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What is Ninja Email Security?
Save 50% in both time and budget over your current product with multiple-award winner Ninja Email Security. Redmond Magazine 2008 Editors' Choice: "Low-Maintenance Magic".
Need Exchange email security against the never ending waves of spam, malware, viruses, spyware, phishing and zero-day attacks? There are thousands of Exchange servers that run Ninja! It received Redmond Magazine 2008 Editors' Choice
in the 'Low-Maintenance Magic' category with: "Sunbelt's Ninja stealthily keeps your email clean and healthy."
- Ninja takes HALF THE ADMIN TIME compared to other email security software, and has a lower cost per user
- New V2.1 now includes Disclaimers! (at the end of the page you'll find all the V2.1 features)
- Antispam, antivirus, anti-phishing, antispyware, malware protection and more plug-ins coming.
- A new, third-generation future-proof plug-in architecture
- First flexible policy-based SMART attachment filtering
Is Your Antispam Solution Not Getting Image and PDF Spam? Ninja Does!
With the Sunbelt Dedicated Image-Spam Engine: One of the industry's only dedicated image-spam engines, this new functionality uses proprietary technology to add an extra layer of detection of spam images embedded inside of emails. Ninja Gets Image Spam.
Tired of using separate security products on your Exchange server?
Using separate products for antispam, antiphishing, antivirus, attachment filtering, malware protection and disclaimers? Maybe it's time to switch to an easy to manage, 'all-in-one' integrated and 100% policy-based email security product. Ninja Email Security Software helps you to fight spam, viruses, trojans, phishing, spyware, malware and other messaging security threats like 'zero-day attacks', and at the same time increase Exchange reliability. Sunbelt also recently introduced the new Sunbelt Exchange Archiver which works seamlessly with Ninja.
Ninja Email Security is a third generation, policy-based messaging security framework that provides you as a system admin with an easy to use weapon to enforce email security polices with an iron fist. Ninja protects your network against spam, phishing, viruses and other messaging security threats, and provides you with unparalleled flexibility and reliability at the same time. Redmond Magazine recently tested it, and explains the benefits of having an all-in-one solution with best-of-breed benefits. Read the very positive review here!
"With Ninja I can block inbound zips from the outside only, or if I want, inbound exes from the outside only... by policy! No other email security product allowed me to do that. And Ninja is already VERY helpful in quarantining the attachments that have always gotten past us before" - G.K.,
System Administrator
Very Low Overhead - Improved Reliability
Ninja's new advanced framework integrates smoothly and perfectly with Exchange and will not drain resources. You can run this on practically any Exchange server and you will not feel the pain. The code is highly optimized for low CPU and disk access resources. Sunbelt is a Gold Certified Microsoft Developer and the Ninja code was developed with consulting from Microsoft. Having just one product that 'does it all' on your exchange server improves reliability.
Takes HALF the time to administer & lower cost per user
To understand organizations' perceptions about various email management systems, Sunbelt Software engaged Osterman Research to survey organizations that are using five different email management systems. The resulting white paper presents the findings of that survey, comparing Sunbelt Software's Ninja Email Security Software with an average of the other four systems. Read this white paper to see how the research has demonstrated that Ninja is rated very highly by users relative to other email management products with which it competes and can be managed at a lower cost per user than other email management systems.
Provides a layered security approach
Ninja gives you several security layers for message inspection, cleansing and management.
By using multiple scanning engines for both spam and viruses, while integrating other messaging security rules, all treatment of messages occurs at the server, not at your end-user's workstation – no client software needed, and all modules play nice together. Ninja is the powerful combination
of 'best-of-breed' and 'all-in-one'!
Server-based disclaimer functionality
Ninja's new disclaimer plug-in delivers functionality to include global and user-based disclaimers for all outbound email for Exchange 2000 and 2003. Administrators have the ability to configure policy-based disclaimers based on specific users, groups, domains, or public folders. User-based disclaimers enable users to adjust their disclaimer statements according to a specific user or department. Ninja also prevents multiple disclaimers when replying or forwarding and gives administrators the ability to allow users to bypass the disclaimer on a per email basis.
Additionally, disclaimer templates are included to allow easy set up of disclaimers using HTML or plain text. Template samples include legal disclaimers, virus warning disclaimers, copyright disclaimers, and more. New reports are also available that provide detailed information on the use of disclaimers within the organization.
