McAfee Inc. has announced it will soon release the industry's first fully integrated consumer security service platform, code-named "Falcon." McAfee said its new security platform combines its anti-virus, anti-spyware, and "threat watch" technologies.
The platform has been completely re-architected to provide a single access point that allows consumers to easily manage their McAfee security products. The service, which has been under stealth development for more than 12 months, will debut this summer, and provide consumers with a choice of comprehensive protection service packages.
"Falcon builds upon McAfee's leadership in making great security and protection nearly transparent to the user and takes consumer security to an entirely new level," said Marc Solomon, Director of Product Management, McAfee Consumer.
Falcon will include technology called SystemGuards, a behavior-based technology to watch consumers' computers for specific behaviors that may signal virus, spyware, or hacker activity.
Additionally X-Ray for Windows will detect and kill rootkits (a set of tools used to gain access to a computer system) and other malicious applications that hide from Windows and other anti-virus programs.
The new software also features services to help manage security across home networks. Through the central console, a user would also be able to monitor the security status of other computers on the network. Falcon will assist the user in setting up secure networks as well, simplifying a confusing task for many first-time wireless network users.
Falcon would provide the standard basic view as well as an option to view more advanced features.
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