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There are many models of software made by Barracuda Networks for blocking spam and the viruses carried by it. Which model will be best for your business depends on its size and needs. A review on Barracuda Networks Antivirus Firewall Software follows.

There are many models of software made by Barracuda Networks for blocking spam and the viruses carried by it. Which model will be best for your business depends on its size and needs. A review on Barracuda Networks Antivirus Firewall Software follows.

In all cases, the software is meant for email systems that serve large numbers of workgroups or several organizations. It is far more than an individual would need either for business or home use. Again, which one is right for you depends on your operations.

The software is meant to protect primarily from email that is spam. Traditional firewalls are designed to protect computer networks when connected to web. It does protect against incoming threats however, i.e., spam emails and the viruses that they often contain. The software can also protect against spyware, phishing and spoofing.

Ten methods are used by the software to identify and process emails and that is with the basic install alone. It will continue to get updated information from the company. You can also add on definitions and rules.

The filter will not be able to catch every bit of spam. No system is able to do that. Most will be caught, however, and when you consider how rapidly the spammers change their approaches, that is the most you can hope for with any software.

This particular software is simple to use as well as to set up. Every smtp message that enters your email systems will be listed in a message log. These messages can be viewed or they can be run in https so that they can be troubleshot. Specific spams can be investigated and you can also review email that is incorrectly being tagged as being spam.

Barracuda makes several different models to address the needs of different organizations. The 200 Model, for example, supports up to a million emails each day, 50 domains and 500 email users. Both inbound and outbound emails can be filtered.

With the Model 300, you can increase your users to 1000, emails to 2 million and domains to 250. The 400 model supports up to 5 million emails, 500 domains and 5000 users. The Model 8000 is good for 15 million messages and 20000 users.

As the models go up in levels, they have bigger hard drives to hold the messages that have been quarantined. In the case of the 800 model, you get a 200 gb hard drive. From the Model 400 on up, they can be clustered so that you have more capacity. If you the lower models make more sense for you, you may want to have a back up unit handy or you can also use the replacement contract that makes it possible to get a replacement the next day.

When you compare the Barracuda product to its competitors, it offers similar or even better protection for a lower cost. There is no software of this kind that can catch each and every spam message. There is no reason to pay more for the same anti-phishing, anti-spyware, anti-virus and anti-spoofing protection. With Barracuda, you get lower risk to security than using an outside vendor, ease of use and integrated software and hardware, all of which make it a choice that is smart.