McAfee in deal to power Facebook security ops

div class=”cnet-image-div image-medium float-left” style=”width: 184px” img class=”cnet-image” src=”/i/bto/20100112/071016-facebook-preds.jpg” alt=”" width=”184″ height=”138″ / /divpIn a move to show its 350 million members that it’s serious about their safety, Facebook has launched a partnership with security firm McAfee: six months of McAfee’s Internet Security Suite software, a discount subscription after that, and custom security software and education materials on Facebook./p p”Facebook is applying all financial incentives from this partnership to the benefit of its users and will not be taking a share of any revenue from user subscriptions,” a release explained. McAfee has also developed a free tool for Facebook users to clean their hard drives in the event that their Facebook accounts are compromised through a malicious attack./p pMcAfee will also be providing content for a href=”http://www.facebook.com/security”Facebook’s security home page/a./p pRight now, Facebook users in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the U.K., Australia, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, and France are eligible for the free McAfee software promotion, and the release explained that more countries will be eligible over the next few months

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McAfee in deal to power Facebook security ops

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