McAfee launches Yahoo secure search
McAfee has unveiled a secure search service and a security certification programme for retail sites in an attempt to make web surfing safer. McAfee Secure Search will be accessible through a toolbar in the firm’s Site Adviser offering, and will filter sites that use browser exploits or push suspicious downloads. Search results will be displayed with a red, yellow or green icon to indicate the level of risk. The service is due for launch later this summer. “The rise of malicious sites has caused internet users to be wary of searching and shopping online, especially when those activities require personal information,” said Tim Dowling, vice president of McAfee’s web security group.
“Bad sites strive to look harmless to users, so it is very difficult to identify which results are safe to visit. Sites that are safe today may turn bad tomorrow.” The second release is a security certification service for retailers known as McAfee Secure for Web Sites. Among the features is a Trust Mark image which is hosted on McAfee’s site. The image will be displayed only if a site can pass a daily security scan. The company will also offer a compliance-management service and a vulnerability scanning service as part of the Secure for Web Sites package.
Source: Vnunet
I have this, and at least with google, it has been doing it for a while
I bought Toshiba laptop few months ago and it has this included in IE7.
Very old useless news as alternative of this already inculded in FF 2 and IE 7 and many more …
“The company will also offer a compliance-management service and a vulnerability scanning service as part of the Secure for Web Sites package.”
Haha. Hacker Safe I guess… Been in many news lately. Don’t buy marketing frauds from McAfee!!!!
http://www.xssed.com/news/67/Hacker_Safe_or_not_Read_on_watch_the_video_and_vote_now/
“Don’t buy marketing frauds from McAfee!!!!”
Don’t buy anything from McAfee. All of their products are garbage.
Exactly OTM……
And people complain windows is bloated…………..
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/255641.html
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A new computer Trojan disguised as a media file has been described by security experts as the most significant malware outbreak in three years.
McAfee Avert Labs has discovered more than 360,000 detections of a Trojan horse which hides behind fake music and video files on P2P networks such as Limewire and eDonkey.
When someone attempts to load one of these MP3 and MPG files, they don’t get the music or video they were hoping for but are instead instructed to download a file named PLAY_MP3.exe. If you agree to download and run PLAY_MP3.exw, it serves the computer with adware.
Craig Schmugar, a researcher with McAfee, said: “This is one of the most prevalent pieces of malware in the last three years. We have never before had a threat this significant that arrives as a media file.”
“In the end you’re left with a fake MP3 file taking up space, a worthless MP3 player, adware that claims not only to not display pop-ups but also to block them, and more adware that successfully displays pop-up and pop-under ads.”
According to McAfee, it has rated the threat “medium” risk, the highest risk rating given to a threat since 2005.
www.mcafee.com/uk/
just use “mcafee virusscan enterprise”…don’t need to register it and if you set the license to “perpetual” it NEVER expires.
nuff said
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