August 28, 2002

McAfee.com Arms Personal Firewall with Advanced Blocking Technologies

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee.com , a leading provider of Web security services, today announced the integration of outbound blocking and application fingerprinting into the next generation of McAfee.com's Personal Firewall and Personal Firewall Plus services. Now consumers and small business computer users can help prevent passive and active Trojan horse programs, malicious spyware and hybrid Internet threats from sending data from their PCs to unauthorized recipients. By providing users with solutions that monitor and help block unauthorized transmissions, McAfee.com Personal Firewall helps prevent programs such as "SirCam" and "SubSeven" from gaining control of users' PCs or using eavesdropping tools to monitor their activities. These features are especially significant to the millions of consumers and small businesses that store valuable and confidential information on their computers. (full story)

My spin There's so many security products on the market...it makes your head spin...when in doubt try out what others use and McAfee is one product used by thousands (millions?).

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