RSSMcAfee Releases New Security Suites
By Nate Mook | Published August 1, 2006, 2:00 PM
After a month in beta testing, McAfee is releasing to the world its next-generation security suites based on its new "Falcon" platform, which combines the company's antivirus, anti-spyware, and "threat watch" technologies.
Falcon includes SystemGuard to look for certain behaviors that may indicate virus, spyware or hacker activity, and alert the consumer before the issue does damage. Additionally, X-Ray detects and kills rootkits, while McAfee Site Advisor identifies and notify users of potentially dangerous Web sites.
Like Windows Live OneCare from Microsoft, McAfee has designed a central SecurityCenter for managing the security on a PC. Customers will also be able to monitor the security status of other computers on the network. Falcon will assist in setting up secure networks as well, simplifying a confusing task for many first-time wireless network users.
"Consumers have grown increasingly concerned about protecting their personally identifiable information as they search, browse and transact online. With our new suites, McAfee arms consumers with improved and new technologies protecting them from traditional threats," remarked Marc Solomon, Director of Product Management at McAfee.
McAfee has released five new products in its latest wave of offerings, four of which are priced as annual subscriptions. McAfee Total Protection includes the complete range of capabilities for $79.99 USD. It adds Web filtering, additional security for online transitions, local backups and desktop cleanup tools.
McAfee Internet Security Suite features all the protections included in McAfee Total Protection with the exception of those for wireless home networks for $69.99 USD annually. McAfee PC Protection Plus, which does not include the network monitoring and threat analysis tools that come with Total Protection, is priced at $49.99 USD annually.
At the bottom of the new subscription lineup is McAfee VirusScan Plus, which includes only the core protection features from Falcon for $39.99 USD annually. It monitors for spyware, viruses and other malicious software, but does not provide the backup or restore functionality found in PC Protection Plus.
Lastly, McAfee is offering a firewall-only product dubbed Wireless Protection. It secures a wireless network with advanced encryption and rotating keys, along with monitoring PCs on a home network to ensure they are secure as well. The one-time download is priced at $29.99 USD.
McAfee has done what I have wanted for a long time. I've been their user for many years and always liked their software and this new version finally does what I've been waiting for. It has all the features of VirusScan, AntiSpyware and Personal Firewall. And what's best they can all be used from the same Security Center so that it has some real use than just to show your security status and work as a program launcher.
This of course is just my opinion but I really like the new additions. I've tried many products including Norton, F-Secure, Panda, Avast (Free) and NOD32 but the only one I've really liked to use has always been McAfee.
McAfee offers packages which include different components - you should check out www.mcafee.com for more info.
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|"McAfee has done what I have wanted for a long time."
You mean nothing?!! :-) NOD32 is way better than McAfee, Norton, F-Secure, Panda & Avast. I used Norton for years but compare to NOD32 its crap, a mem hog and leaves foot prints bigger than bigfoot. But even so, Norton kicks McAfee's A$$. So I really think you should do some research on antivirus programs. At the moment McAfee is just a name that people know.
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|Sweet! Another NOD32 fanboy. Welcome to the club. Pretty small so far, but it's growing. ;)
Had some dolt the other day claim it was too slow to scan downloaded files. Heh...
Can you guess what he did wrong?
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|No guess required:-)
It’s amazing how many how many people have this “ problem “. But doesn’t it make you feel a lot smarter??? And when you call them idiots they won’t argue, they just silently agree:-) lol
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|Nah. I don't call 'em idiots> They usually take care of that for me.
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|Add me to the list of fanz. :)
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|"McAfee releases new security suites"
...which as usual simply won't work as advertised. Their corporate tools are a joke.
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|For once, we agree.
Every once in a while, the universe throws an inconsistancy at us. Keeps us on our toes. ;)
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|Hey, we've agreed before - just not often enough. :)
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|Not really. VirusScan Plus is a 3 in 1 pack, basically antivirus, firewall and antispyware.
This latest version also includes behavior blocker along with new improved 5100 scan engine. Price tag is also pretty nice for such package which is kinda suprising if we look at the last year prices of just antivirus without FW and AS.
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|So instead of 3 apps, we have 4 now?
Damn. I was hoping maybe I'd start liking McAfee again.
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|Can't remember from the Beta thread...
This product an AIO, or an actual suite? AIO would take less resources, likely be faster, and might actually be worth a try. A security 'suite' is needless bloat.
AV/AS *should* be using the same engine/daffy-nitions.
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