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McAfee Enters Agreement With Digital Lifestyles
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2004-10-14
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Digital Lifestyles and McAfee entered an agreement to provide McAfee consumer computer security services for Digital Lifestyles' hip-e, the world's first integrated digital lifestyle computer designed exclusively for teens.
With the continued threat of computer-related viruses and other dangers in today's Internet culture, Digital Lifestyles Group and McAfee have partnered to offer McAfee services integrated within the hip-e hangout on all hip-e nodes and nodebooks and accessible on a no-risk trial basis.
"By offering McAfee's easy to use, award-winning security solutions, parents and their teens will have peace of mind that both their hip-e and their identity are protected from intruders," said Erik Smith, Vice President of Business Development and Programming at Digital Lifestyles Group. "Our teen users asked for this protection and I'm excited that we are able to provide the best solution for them through this relationship."
Accessible from the hip-e hangout, the McAfee services bundle offers comprehensive protection comprised of software featuring virus protection, firewall, spam prevention, identity protection and content filtering. hip-e users will simply be able to activate the software from inside the hip-e hangout to gain immediate protection. The McAfee security services will include the following:
McAfee VirusScan
McAfee VirusScan provides advanced, real-time protection against known viruses, mass-mailing worms, Trojans, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) such as spyware, adware and dialers. It helps protect against the threats that may originate from e-mail, instant messaging, Internet downloads, file sharing programs, and Web surfing, automatically detecting and cleaning infected files before they attack the user's system. Designed for both novice computer users and online pros, McAfee VirusScan's award-winning threat prevention technology helps to provide a safe and worry-free online experience.
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus
McAfee Personal Firewall Plus monitors users' Internet connections for unauthorized access, no matter the type of connection-DSL, cable modem, satellite, dial-up or wireless. With advanced intrusion prevention, color- coded security alerts and detailed logging, McAfee Personal Firewall Plus gives hip-e users control of their communications to and from the node and nodebook, for a safer and more worry-free online experience. Automatic updates help keep hip-e users ahead of hackers and snoops, making McAfee Personal Firewall Plus the effortless way to help protect the node and nodebook and the personal data that resides on it.
McAfee Privacy Service
McAfee Privacy Service helps to secure personal information stored on the node and nodebook while providing greater control over the entire family's Internet experience with online advertisement blocking, inappropriate content filtering and other content controls. McAfee Privacy Service helps to ensure that users do not expose confidential information to online threats such as "phishing" or other online scams. Easy to use, McAfee Privacy Service builds an encrypted database of personal information users do not want submitted over the Internet, helping to ensure online safety.
McAfee SpamKiller
McAfee SpamKiller employs a technologically superior, multi-layered filtering engine to help keep hip-e mail inboxes spam-free. Unsolicited, fraudulent and inappropriate e-mail messages are increasing at a rapid pace. Consequently, anti-spam protection is an essential layer of defense in an effective security strategy. McAfee SpamKiller offers a comprehensive set of features and advanced detection and reporting options that enable users to eliminate spam quickly and easily, while also granting them the power to fight back.
"Providing users -- in this case teenagers and their parents -- with up- to-date and easy to use virus and security protection is a must today," explained Todd Gebhart, Senior Vice President Business Development for McAfee, Inc. "We are glad that we could work together with Digital Lifestyles Group to provide the best protection for its hip-e computer experience."
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