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McAfee, one of the world's leading providers of security solutions and antivirus products, announced today the debut of its new Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5, specifically designed to meet the security requirements of SMB customers. The solution, which integrates both email and Web security solutions in a... |
5 November 2009
07:15 GMT |
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In an official report, McAfee Inc. reveals that it has expanded its endpoint-protection products for Mac OS X with the release of McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac. The company now offers a comprehensive endpoint-protection solution that surpasses traditional anti-virus pieces of software, according to the official ... |
15 October 2009
10:18 GMT |
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Security company McAfee made public its recent annual report on celebrity-related Internet malware threats. This year, due to a highly publicized relationship with singer Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel has snatched the number one spot on the list from R&B singer Beyonce. Last year's top threat, Brad Pitt, has d... |
26 August 2009
06:56 GMT |
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The US District Court of Delaware has issued a verdict in the case between Finjan Inc. and Secure Computing Corporation for several patent infringements. The court also permitted and ruled an injunction against the retail of McAfee-owned products Webwasher and TSP. The above-mentioned products, according to the Dist... |
20 August 2009
10:16 GMT |
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McAfee has recently announced its plans to acquire Web and Email security provider and cloud-based technology pioneer MX Logic for $140 million. The deal is expected to be finalized by the third quarter of 2009, with the MX Logic team reporting to McAfee's Software-as-a-Service business unit. MX Logic is a comp... |
3 August 2009
07:25 GMT |
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McAfee, Inc has recently announced that it has extended its McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) program by adding 11 new partners from United States and Europe. This technology partnering program is meant to speed up the development of interoperable security products, but also to facilitate their integration wi... |
15 July 2009
01:48 GMT |
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A service pack-like update for McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i, which has been in the making for several months, was pulled from download on June 2, after it caused problems to customers. False positives on some system files, which were detected as W32/Generic.worm.aa and deleted, left computers unbootable. ... |
10 June 2009
04:05 GMT |
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Global IT security vendor McAfee has announced an agreement to acquire whitelisting leader Solidcore Systems. The company plans to integrate the Solidcore technology into its own blacklisting-based malware detection and prevention solutions and use it to protect critical infrastructure systems. Solidcore Systems dev... |
19 May 2009
04:44 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee are warning that an older scareware application has recently mutated into ransomware and is now asking for money to unblock access to legit applications on victim computers. Looking to increase their illegal monetary gains, the creators of "System Security 2009," a f... |
13 May 2009
08:27 GMT |
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McAfee, the security firm that proactively secures systems and networks from known and as of yet undiscovered threats worldwide, has released McAfee Security for Mac 1.0 Beta 1. The software is an integrated suite of products that “uses advanced heuristics and protects Apple computers from viruses, trojans, spy... |
12 May 2009
03:53 GMT |
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Recently, it has been reported that Google had taken down several webpages that were believed to be manipulating the functions of the search engine to unleash malware attacks.On this matter, Craig Schmugar, McAfee senior threat researcher, announced that, by Friday evening, US time, the company recorded a huge decrea... |
4 March 2009
02:45 GMT |
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A new study conducted on US workers reveals that 60 percent of them steal private company data when they leave or are thrown out of their jobs, and that most of that information gets used for various purposes. The percentage has been put forth after a new research by the Ponemon Institute, which conducted its survey ... |
23 February 2009
09:59 GMT |
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Security vendor McAfee has released the Mobile Security Report 2009, according to which the number of security issues that affect mobile devices has significantly increased during the past year. Nearly half of all global manufacturers agree that the issues have seriously impacted their business, the report notes. Se... |
16 February 2009
07:20 GMT |
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Valentine's Day enthusiasts should be on alert during this period of the year, as the e-mails they receive might turn out not to be so lovely after all. Since the beginning of January, Valentine's-related spam distribution has gradually increased from none to almost 2.5 percent of all junk mail. "By lookin... |
6 February 2009
07:09 GMT |
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Three of the largest IT industry players, Seagate, Dell and McAfee, teamed up to design and deliver a data encryption solution for PCs, meant to address an issue caused by the large number of notebook computers that are stolen every day, leading to the loss of extremely valuable data, often more valuable than the not... |
10 November 2008
04:18 GMT |
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The Windows Vista console IME was incorrectly tagged by McAfee's security products as Trojan PWS-LegMir due to a faulty definitions file. The false positive was corrected in a later definitions update.The 5409 DAT files released on October 20, 2008 contained a bad signature that falsely detected a legit Windows ... |
22 October 2008
05:52 GMT |
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McAfee Inc. announced that it would acquire Secure Computing, a leading provider of network security solutions. The deal will cost the Santa Clara company an estimated $465 million, but it will significantly improve their previously not so impressive share in the network security market.Secure Computing Corporation i... |
