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Katie Price is dangerous, says McAfee
Celeb is riddled with viruses 25 August 2009 16:37 GMT
Peter Andre will be pleased - McAfee reckons that Jordan is the most dangeous celebrity to search for on the web in the UK. Users who go Googling for Jordan have a one-in-six chance of hitting a site festering with viruses and malware.

Jude Law is in second...
Seagate and McAfee create self encrypting HDDs
Additions to Momentus Full Disk Encryption (FDE) line-up 13 November 2008 13:49 GMT
Encrypted HDDs were on the list of the Seagate's CEO's priorities when he spoke to Pocket-lint recently, but now the company has teamed up with security software expert McAfee to bring these drives to market.

The new self-encrypting notebook PC hard drives join...
McAfee in $465 million buy-out deal
Security company on spending spree 23 September 2008 13:14 GMT
Last month, McAfee announced it was going to spend £23m on buying data-leakage prevention firm Reconnex.

Now the security company has reached into its pockets yet again and is to fork out $465 million for Secure Computing Corp.

This is McAfee's...
McAfee extends coverage to Intel lappies and MIDs
Protection on the go 21 August 2008 10:07 GMT
Owners of Intel-based laptops and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) are soon going to be able to load their machines with McAfee's suite of security and data encryption tools.

The mobile content security for MIDs will be based on the Intel Atom processor Z5XX series...
McAfee to acquire data protection company
£23m bid for Reconnex 4 August 2008 11:11 GMT
A company that specialises in data-leakage prevention is to be bought by security software pro McAfee.

A £23m deal is reported to be on the table for Reconnex, which will be the second company in this arena of technology that McAfee has bought.

In...
Security company discovers super Trojan
Limbo 2 - "one of the most dangerous Trojans out there" 18 July 2008 11:36 GMT
Computer security pro Prevx claims to have discovered a new Trojan which is "guaranteed" to evade major anti-virus products to steal financial details.

Versions of Limbo 2 is apparently being sold by hackers for as much as $1300.

Prevx explains:...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 22 February 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines today - Which? magazine warns of the dangers of visiting social networking websites; Microsoft says its Vista Service Pack 1 could mess up...
Victims of HMRC data scandal being targeted online
McAfee finds evidence of phishing attack 22 February 2008 12:32 GMT
It seems that fraudsters are now targeting victims of HMRC data scandal, when details of 25 million child benefit recipients were lost.

The records, which included confidential details such as bank and building society details, NI numbers, addresses and child...
McAfee predicts top 2008 threats
A cheerful read... 16 November 2007 13:19 GMT
McAfee has released its top ten predictions for security threats in 2008.

Researchers at McAfee Avert Labs expect an increase in web dangers and threats targeting Vista, among other new or increased threats.

"Threats are increasingly moving to...
McAfee reveals 2008 security solutions
"Triple-play protection" 2 October 2007 12:38 GMT
McAfee has announced its 2008 security solutions will provide consumers with the industry's first "triple-play protection", securing consumer's PCs, web experiences, and mobile phones with one offering.

The new software that will be offered as the McAfee Total...
McAfee reveals most dangerous online celeb click-throughs
Want to see some Paris money shots? Get SiteAdvisor first 10 August 2007 14:44 GMT
As we know, cybercrims use popular celebrities' names to entice slack-jawed star worshippers to click though to malware infested content.

McAfee has used SiteAdvisor, their free web-browser tool to reveal the top 10 most riskiest celebrities in cyberspace,...
McAfee publishes statistics on dodgy domains
Russia and Romania worst on the list 13 March 2007 16:17 GMT
McAfee have released research to provide consumers with a global road map, which uncovers the riskiest and the safest places to surf and search on the Internet.

McAfee analysed 8.1 million of the world's most trafficked websites registered on 265 top-level...
McAfee launch VirusScan for virus free Macs
McAfee launch McAfee VirusScan for Mactel 8.0 9 May 2006 12:51 GMT
McAfee has launched McAfee VirusScan for Mactel 8.0 to help protect Apple computer users from Macintosh and Windows- based viruses, Trojans and other malicious threats.

Although there has been no reported virus ever found on an Apple Computer, McAfee says that...
Mcafee users in chaos after bungled virus update
McAfee, the security and anti-virus firm, is trying to solve a bungle that happened on Friday night that has caused chaos for some of its customers 14 March 2006 11:54 GMT
McAfee, the security and anti-virus firm, is trying to solve a bungle that happened on Friday night that has caused chaos for some of its customers.

It seems the company accidentally released an update to its thousands of customers around the globe that falsely...
One in ten have permanently lost irreplaceable data on PCs
Its offical - viruses damage memories 8 November 2005 15:42 GMT
Almost 1 million UK households have lost treasured family memories of adorable babies, beautiful spouses and dream holidays because they are failing to keep their digital archives safe from cyber criminals according to a new survey released today.

Based on a...
Bagle Virus hits version 30 and goes wild
7 July 2004 1:05 GMT
Illustrating why McAfee have decided to concentrate on internet security products, writers of the Bagle virus have decided, now that it's in its 30th variant, to release it for anybody to have a go.

Bagle-AD is a mass-mailing worm ZIPped into a single compressed...