Unique and Powerful SMART™ Attachment Filtering
Unlike legacy security products that filter at the gateway, Ninja's Suspicious Mail Attachment Removal Technology™ (SMART) is the first policy-based attachment filter that filters all attachments based on email direction– inbound, outbound or within the organization. Additionally, it actually looks inside many types of files to determine their true identity, as opposed to just relying on file extensions.
This means that simply renaming a ".exe" file to a ".txt" will not fool the Ninja attachment filter and functions as an important zero-day attack protection. It is policy-based so Admins can create different settings for users and groups of users so you have a 100% detection and removal of possible malicious attachments while at the same time allowing policy level exceptions for outbound and internal traffic. The Antivirus and Attachment Filtering plug-ins together are highly effective, with extremely low overhead.
Policy-based plug-in management
Ninja's plugin architecture was designed with flexibility and extendability in mind. That way you get a robust messaging framework that enables you to manage your entire messaging security. You can create customizable policies utilizing Ninja's integrated plug-in management.
Ninja will initially support plug-ins for anti-spam/antiphishing, anti-virus, and attachment
filtering. The messaging security framework is built to accommodate the integration of additional plug-ins in the future which will include content filtering, content auditing, and more. The current protection engines are:
- Antispam Software: Multi-engine support, provided by Cloudmark and Sunbelt (integrated antiphishing)
- Antivirus Software: Multi-engine support, provided by Authentium and BitDefender
- Attachment Filtering: Sunbelt proprietary filtering engine with an
advanced method (directional and source level control) of filtering
attachments at a granular level
With extensive policy creation capabilities, you can create custom policies for groups of users or a single user using Active Directory. You can set parameters based on user and/or organizational requirements. If you wish, you can simply associate all users with Ninja's default plug-in polices
and have a powerful messaging protection solution in place in just a few minutes. Or, you can create separate policy templates for different groups or individuals. And, you don't have to set up and maintain lists of blocked IP addresses and constantly create all sorts of custom rules. You have the flexibility to fine tune the aggressiveness of detection for all messaging plug-ins.
Fast deployment in Exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007 environments
Ninja's management console enables you to install, configure and manage your full messaging security from one central location. Designed as an MMC snap-in, deployment is simple with a minimum of configuration effort needed. Ninja seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Exchange and provides spam, phishing, virus, file attachment and malware protection. Additionally, Ninja makes it easy to
create policies across multiple messaging plug-ins with its MMC interface.
Multiple scanning engines for higher detection and protection.
Ninja is designed to meet both the antispam/anti-phishing and virus protection needs of your organization. With multiple spam and virus scanning engines, you automatically receive higher detection rates and a more accurate response to the messaging threats that attempt to enter your network. As an integrated email content checking, antivirus solution and antispam software, Ninja not only scans and
eliminates viruses and other dangerous message content, but also filters attachments at the Exchange server, before they reach your users.
Sorts automatically to user's quarantine folder
For its antispam plug-in, Ninja utilizes multiple detection capabilities including RBL technology, Cloudmark's spam engine, and the award-winning Sunbelt spam engine. This plug-in delivers superior spam detection using heuristic functionality with signature lookup capabilities.
Ninja can be configured to delete, quarantine, add Subject line identification, or send to a custom quarantine folder in the end user's Exchange mailbox.
Custom rules capabilities gives you the ability to control spam and any other kind of email. You can supplement the spam detection engine with a variety of rules created on a number of email message properties (such as body, sender IP, header, or subject).
With the ability to strip HTML content prior to scanning, as well as an option to add cumulative points for words or phrases that appear multiple times in a single message, you can control how email is scored based on your custom rule selections.
Supports Sender Policy Framework and 'Auto-whitelisting'
With the increasing number of phishing attacks, identifying legitimate email addresses from spoofed addresses is important. Using the SPF, users are able to test whether a specific email originated from its claimed domain. Ninja allows users to participate in SPF, helping reduce the risk of phishing and fraudulent email. Auto-whitelist functionality automatically adds outgoing mail recipients. This greatly reduces false positives. Unlike other products that have just
a single block and allow list for the server, Ninja has individual block and allow list for each user.
Aggressive virus detection and elimination.
Ninja uses multiple industrial strength antivirus engines to scan inbound and outbound email. With two antivirus plug-ins included, you dramatically reduce your chances of infection. You can set scanning parameters at the policy level including per-policy scanning that allows you to disinfect and/or quarantine pieces of an email, essentially breaking apart the email message and only quarantining infected files instead of stripping all attachments. You can also allow for quarantine
and unquarantine actions at the policy level and set per-policy notifications to other key contacts within your organization. Additionally, both sender and receiver notifications can be set for
any viral activity detected.
