Good news for all Facebook users. The popularity of social networking sites is increasingly shining internet security software will be distributed free of charge.This is thanks to the cooperation that has been woven pembesut Facebook with anti-virus, McAfee. Anti-virus from McAfee will be available to all Facebook members across the world, who number around 350 million people.
Facebook users can get the entire Internet Security Software Suite from McAfee for free for six months, and thereafter will get a special discount for subscription. However, not made any special discounts are offered.
Security software is available on the McAfee fan page on Facebook. Besides Facebook is also installed McAfee software to identify the infected user's computer, and then suggest the user to clean his computer before proceeding to access Facebook.
"By embracing McAfee, we made a step forward to make the Internet safer and minimize the threats that may terrorize our services," said Elliot Schrage, vice president of Global Communications, Marketing and Public Policy Facebook, as quoted from detikINET Techno News, Thursday (14 / 1 / 2010).
Indeed the current social networking sites like Facebook vulnerable to becoming the target of 'the hands of ignorant' of the Evils of Maya, for example, to send a virus attack, or spam messages (junk messages).
The fraudsters also use Facebook's popularity to launch a phishing trap reap personal data for the user.
Facebook announced, McAfee security software will initially be available to all Facebook members in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Whereas for other countries will soon follow throughout the first quarter of this year.
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