Wednesday, 8 November 2006

New McAfee Product Blocks Dangerous Web Sites

Security company McAfee has launched the McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus, the Web safety tool to actively shield consumers' computers from dangerous Web sites encountered whilst browsing, searching, and instant messaging or e-mailing.

Bill Kerrigan, executive vice president, McAfee, said, "McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus is a strong complement to McAfee's easy to use and consumer product line. This product extends to IM and e-mail communications an 'early warning system' SiteAdvisor pioneered for browsing, searching, and transacting online. Coupled with our security suites, McAfee delivers proven, integrated protection at each step of the consumer's computer experience."

A prominent feature of McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus is 'Protected Mode' meant for enforcement of safety ratings by redirecting consumers to a safe page any time their computer is about to interact with a risky site. This feature provides critical protection to heavy Internet users, households that share computers with younger or less Web-savvy users, or anyone who desires 'load and go' protection. 'Protected Mode' is password protected, enabling parents or other computer administrators to control the feature, the company said.

McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus aims to checks links embedded in e-mail and instant messages, warning consumers before they make a bad click decision. Worldwide, more than 170 billion e-mails and more than 14 billion instant messages are sent per day. In today's world of drive-by attacks, during which a single click can ruin a computer and cause irreparable data loss, it's important for consumers to know in advance whether a link contained in an e-mail or IM is safe or not.