23 September 2008
09:33 GMT |
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As part of their second annual report, security company McAfee compiled a list of the most dangerous celebrity names to search for. Brad Pitt tops this list and searching for his name is supposed to correspond with a 1 in 5 chance of ending up on a malicious website. Paul Ducklin, head of technology for security firm... |
17 September 2008
08:10 GMT |
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A press release from McAfee Inc. announces a breakthrough in computer security software through their new technology named Artemis. The technology, already implemented in the McAfee Total Protection Service, offers unprecedented real-time protection by contacting an Internet-based service, thus being free from the sh... |
11 September 2008
06:29 GMT |
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7Search, a "Pay Per Click Search Engine Advertising and Affiliate Network" company whose website was associated with spyware distribution in the past, filed a lawsuit against McAfee for what they consider to be a false and deceptive warning coming from McAfee’s SiteAdvisor service."Feedback from credible users ... |
29 August 2008
06:10 GMT |
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McAfee has announced that it will integrate some security solutions with Intel-powered laptops and mobile Internet devices. The only condition for the mobile gadgets to be secured by the McAfee technologies is to be based on the Z5XX Intel Atom processor and the open source Linux Moblin software. In the case of porta... |
22 August 2008
06:51 GMT |
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Many parents believe that using the parental control tool found in basically any security solution on the market keeps their children perfectly safe from dangerous or offensive content. The latest Norton Online Living Report shows that children not only don't care too much about the threats, but they also do thi... |
21 August 2008
09:42 GMT |
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Nobody wants to login to their email address and find the inbox chucked full with spam messages, especially since said messages are sent out in order to propagate all sorts of malicious software. Most of the times the goal of the spammer is to infect your machine, turn it into a zombie PC in an ever increasing botnet... |
28 July 2008
10:58 GMT |
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According to a recently released study conducted by McAfee Avert Labs entitled "Does Size Matter? The security challenge of the SMB", most organizations believe that simply because they are not well known enough, they will not be targeted by hacker attacks. Just to put things in perspective, there are about 6.4 milli... |
28 July 2008
04:22 GMT |
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The McAfee team has just recently finished analyzing all the data from the S.P.A.M. (short for Spammed Persistently All Month) and a report has been made available. Entitled "Global S.P.A.M. Diaries", the report includes a detailed and comprehensive presentation of all the McAfee findings. Jeff Green, Senior Vice Pr... |
9 July 2008
10:43 GMT |
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Malware writers turn to all kinds of techniques in order to trick people, infect their computers and reach their goal, no matter if we're talking about stealing some data or just luring them on malicious websites. As part of their latest attempt, attackers who built rogue security applications even implemented l... |
29 May 2008
16:51 GMT |
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Security company McAfee has started a new program through which it invites beta testers around the world to register and try out its new security applications. Obviously, McAfee has a simple goal: to let users help the company develop more powerful security products with less bugs. But what's more important for ... |
29 May 2008
06:22 GMT |
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Hackers and spammers seem to be working around the clock in trying to search for vulnerabilities in various applications. It appears that a recently discovered exploit tries to take advantage of an unpatched Adobe Flash vulnerability. According to a yesterday post on the McAfee Avert Labs, the security company has re... |
28 May 2008
10:35 GMT |
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Brett Oliphant, a security researcher who worked for ScanAlert, has been charged with fraud and may spend several years in prison. Oliphant was the vice president of security services of ScanAlert and joined McAfee once the company was acquired by the Santa Clara-based firm. Brett and his brother Bryan "are accused o... |
20 May 2008
03:30 GMT |
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A few days ago, the Sunnyvale-based company Yahoo rolled out SearchScan, a special search security utility developed with the help of McAfee and supposed to filter the risky websites returned by Yahoo Search. However, it may seem like the warnings provided by SearchScan are not quite correct, as several website owner... |
16 May 2008
05:27 GMT |
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McAfee and Acer have just announced a partnership that will provide the computing company users with a more secure computing experience. Starting with the second quarter of 2008, Acer notebooks and desktop computers will be shipped with McAfee Internet Security Suite with SiteAdvisor. The software bundle comes to fur... |
12 May 2008
10:38 GMT |
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Lots of users have already realized, over the past years, how skillful and dangerous a hacker can prove to be. It seems that almost anything you do on the web can infect your personal computer. Yesterday, security vendor McAfee has reported that a large number of fake MP3 files are spread on peer-to-peer networks. Th... |
7 May 2008
05:59 GMT |
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Security company McAfee has won two important 2008 SC Magazine Europe awards thanks to the advanced features its products integrate. As you know, McAfee is one the most important names on the security market, developing a remarkable number of high-end solutions which are currently installed on millions of computers a... |
25 April 2008
09:25 GMT |
