McAfee Offer Anti-Virus For Symbian S60 Mobile Devices

It seems that before F-Secure released their Mobile AntiVirus application two days ago, McAfee has announced their own virus security solutions named McAfee VirusScan Mobile. This software will offer extensive mobile protection solutions that are designed to defend against and forbid mobile threats and vulnerabilities. However, it is presently being accessible simply for Cingular Wireless customers. Those fortunate mobile device users can download the anti-virus to their Symbian Series 60, Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC or SmartPhone wireless devices. Not for available though. An annual subscribtion from McAfee through Cingular’s MediaNet Web portal is offered for $29. 99. This will include an automated, over-the-air updates against any recently discovered mobile viruses and threats.

McAfee VirusScan Mobile will seek to read, discover, and tidy your mobile information to forbid subversion payable to viruses, worms, spyware, malware, and new engineering abuses. Threats from e-mail, instant messaing, and Internet downloads will be protected, as easily as dual entrance points such as SMS, MMS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Up-to-date security is delivered as shortly as threats are identified through McAfee’s leading investigation organisation, AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team. According to the party, they will shortly present McAfee Firewall Mobile, which provides security against hackers and data-stealing applications, monitoring both incoming and outbound communication for vicious conduct, in the second fourth of 2006.