clamav-devel\thirdparty\runclamd\.
• Install the runclamd service: \clamav-devel\thirdparty\runclamd\runclamd.exe –install.
• Run the runclamd service: \clamav-devel\thirdparty\runclamd\runclamd.exe –start.
• In 1-2 minutes, check if the clamd.exe process presents in the list of running tasks.
• Restart Windows server.
• If there were no errors, the installation was successful!

• You can find the 'ClamAV for Windows' installation guide at http://www.mxguard.com/postmaster/how_to_clamav.asp.
• In case of 'ERROR: Unable to create temporary directory', use How To Fix TMP Directory (TMPPDIR) Errors In ClamAV For Windows.

Installation of Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino

• Before beginning the installation of Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino it is necessary to have installed Lotus Domino server R6.0.1 or higher.
• Install Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino.
• Restart Lotus Domino.

If you have other antivirus programs installed, it is necessary to remove the Protea AntiVirus Tools for Lotus Domino temporary directory from their scanning targets. This directory is specified as the TempFolder value in the pavt.ini file.

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