McAfee hopes to have a patch available for Windows NT users before Christmas. Windows 2000 users are not affected.
McAfee is readying new security software, code-named Falcon, to rival upcoming products from Symantec and newcomer Microsoft.
Helped by low pricing, Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare landed the No. 2 spot in sales at US stores in its debut month, according to The NPD Group.
Antivirus firm McAfee has overhauled its quality control and software testing procedures to avoid repeating a mistake last month that caused a signature update to flag Microsoft Excel as a virus.
Antivirus firm McAfee's president believes the company will be able to compete with Microsoft after the software giant launches its OneCare Live security products -- because security is not something you can do "part-time".
Antivirus applications from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro -- the three leading AV vendors in 2005 according to Gartner -- are far less likely to detect new viruses and Trojans than the least popular brands.
With VirusScan 2006, McAfee greatly enhances user protection against spyware and adware threats but slows your system down in the process.
Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.
Consumers now are getting more for less of their money when they buy security software.
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Instead of scanning all files on a system, Norton 2009 products will only scan unknown files, says Symantec's VP of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.
Symantec hasn't seen an increase in Mac malware, but it expects to.
If software is running on just 10 machines, it's likely bad, says Symantec's VP of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope
"Obviously it's still a problem," says Symantec's VP of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.
Software takes a long time to improve, says Symantec's VP of consumer engineering, Rowan Trollope.
Despite a face-lift, the redesigned McAfee VirusScan Plus continues to consume system resources and leaves its customers lacking support.
Antivirus software makers aim to protect users against Internet threats, but now have to face a new threat of their own: Microsoft.
McAfee Internet Security 2008 trounces Norton Internet Security 2008, offering a better designed product with more security tools.
McAfee Total Protection 2007 does what it says on the label -- it protects your PC from all sorts of nasty attacks, albeit at a fairly high cost to your system performance, especially on older PCs.
With VirusScan 2006, McAfee greatly enhances user protection against spyware and adware threats but slows your system down in the process.
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