· Microsoft will be ending support for the Antigen for Exchange 8.0 and Antigen for SMTP Gateways 8.0 products on December 31, 2008. After that time, all engine updating services will cease to operate, and the products will no longer provide up-to-date protection against the latest threats. As soon as possible, we encourage you to take the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Antigen for Exchange 9.0 or Microsoft Antigen for SMTP Gateways 9.0. In addition to completing Microsoft’s Secure Development Lifecycle review for secure code development and incorporating all the latest product updates and service release, the new Antigen 9.0 versions include:
o Added protection through inclusion of Microsoft Anti-malware engine – an additional engine to use in your overall protection mix
o Enhanced cluster support to ensure both active and passive nodes have the latest signature updates
o Distributed quarantine management and log file retrieval for easier management
o Microsoft-signed signature updates for added protection against signature tampering