With this layered approach, Ninja not only quarantines and cleans viruses but also blocks potentially hazardous file attachments and looks for common virus signatures during the scanning process including inspection within compressed files such as RAR and ZIP files within emails. Ninja automatically checks for updates to the virus definition files ensuring the best possible virus protection.
Email content inspection and attachment filtering.
Using Ninja's powerful policy-based attachment cleansing capabilities, you can configure inspection and filtering on a per-policy basis. Ninja's intelligent Suspicious Mail Attachment Removal Technology™ (SMART) filter scans the header of a file to verify that an attachment is what it says it is and has not just been renamed. No more renaming .exe files to get around the filters.
You can set rules based on users and file types that enable you to quarantine potentially harmful content or attachments by files extension including .doc, .exe, .dll, .pdf, visual basic scripts and more. No other messaging solution in the industry utilizes the advanced 'Ninja Logic' directional and source level control policies to manage your attachment filtering!
Configurable reporting options for all plug-ins.
Ninja delivers system reporting for all plug-ins with a set of pre-defined reports with the ability to generate custom reports based on individual needs. The database-driven reporting engine
can generate reports with information at the system, group, and/or user level. You can choose reporting options to show the number of inbound mail messages scanned, number of spam deleted
or marked, number of viruses intercepted, number of filters triggered, percentage of viruses by name, and more.
World-class Technical Support
Email has become a mission-critical application, and Exchange is now a mature and reliable platform. You cannot afford downtime. Ninja was carefully and from "the ground up" designed as a highly reliable application, which does not get in the way of delivering email even if Ninja
itself stops functioning. Sunbelt is very close to its customers, and we guarantee world-class tech support for Ninja, with 24/7 options if you require. We also host a Ninja Users Forum where you can discuss Ninja's features, specs and any questions you may have with other Ninja users and Sunbelt's Tech Support Team.
Ninja Email Security Hardware and OS Requirements
Ninja Email Security Operation System Requirements for:
The following table outlines operating system requirements for Ninja Email Security on Exchange 2000/2003.
| Component |
Requirement |
Recommendation |
| Operating system and software |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
with SP3 or later
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition; Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition; Windows
Server 2003, Datacenter Edition or Small Business Server 2003
Windows XP Professional SP1 for Client Tools
.NET Framework 2.0
MDAC 2.8 SP1
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP3 or Microsoft Exchange 2003 SP1 & SP2 (Ninja is not supported on
Exchange servers with Microsoft Outlook installed)
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Windows Server 2003, Windows XP professional SP2 for client tools
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| Processor |
Intel Pentium or compatible 1Ghz or higher processor
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Intel Pentium or compatible 2.4Ghz processor
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| Memory |
768 megabytes (MB) of RAM
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1GB of RAM
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| Available hard-disk space |
100MB on the hard disk where you install Ninja
Additional disk space as needed for the quarantine store.
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| Drive |
CD drive
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| Display |
VGA or higher resolution monitor
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| Input device |
Microsoft Mouse or compatible input device
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| File format |
Disk partitions must be formatted for the NTFS file system. This requirement applies to:
- System partition
- Partition storing Ninja binaries
- Partitions containing quarantine store files
- Partitions containing database files
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The following table outlines operating system requirements for Ninja Email Security on Exchange 2007 ONLY.
| Component |
Requirement |
Recommendation |
| Operating system and software |
Windows 2003 Server R2 64 bit, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows
Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Windows XP Professional SP1 for client tools
.NET Framework 2.0
MDAC 2.8 SP1
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or greater, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Hub
Transport Role, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 MailBox Role
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Windows Server 2003 Server R2 64 bit
.NET Framework 2.0
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| Processor |
Intel Pentium or compatible 1Ghz or higher processor
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Intel Pentium or compatible 2.4Ghz processor
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| Memory |
512MB
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768MB
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| Available hard-disk space |
100MB - Additional space is needed to store quarantined items.
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| Drive |
CD drive
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| Display |
SVGA or higher
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| Input device |
Microsoft Mouse or compatible input device
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| File format |
Disk partitions must be formatted for the NTFS file system. This requirement applies to:
- System partition
- Partition storing Ninja binaries
- Partitions containing quarantine store files
- Partitions containing database files
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Note: The Exchange Server is not required if you are installing only the report and quarantine
viewers.
