McAfee Online Backup service announced
McAfee has become the latest player in the market to offer an online backup service.
They are using Mozy technology to power this new service.
McAfee Online Backup would cost the customer $59.99 per PC per year.
Users would get unlimited space to store their content online.
It [...]
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 launched
Security software maker McAfee has announced the launch of their ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5.
The company said that this new product is designed to help secure organizations from a vast and ever-growing threat landscape.
McAfee added that the corporate entities have to remember four major points while ensuring the security of their networks:
1. Integrating [...]
Symantec, McAfee to pay fines for auto renewal mess
Security software companies Symantec and McAfee have both agreed to pay fines to the New York Attorney General’s office.
The two companies would pay fines of US$375,000 to settle the charges levied on them
Both McAfee and Symantec were accused of charging their customers renewal fees without taking [...]
McAfee Cybercrime Response Unit launched
Security software maker McAfee has announced the launch of a new service named Cybercrime Response Unit.
The company describes this new service as: “an online help center designed to assist victims of computer crime and provide information on how to avoid becoming a victim.”
The service provides help in several ways including:
Determine [...]
Microsoft: Morro not a competitor for internet suites from rivals
Software giant Microsoft has announced that they are going to launch a new free security application codenamed Morro for the users of Windows operating system.
This would replace their existing product Windows Live OneCare which is a paid offering.
The company has said that this free product would [...]
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McAfee Inc. (NYSE: MFE) have announced the availability of its McAfee® 2009 security suites, including McAfee® Total Protection, McAfee® Internet Security, and McAfee® VirusScan® Plus suites. The 2009 products are available at retailers worldwide and for [...]
Secure Computing to be acquired by McAfee
Security software company McAfee has announced that they are going to acquire Internet security company Secure Computing Corp.
The deal is worth around $465 million and would be conducted in a cash only transaction.
Market analysts say that this deal would give McAfee more tools to enable corporate protect their [...]
Brad Pitt tops the list of celebrity names used by malware coders
Security application maker McAfee has released a new report based on the riskiest celebrities in cyberspace.
This list names the celebrity names in the order they are most likely to be used by malicious coders to lure web users into downloading bad software.
Brad Pitt has [...]
McAfee Secure Search Service announced
Security software developer McAfee has announced their latest product named McAfee Secure Search Service.
This comes just after the company announced their collaboration with search engine Yahoo to deliver safe search results to their users.
The company said that this new product offering would their users away from dangerous web sites on the [...]
Fake MP3 files loaded with malware on P2P networks
Security vendor McAfee has now reported that they are seeing an increase in the number of fake music files which are loaded with malware.
This is one of the newer techniques used by malicious hackers to lure people into installing Trojan horses on their machines.
A lot of pirated [...]
