McAfee launches identity theft protection products

BANGALORE

AUGUST 4, 2006

McAfee announced
the launch of Internet Security Suite and Total Protection that will address
consumers' concern for identity theft protection as well as social engineering
attacks including spyware, spam and other malicious programs.

Identity thieves
use a variety of methods to target online consumers. These include sending
Trojan Horses or Potentially Unwanted Programs, which when downloaded to the PC,
may monitor keystrokes, track Internet log-ins, transmit confidential
information, or redirect a consumer's browser to fake Web sites. Phishing and
spam techniques are also employed, using fraudulent emails and Web sites to lure
consumers into disclosing private account or login information. In addition, any
email, attachment, or transaction traversing over an unsecured wireless network
can be intercepted and manipulated by a criminal.

Marc Solomon,
director of Product Management, McAfee, said, "With our new suites, McAfee
arms consumers with improved and new technologies protecting them from
traditional threats such as viruses, Trojans and spyware, as well as solutions
for emerging threats such as rootkits."

"In
addition, McAfee continues its heritage of innovation by providing consumers
with an entirely new and important layer of protection that's only available at
McAfee: McAfee SiteAdvisor. Available in every new McAfee product, McAfee
SiteAdvisor warns consumers that adware, spam and online scams may reside on a
Web site with a user friendly rating scheme to help consumers stay safe
online," he added.

To protect the
PC, McAfee has improved current technologies and offers brand new protections in
its products. These include McAfee SystemGuardsTM which look for malicious
behavior to stop potential spyware, viruses and hackers, as well as McAfee X-Ray
for Windows which detects and kills rootkits -malicious hidden programs.