Ninja Email Security Frequently Asked Questions
+ Are there different versions of Ninja for Exchange 2000/2003 and Exchange 2007?
Yes, there are different versions. Exchange 2007 (E2K7) was recently released and runs only on 64 bit platforms, and we developed a version of Ninja that works exclusively with E2K7. This is a separate version / download than the one for Exchange 2000/2003. There are more E2K7-related FAQ's at the end of this list.
+ What is Ninja Email Security?
After talking to thousands of our iHateSpam for Exchange customers, and having a very thorough look at the competition, we decided to create a Version 2.0 which dramatically expands the original iHateSpam for Exchange features. Ninja handles all of your messaging security needs: spam, virus, disclaimers, content auditing/filtering, smart attachment filtering and several other planned plug-ins. It is a third-generation messaging security product, the first of its kind, and a great combination of 'best-of-breed' and 'all-in-one'.
+ Why are you calling this a 'third-generation' messaging security tool?
Let's have a 30-second look at the history of messaging security.
Stand-alone antivirus products that just protect your email and do nothing else, are First Generation tools. They are implemented on either a mail server or a gateway, are "doing their thing", without you as an admin having much flexibility at all.
Second Generation tools provide more functionality, for instance where the same product allows a system admin to filter both viruses -and- spam. Mostly these were originally AV solutions where the antispam functionality was bolted on as an afterthought, with the resulting problems in both the GUI and flexibility.
Third generation tools are called that way because they approach the whole messaging security problem from a new, 100% policy-based perspective. After a good look at the existing products out there, third-gen tools are designed from the ground up as a framework, where 'best-of-breed' plugins can seamlessly work together in an easy to use, 'all-in-one' MMC environment. This allows you as an admin to create policies for the different groups in your organization, and provides you with the means to rule with an iron fist but be super flexible at the same time. A product like this saves significant admin time and IT budget.
+ Which third-party AV engines come with Ninja and are they any good?
Currently, after a thorough evaluation of available AV-engines, we have licenses with both Bitdefender and Authentium (also known as Command Software). These two 'come in the box' with Ninja. Bitdefender was recently tested by PC Mag and came out ON TOP with 6 out of 6. BitDefender was also tested by PC World and emerged as their BEST BUY.
AV Patterns are hosted by Sunbelt. These will be pushed real-time from the AV vendors updates to our site. There should be no noticeable delay. The same is true for the engines themselves. In short, it's going to be the same as you would get it from the AV developer directly.
Unlike some low-end competitors, Ninja does both real-time antivirus scanning on the Exchange information store as well as full scans of existing items in the information store!
+ I already have AV covered, can I run Ninja without AV?
Yes, you can. However, when you see the price per mailbox for Ninja's integrated AV, compare that to your current yearly AV maintenance price and you'll see Ninja is highly likely going to save you a lot of budget money. Ask your rep or reseller about the special 'AV-upgrade Program' we offer.
+ Where do the AV pattern updates come from - Sunbelt or directly from the AV vendor? If from Sunbelt, is there any delay between the vendor releasing updates and them being available to Ninja?
AV Patterns are hosted by Sunbelt. These will be pushed real-time from the AV vendors updates to our site. There should be no noticeable delay. The same is true for the engines themselves. In short, it's going to be the same as you would get it from the AV developer directly.
+ What makes the Ninja Attachment Filtering (AF) so "SMART"?
There are several different reasons why it is so powerful:
- It is the only attachment filter that checks inbound, outbound and internal attachments.
- It looks beyond many types of file extensions, delving into the actual file headers as opposed to just the file extension itself. This means that simply renaming a ".exe" file to a ".txt" will not fool the attachment filter and functions as an important zero-day attack protection.
- It is policy-based so Admins can create different setting for users and groups of users so you have a 100% detection and removal of possible malicious attachments while at the same time allowing policy level exceptions for outbound and internal traffic. The AV and AF plug-ins together are highly effective, with extremely low overhead.
+ Some gateway vendors tell me it is better to stop spam before it gets to the server?
In more complex environments, defense at the perimeter makes a whole lot of sense. Ninja works great in sites where the Exchange server sits right after the gateway. In that scenario there is not a lot of bandwidth loss, and the benefits of running it ON server are significant.
