Web giant changes provider of free security software for members.
Giant ISP and web services provider
AOL
is offering a free, special edition version of
McAfee
security software to users registered with its network. The offer replaces a previous offering based on
Kaspersky
technology, which was quietly taken offline several weeks ago.
The customized product, based on
McAfee
‘s
Internet Security Suite
, combines anti-virus and anti-spyware with a firewall and identity theft protection. The
AOL Active Virus Shield
software, a pared-down version of
Kaspersky Internet Security 6
, was also
made available
free of charge, from August of last year.
The new offering is available from
AOL
‘s
Internet Security Central
site
here
. Some commentary on the switch, from a
Yahoo! Tech
blogger, is
here
.
Posted on 08 August 2007 by
Virus Bulletin
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