AOL Adds McAfee to Bundle
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America Online is adding a layer of security to its popular Internet service with the bundling of virus protection software from McAfee at no charge to customers. AOL (NYSE: AOL) claims it is the first ISP to offer premium antivirus coverage in the basic membership package.
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A new worm has surfaced affecting the AOL Instant Messenger network, security firm FaceTime reported this week. The malware disguises itself as a JPEG image to deliver a Trojan horse onto a PC when executed.
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IMlogic, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based firm, has partnered with McAfee, Sybari and AOL to establish an instant message and P2P threat center that will detect the spread of viruses, worms and other malware aimed at these online channels.
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MAMMOTH OUTFIT AOL has decided that passwords are not enough and is issuing an optional two tiered layer of security. According to Associated Press, the two-factor authentication scheme will cost $1.
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Security researchers have found a nasty vulnerability in AOL's ICQ Pro 2003b software. AOL is recommendng that users update their software.
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Linux maker acquires security, authentication tools from AOL.
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The revamped software for AOL's proprietary online service tackles spam and other Internet security issues.
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With the acquisition of the Netscape server software products from AOL Time Warner for $20.5 million, Red Hat gains directory and certificate servers, which the company said it will bring to the open-source community, most likely under the General Public
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(InfoWorld) - AOL has developed a new version of its PC software designed to simplify and enhance how broadband users access online content and services. The product, called OpenRide, consolidates in a single screen with four panes access to a variety of AOL and non-AOL services, with a focus on e-mail, instant messaging, Web search, multimedia and browsing, AOL said Wednesday. OpenRide lets users access AOL and non-AOL e-mail accounts, links up with the company's AIM instant messaging service, and has an integrated Web browser and a media center for viewing videos, calling up photos and playing songs. Until now, AOL took a one-size-fits-all approach with its PC software, but OpenRide represents a departure from this model with a more modular, flexible architecture. Previously, applications design supported AOL's dial-up Internet access business, which AOL has decided to exit. With its focus on broadband users, OpenRide is in sync with AOL's strategy of attracting visitors to its free services andÂ selling online ads, AOL said. As such, OpenRide is the first AOL PC software that is freely available to anyone. Although AOL is to be commended for developing a more customizable version of its PC software, OpenRide still has an entry-level feel to it that will likely turn off sophisticated users, said Joe Laszlo, a Jupiter Research analyst. "OpenRide aims towards the mainstream, not very advanced end user, which is the classic, stereotypical AOL user," he said. Still, the potential exists for building features into OpenRide that will attract more advanced users, because AOL seems to have given the application an open, modular architecture, Laszlo said. Much is riding on OpenRide's adoption, as AOL battles for visitors and advertisers with mighty competitors like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft's MSN and many other players that make money from online ads. The PC software is a key weapon in AOL's arsenal. AOL members make up 36 percent of U.S. monthly unique visitors to the AOL network. But they generate a disproportionate 80 percent of the page views. Central to retaining these people's positive effect on the consumption of AOL online ads is their use of the AOL PC software, which subscribers used to lose access to when they canceled their dial-up accounts, although not anymore. About half the size of the previous, AOL 9.0 version, OpenRide can beÂ downloaded here. It doesn't require any log-in procedure except when users need to access password-protected services.
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McAfee will acquire ScanAlert, a Web application security vendor, for $51 million, the companies announced Tuesday.ScanAlert, which was founded in 2001, runs a paid service that scans Web sites daily looking for security vulnerabilities and checks if e-commerce applications have up-to-date patches.McAfee said the business will be integrated into its Web Security Group, which develops McAfee&#39;s SiteAdvisor service. SiteAdvisor scans Web sites and scores them according to their risk, taking into account for example whether malicious software is hosted on the site. Consumers can download the SiteAdvisor toolbar that displays that ranking in a group of search results.Sites using ScanAlert&#39;s service display a logo that says &quot;Hacker Safe,&quot; which also appears on product listings on Web sites such as Yahoo&#39;s shopping channel and Pricegrabber.com. The service is aimed at increasing consumer confidence with e-commerce transactions, which have seen a rising level of fraud.SiteAdvisor, which is a free download for Internet Explorer and Firefox but also offers a paid version with more features, will eventually show the &quot;Hacker Safe&quot; logo in search results, McAfee said.ScanAlert said it has 8,000 customers that have more than 75,000 Web sites. Its clients include clothing retailer Guess, Toshiba and Warner Brothers. ScanAlert expects its booking revenue to be in the range of $15 million to $20 million this year.Earlier this month,&#160;McAfee splashed out $350 million for SafeBoot, a Dutch company specializing in encryption and access control.&#160;
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The message coming from America Online could not be any clearer: &quot;We will keep our customers safe online.&quot; Even though the market is awash with security software, AOL has stepped in for its members and delivered a fortified version of AOL 9.0, dubbed
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Antivirus software company McAfee Inc. is buying Foundstone Inc., which makes software for detecting and managing software vulnerabilities, for $86 million in cash, McAfee said Monday.
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America Online (Quote, Chart) is bundling existing security features along with new ones for the Thursday launch of its AOL 9.0 software client, security edition.
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More anti-virus false alarm madness A dodgy anti-virus update from McAfee on Wednesday wrongly identified legitimate JavaScript files as a virus in the second such screw-up by a major security vendor in less than a week.â¦
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McAfee Inc. on Monday plans to announce an add-on for its enterprise antivirus products to offer increased protection against spyware.
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McAfee is preparing versions of its e-mail and Web security appliances designed for enterprise users.
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As pests, adware, and other malicious applications infiltrate corporate computers with greater frequency, some vendors, including McAfee and Computer Associates, are bundling anti-spyware into security management suites, giving IT more tools to control the hazard.