We investigated implementing messaging security on the Gateway (or for instance a Barracuda box), but this cuts down your functionality significantly compared to directly integrating with Exchange. Gateway products filtering spam are limited to IN-OUT, but cannot look at internal email. That severely hobbles smart attachment filtering, content filtering/auditing for inappropriate internal email, and a lot more.
An excellent example of the benefit of running this "on-server" is the smart attachment filtering we built into Ninja. It allows you to rule with an iron fist regarding who can send and receive exe's both incoming/outgoing and internal/external, and support regular expressions. This is very powerful stuff that gateways can never deliver.
+ Is Ninja protecting my users against Phishing?
Yes, the Cloudmark spamfilter has this as a built-in feature and is very regularly updated.
+ I have an existing Ninja license for x mailboxes and want to expand this with y more. How does that work?
To expanding an existing license, it's best to call in and ask for your sales rep. They can do this for you, as you need to get the best price per mailbox!
+ What kind of AV scanning does Ninja do?
Unlike some low-end competitors, Ninja does both real-time antivirus scanning on the Exchange information store as well as full scans of existing items in the information store!
+ What is the overhead that Ninja is putting on my Exchange Server? How much CPU is it taking?
Most Exchange Servers are running with the CPU lower than 50%. During our testing we have seen that Ninja with antispam, antivirus and attachment filtering under full load adds about 10% to that load. So a server running at 50% CPU would now run at an average of 60%. However, it can be a lot less! As an example, our own production Exchange Server, a 2 CPU dual-core 3.2 GHz box with 3 gigs of RAM hosting 200 mailboxes, running Ninja processed just under 100,000 email messages in a 24-hour period with the average CPU utilization at 15% CPU, the total Ninja CPU utilization was less than 3% of the CPU.
+ What happens if my period of performance for a plug-in runs out?
The plug-in keeps working but no longer gets updates or support. Ninja keeps all your current settings, and continues to run but no new versions of spam definitions, virus signatures, or attachment definitions will be pulled into the product.
+ What size business is the product targeted to?
Sunbelt traditionally has serviced small and medium business. Ninja will run perfectly fine from 10 to 1,000 users but can easily scale up to 10,000 mailboxes if you have a server which can handle that load.
+ How do I cost justify a tool like this?
Easy! Recently, a Ferris Research report showed that it costs companies
between US$50 and $100 a month per employee to deal with just spam protection, let alone full messaging security. (download the PDF that sits on that page) But even if this would be only half the cost, the price of Ninja Email Security per mailbox pays back for itself in just a few WEEKS. How about that for a fast ROI !
+ Which products are you competing with?
At the high end, Ninja is in the space of MailMarshal, and Sybari's Antigen (now Microsoft). At the low end it would be GFI MailEssentials. But Ninja outclasses these products easily since Ninja is a third generation product, true policy-based from the get-go, and was built years after all of these products shipped. Ninja is fully integrated with MS Exchange 2000 and 2003, and was developed after extensive experience with messaging security and with support from Microsoft (we are a Gold Certified Partner). All Ninja's modules play well together, are 'best-of-breed' themselves, but provide you with an 'all-in-one' and easy to use interface. Ninja was built by admins for admins!
+ Can I enable filtering per mailbox / per module?
For most modules, yes. For antivirus, no. If you buy AV, Exchange does not allow us technically to pick and choose, it's all mailboxes or nothing. For Antispam, you only buy the amount of mailboxed you want to filter. Attachment filtering is free (limited time offer), and the next modules coming out soon are each depending on what is technically feasible with Exchange.
+ Using Ninja, can I protect against outbound email threats and can the established policies enforce actions to meet regulatory compliance?
With Ninja, creating custom policies, you can block virtually any type of outbound email traffic, so depending on your level of compliance requirements this may very well be possible.
+ What is meant by "directional and source level control"? regarding the Attachment Filtering?
"Directional" would be inbound/outbound whereas "Source" level would be internal/external. For example, an email with inbound/internal would be some one inside the company sending email to some one else. If that some one else sent a reply then from their viewpoint it would be outbound/internal. Keep in mind that rules would get processed from both your people's viewpoint. Just because you're allowed "outbound/internal" for .exes doesn't mean everyone else internally can get it, their policy rules for "inbound/internal" might be strict and block it. Other products don't do any of this powerful "ninja logic".
+ Can I run Ninja together with my existing AV on my Exchange Server?