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Security company McAfee announced the availability of Total Protection for Network, a suite of utilities which is supposed to bring another perspective over the networking security, other than the one provided by the applications currently on the market. McAfee Total Protection for Network is currently available in t... |
23 April 2008
17:36 GMT |
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Part of Electronic Arts' power is that it never fails to generate news. It's a very rare day indeed the one when there's nothing on the gaming news radar regarding the gigantic games publisher. Only recently EA has again taken the fight to Take Two in their acquisition war, raised some eyebrows over th... |
28 March 2008
04:10 GMT |
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The wave of URLs that appeared to lead to Google, but were created by hackers for their devious deeds, has caught the eye of security company McAfee, and boy, were they mad about it. There's no way not to be upset when you see that fraudsters turn one of the Internet's symbols into a means of committing cyb... |
21 March 2008
18:36 GMT |
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A 1-year subscription of McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008 is worth approximately $40 for a single machine, and up to $60 for three computers. But at the same time, McAfee VirusScan Plus 2008 is available as a free download. The special offer can be accessed via Natwest, via the banner that advertises Free PC Security offer... |
18 March 2008
09:56 GMT |
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Security company McAfee has warned of a new mass web-based attacks preying on the Windows operating system. The first attack was initially discovered on March 12 and it involved SQL injection. Craig Schmugar, threat research manager, McAfee Avert Labs, revealed that initially McAfee detected in excess of 10,000 compr... |
14 March 2008
14:54 GMT |
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The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2. At this point in time, with XP SP3 j... |
13 March 2008
05:58 GMT |
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It seems that Windows Live OneCare fails to play well with other security solutions. As a general rule it is ill advised to run security products simultaneously on the same machine. The fact of the matter is that antiviruses not only fail to coexist, but also interfere with one another to the point where the Windows ... |
7 March 2008
06:57 GMT |
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A warning was posted today on the McAfee Avert Labs Blog, announcing that a new Windows Mobile trojan was discovered, trojan that disables the Windows Mobile application installation security on Pocket PCs. Named WinCE/InfoJack and discovered in China, the trojan was created by "a specific website" (its name was not... |
26 February 2008
10:46 GMT |
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The Internet really needs a watchdog because the amount of malware heading our way, and by that I mean the inexperienced public, there's no way we could fend all of the attacks on our own, with just some anti-virus, be it upgraded on a regular basis. McAfee and the other security software vendors are going that ... |
26 February 2008
04:57 GMT |
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The help-wanted ads are circulating the underground Internet channels and the desired applicants must be hackers and nothing less. As the web society evolves, so must the attacks and now after all of the major companies opened local branches to deal with the problems that might show up in the course of time (Google, ... |
21 February 2008
11:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is readying a new strategy for Windows update based on a technology which shares the same behavior as self replicating malicious code, more commonly known as a variety of malware dubbed worms. The Redmond company's alternative approach to servicing its Windows platform with updates using the same techn... |
19 February 2008
08:50 GMT |
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Microsoft has applauded the fact that its security solutions have bested rival products from McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro in terms of performance. The Redmond company has commissioned a performance benchmarking tests and metric-based process evaluations to West Coast Labs (WCL). Subsequently, WCL threw Microsoft ... |
15 February 2008
07:11 GMT |
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Never trust email, even if they tell you what you'd want to hear. Taking advantage of human ego, which apparently has everybody running circles around it, hackers and cyber criminals have found a new way to convince unsuspecting victims to open and download their infected messages.In case you see an email tellin... |
13 February 2008
12:36 GMT |
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McAfee has warned that Windows Live SkyDrive is serving spam. The security company reveals that the fault does not lay with Microsoft's free online hosting service, but with its users. More specifically, malicious users have started abusing SkyDriver, formerly known as Windows Live Folder, in order to send out s... |
11 January 2008
05:42 GMT |
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McAfee managed to cause a serious problem these days as it flagged several legitimate websites as infected. According to several reports, users who installed McAfee's Antivirus were alerted that multiple pages, including Verizon Wireless, Ars Technica, Friendster and ESPN.com, got infected with JS/Exploit-BO, a ... |
3 January 2008
05:34 GMT |
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There are various factors that come into play when security solutions are concerned. Antivirus products come with a variety of facets, from the frequency of virus signatures update to a low rate of false positives, and from performance to keeping a low profile as a background process. Well, one of the aspects involve... |
28 December 2007
10:37 GMT |
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Security company McAfee proudly announces that it has received the Checkmark Premium Anti-Spam Certification, after its antispam technology blocked no less than 98 percent of the spam messages included in the tests. I guess everybody hates spam, as it advertises all kinds of products, such as Viagra, watches, drugs a... |
20 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
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