More online customers get free protection.
South African bank
ABSA
plans to give away security software from
Trend Micro
to its 650,000+ online banking customers. The move, intended to assuage worries over the safety of online banking, follows other banks such as
Barclays
in the UK, who are providing their online customers with software from
F-Secure
.
ABSA
is a member of the
Barclays
banking group.
Customers will get the full
PC-Cillin Internet Security
suite, providing firewall and parental controls alongside AV and anti-spyware capabilities, which will be distrubted both as a download and on CD.
The deal is discussed in more detail
here
.
Posted on 08 August 2006 by
Virus Bulletin
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