Yes, you can. You cannot however run them at the same time. It's one or the other. You need to Uninstall your old AV product before you can activate the Ninja AV module.
+ Who made your product? From where is it supported? Where are the developers?
Ninja is and will continue to be designed, coded, supported and marketed from the United States only. Sunbelt can provide 24/7/365 support options for your site in addition to your normal maintenance.
+ I have no time to spend half of my day weeding through quarantine boxes and find false positives. How do you solve this?
First off, the spam engines are constantly updated. Your users can be given their own allow and block list options so that they can indicate which people they want to receive email from or not. The vast majority of system admins let their end-users do the fine tuning of spam management themselves and users really like this way of working. Additional powerful options such as automatically populating a users allowed list with people they send email to makes this sort of tuning even simpler.
+ What is the difference between the anti-virus plug-in and the attachment filtering plug-in?
Antivirus (AV) software is signature-based, and therefore detects known viruses and trojans. Brand new viruses are not detected as there is no signature yet. That is where the attachment filtering (AF) comes in. We are able to block executable-type attachments regardless of what they are called or if they are renamed, allowing for admins to have a 100% detection and removal of possible malicious attachments while at the same time allowing policy level exceptions for outbound and internal traffic. The AV and AF plug-ins together are highly effective, with extremely low overhead.
+ Are there eductional discounts?
Yes, Ninja falls into Sunbelt's Academic Discount Policy. Check with your Rep or Reseller which level applies to your organization.
+ Will Ninja also run on the Gateway? Will it support Exchange V5.5?
No, neither are supported by Ninja, however we will continue to support iHateSpam for Exchange and Gateway for the forseeable future, with normal enhancements to the anstispam engine scheduled.
+ Is Ninja using Microsoft's VS API that they built in Exchange for antivirus protection?
Yes, Sunbelt is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner and we have been working with Microsoft in getting the VS API implemented per Microsoft's specifications.
+ As we handle IT for many different customers, will it be possible for us to manage all of these installations from a remote installation of the MMC snap-in?
Not yet. It's on a requirements list for future versions. For the moment it's best to remote into the box with the product like Radmin or VNC.
+ Can you handle dictionary mailbox DDOS by rejecting outright any e-mail not matching a legit mailbox in the Exchange environment?
Not yet. It's on a requirements list for future versions.
+ Will Ninja work with Microsoft Small Business Server 2003?
Yes Ninja will work on SBS 2003 Servers.
+ Is there a Webinar I can see Ninja in action?
Yes, we have a canned recording you can watch at any time you please at
LiveMeeting with a short PowerPoint intro and then a product demo.
+ I'm not so sure I want to allow viruses/spam/malware into our Exchange server. What is your response?
We looked at this extensively before we started working on Ninja, and decided to run the product on server. Ninja allows you to delete viruses and malware at the time of detection BEFORE any email user could possibly access the malware. For instance, in the case of spam... Given the reality of false positives, an in-Exchange solution provides the best mix of safety and flexibility.
Look at it this way, even though you lock your front door you still put valuables in a safe, it's all about layered security, and you want to use different engines in the different layers!
+ Is Ninja using Microsoft's recommended Exchange Virus-Scanning Application Program Interface (VS API)?
Yes. Microsoft strongly encourages the development and adoption of Exchange VS API-based antivirus solutions.
- Ninja using VS API 2.0 is secure and preserves the integrity of the Information Store and its databases
- The Microsoft Exchange product group is committed to providing enhancements to this API, bug fixes, documentation, and technical assistance to ISVs like us.
- The Microsoft Exchange product group does not provide any code updates, documentation, or technical assistance to address issues related to the use of non-VS API-based solutions.
- For Exchange customers using a non-VS API-based solution, Microsoft Product Support Services may ask the customer to uninstall/disable the antivirus solution to help identify issues, this may delay in final resolution.
- VS API enhances the current core feature set by providing abilities to optimize and configure the scanning process at multiple levels, as well as providing Exchange administrators with built-in functionality to monitor the performance of the new API.
+ Will my licenses work on the Exchange 2007 version?
Yes, your license works the same in both versions.
+ What Exchange 2007 configurations does Ninja work with?
Ninja can work in different Exchange 2007 configurations. The document "Exchange 2007 and Ninja.pdf", describes what these are in detail. In general Ninja for Exchange 2007 only currently supports a single Exchange 2007 Server per Active Directory site with the Hub Transport Role and Mailbox Role installed on the same server. It does not currently support separating out the Edge Transport Role to a separate server. Sunbelt is working on a new version that will support these other configurations and will release that version later this year.
