McAfee, Inc., the world’s largest dedicated security company, unveiled major enhancements to its 2010 consumer product line, delivering its fastest, lightest and most effective consumer PC protection in the company’s history. McAfee has been recognized with numerous industry honors for product performance since its 2009 release, including top awards from AV-Comparatives.org, AV-Test.org and Virus Bulletin.
For 2010, McAfee sets a new standard in consumer PC security with:
· Expanded threat protection. McAfee was repeatedly ranked the leading vendor in threat detection1 in 2009. With the 2010 upgrade, McAfee has enhanced its Web protection to alert and block consumers from dangerous downloads and Web pages before they access them.
· Enhanced performance features more than 325% faster scans2 and updates are only initiated when the PC is idle.
· The easiest to use interface in McAfee history, simplifying security for novices and experts alike.
“Every feature of this release is best-of-breed,” said Javed Hasan, vice president of product management for the McAfee consumer product group. “The new enhancements for this 2010 Q1 release offer consumers what they want: strong and unobtrusive protection with market-leading performance. With McAfee, consumers are protected by the same intelligence and technology used to defend governments and Fortune 500 companies around the world.”
Thanks to the McAfee software-as-a-service model, customers with a current McAfee product subscription will automatically receive the new upgrade free of charge for their subscribed product. McAfee Total Protection™, McAfee Internet Security and McAfee AntiVirus Plus software products are available for download today in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, with worldwide availability quickly following.