Anti-virus software will upgrade server security by enabling mail server and attachment scanning.

Hosting ZOOM, a provider of web hosting services, recently announced that it has upgraded the security on its servers by installing Clam Antivirus' ClamAV anti-virus software.

Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers and attachment scanning. The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via Internet.

"Recent market studies along with customer surveys clearly demonstrate that hosting customers rank email viruses as one of their major concerns," said Kiet Duong, President, Hosting ZOOM. "With the addition of our free email anti-virus services, our customers will be assured that their systems will be free of viruses and other malicious programs that can arrive via email."