MetaDefender Anti-Malware Engine Name Updates: What You Need to Know

Multiscanning by anti-malware engines is a critical component of OPSWAT’s advanced cyber security solutions. To be consistent with the latest vendor terminology, we will make modifications to the names of the anti-malware engines in MetaDefender. This change will be effective starting December 1, 2021. The adjustment applies to MetaDefender Cloud, and any Windows or Linux version of the MetaDefender suite: MetaDefender Core, MetaDefender ICAP Server, MetaDefender Email Gateway Security, MetaDefender Core AMI, MetaDefender for Secure Storage, and MetaDefender Kiosk. The name updates will affect these areas: Module pageScan results pageREST API resultsLog content The engine ID data expressed in JSON will remain the same. For example: Old: “Zillya”: { “def_time”: “2021-07-01T04:02:53.000Z”, “eng_id”: “zillya_1_windows”, “location”: “local”, “scan_result_i”: 0, “scan_time”: 81, “threat_found”: “”, “wait_time”: 6 } New: “Zillya!”: { “def_time”: “2021-07-01T04:02:53.000Z”, “eng_id”: “zillya_1_windows”, “location”: “local”, “scan_result_i”: 0, “scan_time”: 81, “threat_found”: “”, “wait_time”: 6 } Action to Take If you don’t have any

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