McAfee.com Launches McAfee Visual Trace to Track Hacker Attacks

Company Adds Powerful Visual Trace Utility to Current Line of Web Security Services Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- McAfee.com (Nasdaq: MCAF), a leading provider of Web security services, today announced the launch of McAfee Visual Trace (MVT), a graphical trace-route utility that gives users the ability to trace the network path from their computer or host to a target system anywhere on the Internet. This new service combined with McAfee.com's Personal Firewall service, gives PC users the ability to protect themselves against hackers and other online threats and trace these threats to the source.

"As we continue to migrate toward a cyber lifestyle, the issues of security and privacy on the Internet have come to the forefront of people's minds. For this reason we introduced McAfee Visual Trace," said Srivats Sampath, president and CEO, McAfee.com. "This service not only augments a user's existing Web defenses, but also provides a powerful tool to report hackers and other online frauds to their ISPs or law-enforcement authorities."

With McAfee Visual Trace, a user simply enters any type of Internet address (e.g. URL, e-mail address, or IP address) and MVT maps the route from the user's computer to the target computer and all connecting nodes through a World map view. MVT also collects available key information such as the name of the organization that the target computer is registered with to the network, the organization's phone number and email address, and the physical address of the target computer's originating server. By revealing this information, MVT becomes a powerful tool to help discourage hackers, e-commerce scam artists, on-line fraud operators and spammers from conducting negative activities freely on the Web.

In addition to being a powerful Internet investigation tool, McAfee Visual Trace can be used to discover and isolate Internet performance problems. With MVT, users have a real-time monitoring tool that provides approximate response times to target Web sites and provides a graphical depiction and indication of possible Internet bottlenecks. This function is especially beneficial to users such as online stock traders and online gamers, who demand the best possible Internet performance.

McAfee Visual Trace is available for purchase for an introductory price of $19.95 (regularly priced $39.95) for a limited time. For more information about McAfee Visual Trace visit: www.mcafee.com.

About McAfee.com
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, McAfee.com Corporation, is a leading provider of Web security services, redefining how software is developed, delivered and experienced by PC users at home and at work. The company delivers software benefits through an Internet browser, virtually eliminating the need to install, configure and manage the technology on a local PC or network. McAfee.com hosts software application services on its vast technology infrastructure and provides these services to users online through its Web site www.mcafee.com. McAfee.com has signed up more than 1,000,000 paid subscribers and regularly has more than 800,000 visitors each day. The company estimates that 30% of its subscriber base is international. For more information, contact McAfee.com at 408-992-8100 or visit http://www.mcafee.com .

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