McAfee Wireless Anti-Virus to Protect Nokia Communicator Users

McAfee Extends On-Device Wireless Anti-Virus Support to Symbian-Based Internet Connected Wireless Devices July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering virus protection for all leading wireless platforms, McAfee, a division of Network Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA), today announced that its VirusScan Wireless product will provide anti-virus support for the Nokia 9210 Communicator currently shipping in Europe, and the Nokia 9290 Communicator that will soon ship in the Americas. McAfee's wireless anti-virus product will deliver "on-device" virus protection for the Symbian wireless platform that powers Nokia's new Internet connected wireless device, scanning for viruses in both WAP and HTML Internet communication.

McAfee's resident "micro engine" design tailored for wireless Internet devices is based on the industry-leading McAfee VirusScan technology. The engine will examine files and applications for viruses and malicious code locally on the 9210 and 9290 Communicators. The VirusScan Wireless product will have the ability to automatically update the virus definition files through the Nokia Communicator's Internet connection capability.

"As many enterprise IT organizations plan on deploying their corporate applications through wireless handheld or smart phone handset devices, virus protection will become an essential element for their wireless projects," said Stacey Wu, senior industry analyst, Mobile Insights, Inc. "Carriers focusing on wireless data platform development would also need to protect the wireless data transactions and end users' devices."

"McAfee has been on the forefront in providing the greatest level of virus protection to users of wireless, Internet connected devices," said Mark Harris, chief software architect for McAfee. "The small resident scanning engine that currently protects Palm handheld and mobile Internet devices has been engineered to look for viruses and malicious code that may live within files transferred and accessed on the Nokia Communicator."

The Nokia Communicator is an integrated mobile terminal combining phone, fax, e-mail, calendar, and imaging functionality. Internet access is possible via both a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and a HTML-based browser, which also supports frames. Along with included word processing and spreadsheet applications, support for many of the most used PC applications, including viewing and editing of Microsoft Word and Excel documents, and a PowerPoint viewer, is built into the Nokia Communicator.

McAfee is a division of Network Associates, Inc. that protects e-businesses from security breaches and virus attacks. McAfee has aggressively focused on the burgeoning mobile and wireless marketplace, developing the VirusScan Wireless family of products. McAfee is also actively addressing the service provider market through McAfee ASaP, which offers Internet security and virus protection. All McAfee products are backed by the world's leading anti-virus research organization, McAfee AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team), the team which first identified Melissa, Bubbleboy and Phage, the first wireless virus. For more information, McAfee can be reached at 800-338-8754 and on the Internet at http://www.mcafeeb2b.com or http://www.mcafeeasap.com.

With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc. is a leading supplier of security and availability solutions for e-businesses. Network Associates is comprised of four product groups: McAfee, delivering world class anti-virus products; PGP Security, providing firewall, intrusion detection and encryption products; Sniffer Technologies, a leader in network and application management; and Magic Solutions, providing web-based service desk solutions. For more information, Network Associates can be reached at 972-308-9960 or on the Internet at http://www.nai.com.

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