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NEW! The McAfee 2009 Range

With a new year approaching, a new set of fantastic McAfee products have become available for download. The McAfee 2009 range of security products contains substantial improvements on previous releases. They run more efficiently, are easy to use and they product your computer without interfering with your online experience.

Powerful and reliable, for decades McAfee products have stood at the front of the line for antivirus and security protection. The McAfee 2009 product list is a valuable and important addition to this range – helping user stay safe and protecting their computers and files.

Pitt, the Internet’s most dangerous celebrity

A report commissioned by McAfee has shown that Brad Pitt has overtaken Paris Hilton as the Internet’s most dangerous celebrity. 20% of websites containing information about the Hollywood A-list actor leave traces of damaging or potentially dangerous software on your computer. Brad Pitt wallpapers, screen savers and pictures all abound on line, but what many people do not know if that a significant proportion of them carry dangerous softwares such as spyware, spam, phishing, adware, viruses and other breeds of malware.

Here is a complete list of McAfee’s most dangerous celebrities online:

• Brad Pitt
• Beyonce
• Justin Timberlake
• Heidi Montag
• Mariah Carey
• Jessica Alba
• Lindsay Lohan
• Cameron Diaz
• George Clooney
• Angelina Jolie

McAfee warn that there is a growth in attacks against small-scale commercial sites

Traditionally spammers and Internet phishing has been a scourge of banks and large multinational Internet shopping pages, but McAfee have announced that they have detected a change in trends and they have noticed that more and more Internet attacks are being launched against small commercial sites.

During the past few years banks have been spending considerable amounts of time and money upgrading their security procedures and it appears that they have achieved a level of success in combating the spammers. Chip and pin services, advanced password protection and extra layers of security have all played a role in this in this success and further advances are expected in the near future.

As a direct response to this increased security on such websites, spammers and phishers have turned their efforts towards the smaller, less secure, independent commercial sites on the Internet. With fewer password, less layers of protection and code that is easier to hack, McAfee state that such sites provide much easier targets.

Glowing reviews for the latest release of McAfee products:

The latest collection of software products from McAfee has received glowing recognition from the global technology press after a recent article gave an in depth comparative analysis of the available anti-virus products. The products included in the review came from software developers McAfee, BitDefender, Kaspersky, Check Point, Symantec, Microsoft, F-Secure, CA and PC Tools.

McAfee received ‘excellent’ scores in terms of overall performance, its anti-spam software, its range of different features and in terms of value for money. In each case the McAfee internet Security Suite finished with a far better evaluation than its competitors.

In a further section, McAfee’s SiteAdvisor won plaudits for its ‘dependable’ protection, finishing in first position and offering users the firmest protection against the dangers of intrusive phishing tools. A spokesman for McAfee indicated that they were delighted with the content included in the report that justified that hard work of the McAfee anti-virus engineers.

McAfee wins contract with the NHS

McAfee has been selected by the National Health Service in the United Kingdome to provide encryption and port control to protect confidential data on NHS computers across the country. The agreement includes the distribution of 700,000 McAfee licenses to medical establishments in all.

Mark Ferrar, the director for infrastructure at the National Health Service’s technological office said, ‘McAfee Data Protection technology closely matched our extensive requirements and at a price that represents exceptional value for the tax payer.”

McAfee reveal the number of 'dangerous' links

McAfee has noted on their official company blog that the estimate 7.8billion links are active on the web that lead customers towards potentially dangerous websites. They claim to have their statistic at the heart of their ongoing research commitment at their development department in Silicone Valley. ‘It’s becoming more difficult for people to tell the difference between safe neighbourhoods on the Internet and the dark alleys’, the author of the blog writes.

The great upgrade hoax

McAfee has reported a large increase in the number of phishing emails that are currently circulating online. These emails masquerade a receipts for subscription upgrades to online services and claim to have already charged a fixed amount to your account. Their aim is to encourage you to click on a ‘dangerous’ link and therefore reveal your personal details. McAfee has reiterated that Internet users have to remain vigilant at all times for unexpected threats.

McAfee Internet Security Review

“I’ve been using the McAfee security package for a couple of years now. I’d had a bad experience of online identity theft and the package was recommended to me. For a good period of time I didn’t like buying online – but after a while I began to trust the software. Internet Security gives you warnings that pop up when anything dangerous is going on – and it is in simple English too. Nowadays I am pretty confident that people won’t steal my identity.”

McAfee Total Protection

“I’ve known about McAfee for ages, since perhaps the mid-1990s. It is only recently that we decided to invest in some antivirus software and so we went to McAfee because it was a trusted brand. All in all my wife and I are chuffed with it – we don’t want to be losing the family photos.”

McAfee Virus Scan

“My friend told me all about an article that she had seen in the newspaper about the threat of antivirus. So I invested just £25 in a McAfee antivirus package – I was surprised that you could get it immediately and start to use it. I was expecting it to come through the post five days later!”

McAfee Business

“I like to say that I am extremely happy with the service that I have received from McAfee. I run a small company and have seven employee. Obviously for us it is important to be working at top speed at much of the time as possible. Therefore I was delighted that in the year we have been using McAfee, I haven’t had to report one hour lost due to a virus or bug. Great work!”

Nowadays most families and businesses in the UK are connected to the Internet. In real terms, the World Wide Web is a relatively new resource which is reinventing itself year after year - it has connected us in a way that makes us closer to each other than ever before in human history. The US, Japan, Australia and Argentina are a simple click away.

Previously PCs were only connected sporadically, by floppy disks and data was usually not shared. Now each time you computer is switched on it can connected immediately to a number of different sources, sometimes without you knowing at all.

This is why virus protection is not just important, but essential. Viruses can enter your computer through email attachments, whilst you are online or whilst you are downloading. They can spread quickly within minutes, damaging either your data or perhaps even the hardware of your computer itself. Most people in the world will know of someone who had lost an entire computer to a vicious virus.

The first acknowledged computer virus was created 25 years ago - and now they have lives of their own. After being released into the cyber world hackers or malicious coders have no control over what happens next.

Not all viruses cause serious damage. Some will simply slow the running speed of your computer, or make it quit various applications constantly and without prior warning. This makes some of them more like an annoyance than anything else. It is always useful to remember that the latest growing problem is spyware - which can identify and distribute your personal information, leading to fraud and identity theft amongst other things.

McAfee are one of the world's leading developers in the field of antivirus software. Programmes such as Virus Scan, Internet Security and Total Protection work to alleviate the risks posed by the online virus. As previously stated - in the early twenty first century, such protection is not just advisable, but a necessity.