VIPRE Email Security is a cloud-based email protection platform available through Infinity Data Center that targets the threats commodity filters miss — sophisticated phishing, malware-laden attachments, business email compromise (BEC), and zero-day exploits delivered via email.
What VIPRE Protects Against
- Spam and bulk mail — high-accuracy filtering with low false positive rates
- Phishing — credential-harvesting pages, spoofed login forms, lookalike domains
- Malware and ransomware — attachment scanning with behavior-based analysis
- Zero-day threats — sandboxed execution of suspicious content before delivery
- Business email compromise (BEC) — display name impersonation and domain spoofing detection
- Malicious URLs — real-time reputation analysis at delivery time and click time
Layered Detection Technology
VIPRE evaluates each message through multiple overlapping detection stages: IP and domain reputation, content analysis, attachment scanning, URL reputation, and sandboxed execution for high-risk content. This layered approach catches threats that bypass any single technology — including polymorphic malware and newly registered phishing domains not yet in reputation databases.
Click-Time URL Scanning
VIPRE rewrites embedded URLs so that when a user clicks a link, the destination is checked against VIPRE's threat intelligence in real time before the browser loads the page. This catches phishing sites that were clean at delivery but activated hours later — a common technique in modern credential-harvesting attacks that delivery-time-only scanning cannot stop.
Integration with StrataMail
VIPRE integrates as an MX gateway — your domain's MX records point to VIPRE's filtering infrastructure. Inbound mail passes through VIPRE before reaching StrataMail or any other mail server. Clean messages flow through with minimal delay. No changes to StrataMail server configuration are required. VIPRE is compatible with on-premise Exchange, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or any SMTP-based mail system.
SpamWeeder vs. VIPRE: Which to Choose
Both protect against spam. VIPRE's advantage is its advanced threat layer: sandboxed attachment analysis, click-time URL scanning, and BEC-specific detection. For organizations facing sophisticated attacks or handling sensitive data, VIPRE provides stronger protection. For standard threat exposure with tighter budgets, SpamWeeder Premium delivers excellent accuracy at lower cost. Contact us or call 866.790.4678 to discuss which fits your environment.