“McAfee Internet Security suite helps Apple users confidently live their digital lives,” said Todd Gebhart, executive vice president and general manager, consumer, mobile and small business at McAfee, in the press release. “It will protect Mac users from the growing threats users experience while searching the Internet every day, and McAfee Family Protection allows parents to keep a watchful eye over their kids’ activities.”
McAfee Internet Security for Mac includes the following features and benefits:
• McAfee SiteAdvisor technology protects users from malicious Web sites, browser exploits and notifies users whether an ecommerce site has been scanned by McAfee for potential vulnerabilities.
• SiteAdvisor technology provides site ratings in 22 search engines, and features advanced phishing protection that will alert users to sites that may try to steal personal identities or gain access to financial information.
• Secure Search a dedicated search tool that allows users to search, explore and shop more securely.
• Two-Way Firewall Protection monitors all data entering and leaving the Mac and blocks hackers from accessing the computer.
• Advanced Malware Scanning detects, blocks, and removes all Windows and Mac based viruses, spyware, and adware as well as any emerging threats that could harm the Mac.
McAfee Internet Security for Mac is available today on Mac OS 10.5 or later in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico and Japan. It will be available in the United States for US$79.99. For more information, visit: www.mcafee.com/mac.
According to a recent survey by McAfee and Harris Interactive, 55 percent of 13-17 year olds said that they hide what they do online from their parents and 36 percent said they would change their online behavior if they knew their parents were watching. Just as with the PC version, McAfee Family Protection for Mac is designed to give parents a way to protect and monitor their children when using the Internet.
McAfee Family Protection includes the following features and benefits:
• Web blocking allows parents to block up to 35 different categories of content, preventing children from visiting sites related to topics like drugs or pornography. Keyword search filtering prevents children from searching for terms prohibited by parents.
• Activity reports provide parents a full view of their children’s Internet activity – including all websites visited. The reports are designed to empower parents to teach their kids how to safely use the Internet.
• Instant notifications are sent to parents by email or text message when a child tries to access inappropriate sites.
• Time limits allow parents to manage the amount of time children use the Internet.
• Program blocking enables parents to block specific applications installed on the Mac. For example, a parent can block iTunes to ensure their children don’t download songs or movies without their permission.
• Encrypted site blocking provides a deeper layer of protection against accessing Web sites that are encrypted which include many pornography sites.
• Parents can remotely modify each child’s profile. For example, a parent may block the category “drugs” but then remotely modify the rule if their teen needs access to an educational drug-related site for homework purposes.
McAfee Family Protection is available today on Mac OS 10.5 or later in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. It will be available in the United States for $39.99 For more information, please visit: www.mcafee.com/mac.
McAfee Family Protection is also available for Apple mobile products, including the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. For more information about McAfee Family Protection iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, please visit the McAfee mobile site at m.mcafee.com.
Source: McAfee, Inc.
I’ve been on the Internet since 1993 with my PowerBook 100. Buck naked on the Internet. Never a single firewall or anti-virus. Ever. Servers too.
Not a single problem in 17 years.
I have never had a virus or malware on my Mac!
This is actually a good thing. As much as we talk about not having any viruses, the IT departments in major corporations will not allow a computer on their network without AV. This will allow Apple to fill that check box.
Naked since 2002 – NO probs,
None of you have kids, obviously. This is something our family could use.
One virus under OS9 since 1988. No problems ever with OSX. Thank you Apple!
2003 Mac user. Never a problem.
OSX has built in parental restrictions that are easy to activate. No need to purchase anything else.
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#parentalcontrols
I gotta tell ya, I had my WoW account hacked a couple weeks ago, and I only play on a mac. So either their backend got hacked, or they got a keylogger on my mac from one of the WoW sites I visited. I was stunned. I run the mac firewall too. I suspect it was a keylogger that got in from a flash vulnerability (I had not loaded 10.1 yet).
So I no longer take security on the mac for granted. That said, the last mcafee product I tried was a dog that freaked my system out and I had to remove it. I’ll enjoy the extra peace of mind, provided it is not a resource hog.
Got a virus from a floppy disc using OS 7.5, I think, in ’87.
As long as you avoid floppies you should be good to go.
Oh, McAfee, the company that’s been providing wheat farmers with Mermaid Damage Insurance, since 1989.
OS X has built in parental controls that will easily do ALL of the features listed for McAfee. Good luck trying to sell features that come standard with every mac.
NClceman, most likely someone simply guessed your password. If you use the same, or similar passwords on multiple sites, that can make it easier.
Most of theses features are already available under Parental Controls Preference pane.
Besides the Parental Controls, you can also use Open DNS as your DNS server. It’ll screen out all the nasty websites from your family. Works really weel and is easy.
Ummm, yeah. McAfee. Same company that took everyone out with a bad update a while back. And they want me to install their crapware on a APPLE product?
BAKA!!!
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/24918/
Likely to cause more problems that it will ever prevent:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/McAfee-Glitch-Causes-Computer-Reboot-91806529.html
News flash: McAfee try selling ice to Eskimos.
Parent – control your kids. No viruses ever on my Macs. I may have got a virus myself (sneeze) a the library, from one of their filthy keyboards.
The banking regulators MADE us have anti-virus software on all machines, even after we told them we had never had a virus on any of our Macs since 1983. So, if the price is reasonable, it might help some businesses be able to keep using Macs. Regulators have vast power, coupled with minuscule reasoning skills.
“McAfee Internet Security suite helps Apple users confidently live their digital lives,”
Digital lives?? Wow this guy’s got a BS in BS.
McAfee Family Protection – helping helicopter parents control their precious snowflakes’ existences, because reality is scary!
NCIceman:
Most likely, I say most likely, from the back end because I too play wow on my mac–without any firewalls or AV. Never had a problem. Been playing WoW since 2004. I think back when it was called Warcraft or something. I got one of those old titles: High Warlord.
I’ve been buck naked since 1993.
The McAfee back room or skunk works had better come up with some dire threats to Macs otherwise McAfee will not get rich this way.
Lame. Macs don’t need that type of protection. Only a good sleeve or bag.
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