+ How do I configure the Sunbelt Advance Spam Filter to update through our firewall?
Before enabling the new Sunbelt Advanced Spam Filter, please make certain the server on which Ninja is installed is able to establish a connection to the following address/port:
Address: starengineserver.mail-filters.com
Port: 25080
+ Does Ninja Email Security work with Exchange 2007 SP1?
Ninja Email Security does work with Exchange 2007 SP1 but has some reduced functionality. With Microsoft's release of Exchange 2007 SP1 the architecture of Exchange 2007 was changed in part on the way it handles outbound messages by converting them to TNEF message format. With this change in architecture the Ninja Email Security Disclaimers functionality is not able to modify those outbound messages to successfully add a disclaimer resulting in email no longer being disclaimed.
This issue also extends to the granular Attachment Filtering capabilities of Ninja Email Security when it filters for outbound messages. Ninja Email Security on Exchange 2007 WITHOUT SP1 can filter outbound messages with attachments to strip out files and send the email with the attachment modified as needed. With the installation of SP1 and the change in architecture causing all outbound messages to be in the TNEF format we are not longer able to affect them in this way and have to quarantine or allow the message in full. This means that outbound messages with restricted attachment types would be quarantined and no part of the message would be allowed through.
Sunbelt Software and the Ninja Email Security team is working hard to keep as up to date as possible and is working on correcting these new issues to bring the full functionality of Ninja Email Security to Exchange 2007 SP1 installations. Plans for an update to the application supporting this configuration are in progress and the planned release is late 2008.
Ninja Email Security Documentation
Datasheets
+ Ninja Email Security Datasheet
PDF,
May 29, 2008 974,490 bytes
Other-Resources
+ Protecting Your Organization Against Spam and other Malware
PPS,
August 15, 2008 3,824,640 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security Wins 2007 SC Magazine Readers Trust Award!
PDF,
February 7, 2007 1,648,900 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security - How Disclaimers Work
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March 27, 2007 301,962 bytes
+ How Ninja Email Security Works
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September 26, 2006 437,478 bytes
Product-Comparisons
+ Ninja Email Security vs Microsoft's Antigen
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May 4, 2007 915,048 bytes
+ Ninja Blade / Ninja Email Security Features Comparison
PDF,
January 23, 2008 240,199 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security / McAfee GroupShield Product Comparison
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July 27, 2007 946,348 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security / Symantec Product Comparison
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July 23, 2007 557,939 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security / GFI Product Comparison
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July 17, 2007 1,058,474 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security / Barracuda Product Comparison
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July 6, 2007 1,510,890 bytes
Success-Stories
+ Customer Success Stories
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April 11, 2008 293,583 bytes
+ PCN Network Consulting
PDF,
December 13, 2007 146,413 bytes
+ Robert Wesleyan College
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November 16, 2007 82,058 bytes
+ Fremont Public Schools
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+ Integrated Community Services
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+ American Pulverizer Company
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August 30, 2007 398,108 bytes
Webinars
+ Protecting Your Organization Against Spam and other MalwareAugust 12, 2008
(External link)
+ New Antispam Features in Ninja Email SecurityAugust 7, 2007
(External link)
+ Ninja Email Security 2.1 WebinarMay 1, 2007
(External link)
White-Papers
+ The Impact of Messaging and Web ThreatsAn Osterman White Paper
PDF,
July 18, 2008 313,162 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security Total Email Security
PDF,
February 7, 2008 204,974 bytes
+ Ninja Email Security: The SMART Way to Secure Email for Microsoft Exchange Environments
PDF,
July 24, 2007 530,918 bytes
+ Comparing Email Management Systems that Protect Against Spam, Viruses, Malware & Phishing AttacksAn Osterman White Paper To understand organizations' perceptions about various email management systems, Sunbelt Software engaged Osterman Research to survey organizations that are using five different email management systems. - Barracuda Spam Firewall
- GFI MailEssentials
- McAfee GroupSheild for Microsoft Exchange
- Symantec Brightmail
- Ninja Email Security
This white paper presents the results of those findings, comparing Sunbelt Software's Ninja Email Security with the other four systems. A must-read for any IT strategist or email administrator who's actively researching messaging management tools for a mid-market enterprise.
PDF,
July 18, 2008 214,529 bytes
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