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McAfee (News - Alert), Inc., a known dedicated security technology company, has announced the availability of its McAfee 2009 security suites.

 

The new product suites include McAfee Total Protection, McAfee Internet Security, and McAfee VirusScan Plus suites. The products are available at retailers worldwide and for download at the company’s website.

 

McAfee’s new product suites match a consumer’s need to be protected from ever-evolving threats with an extremely fast computing experience. The 2009 suites include unique innovations and highlights, such as a revolutionary Active Protection technology which delivers the fastest detection of malware in the world.

 

Security software needs to be proactive and immediate in detecting and updating PCs from the latest online threats, as new malwares are coming out every 30 seconds. Traditional methods provide updates only hourly or daily, but McAfee’s Active Protection provides consumers with instant updates if malware is detected, to keep them always secure.

 

The Active Protection technology also delivers best-in-class detection rates at 99 percent or better apart from fastest protection. Third-party results by West Coast Labs and AV Comparatives rate it at the top among major competitors.

 

Active Protection is being rolled out to consumers automatically through McAfee’s versionless software model, and it can also be enabled on any McAfee consumer suite through a link at the company's website.

 

The suites have less impact on start-up, shorter scan times and faster launching of common applications, enabling accelerated PC performance over last year’s products. McAfee 2009 is more than 1,000 times faster than the next major competitor. A new, powerful enterprise-grade spam protection enabled in the suites catches 99 percent of all spam.

 

The new products alert consumers when intruders connect to their network, with an in-built improved protection in the home with network monitoring. These products are also equipped with McAfee file protection for sensitive financial documents, and safe shop which protects from identity theft and credit card fraud when shopping online.

 

Todd Gebhart, senior vice president and general manager for consumer, mobile and small business at McAfee said that the company is very excited to launch its 2009 versions of consumer security software.

 

Gebhart noted that with significant performance enhancements and McAfee's new Active Protection technology, the company now delivers the fastest detection on the market, while also delivering on the promise of unmatched PC performance.