- Monitors web and FTP browsing in real-time.
- Allows administrators to block web access or downloads in progress.
- Active Connection view shows all current web connections.
- URL History view shows all visited websites.
- User History view shows all sites visited by each user.
- All views show the number of bytes transferred (sent/received).
- Native integration with ISA Server as a web filter.
- Web-based interface allows viewing from anywhere in the network.
- Supports Microsoft ISA Server 2000/2004 (both Standard and Enterprise Editions).
- Easy installation, minimal configuration required.
- Does not duplicate functionality already present in MS ISA Server.
- Site Rating - Proactive assisted real-time content filtering - GFI WebMonitor checks URLs for adult content through the Yahoo! SafeSearchTM categorization engine. Yahoo! SafeSearchTM is an online database which classifies and categorizes various sites on the Internet. GFI WebMonitor queries this database to detect sites with adult content. With GFI WebMonitor and Yahoo! SafeSearchTM database querying, your administrative overhead to keep your web filters up-to-date (with new adult sites opened) is obsolete.
- Web Traffic Scanning - Scanning downloaded content via HTTP and FTP for viruses using one or more virus scanning engines. GFI WebMonitor supports three virus scanning engines; BitDefender, Kaspersky and Norman.
- Real filetype signature check - GFI WebMonitor performs real filetype signature checks on all HTTP/FTP files being downloaded. Filetype signatures are a short series of bytes that define the true type and content of a file. GFI WebMonitor will detect and block dangerous/unauthorized files based on their filetype signature (i.e. blocking of documents or executables based on their file signature rather than on their declared file extension).
- Automatic anti-virus definition updates - GFI WebMonitor periodically checks and downloads new anti-virus definitions for its virus scanning engine(s). The frequency at which GFI WebMonitor checks for virus definition updates is customizable from GFI WebMonitor configuration interface.
- Email Notifications - On the occurrence of important events, GFI WebMonitor will send out administrative alerts via email notifications to a target recipient. Important events include:
- Failed updating of the virus definition files used by the virus scanning engine(s).
- Approaching of anti-virus license expiry.
