McAfee Utilities 4.0 Ships With Patent Pending ActiveTune Technology

New Utilities Product Delivers Preventative Medicine and Enhances System Performance With Award-Winning Crash Protector, TaskMaster and ActiveTune
Feb. 26 -- McAfee Consumer Products, a division of Network Associates, Inc. today announced the availability of McAfee Utilities 4.0 software, the newest version of McAfee's industry-leading utilities suite that offers powerful tools to help Microsoft Windows users optimize system performance and diagnose, repair and prevent PC problems and crashes. With its patent pending ActiveTune technology and award-winning McAfee Crash Protection, McAfee Utilities 4.0 heightens users' experience by improving PC performance and preventing unnecessary crashes so computers run uninterrupted with top efficiency and speed. A demo download of the McAfee Utilities 4.0 product will be available on February 26, 2001 at 12:00 p.m. PST exclusively at CNET Download.com: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10014.html .

"McAfee Utilities 4.0 software is your PC's preventive medicine, curing problems before they begin," said Diane Seghposs, vice president for McAfee Consumer Software. "With exciting new features like ActiveTune and TaskMaster, McAfee Utilities 4.0 goes beyond the standard levels of protection and enriches the users' online experience."

One of the newest and most innovative additions to McAfee Utilities 4.0 software is ActiveTune, one of the industry's first and only utilities products to offer patent-pending technology that optimizes drive performance on the fly. ActiveTune offers an active safeguard against file fragmentation and damage. Designed to prevent slow response time and maintain optimal drive performance, ActiveTune intelligently places files on the user's drive as they are created. By minimizing file fragmentation and freeing PC space, consumers enjoy faster and smoother drive access to today's popular multimedia files and programs, such as MP3s, video files and the latest games.

Another innovative new feature in McAfee Utilities 4.0 software is TaskMaster, which enables users to determine and control what is running on their system at any given time. With TaskMaster, users are given greater control over their running applications by having the ability to customize and create multiple start up configurations and terminate any process at will. This new functionality gives customers faster response time and greater available resources for demanding applications and cutting edge games.

Other enhancements in McAfee Utilities 4.0 include:

• Bootable Rescue CD: can now be used as both an installation CD as well as a lifesaver for rescuing a downed system should a bootable floppy not be available.
• Improved Disk Tune: works faster at optimizing hard disks and increasing performance by rearranging files for maximum efficiency.
• McAfee Shredder: refined to electronically "shred" more files faster and easier and can overwrite common undelete functions to securely and permanently erase files, providing users with greater privacy and security.
• EZ Setup: Expanded capabilities in this useful utility allow users to customize Windows settings without having to edit registry.
• Run Core Utilities From the CD: Disk Tune, Disk Minder, McAfee Shredder and many other tools can now be utilized directly from the CD, saving valuable disk space without having to install the program.

Pricing and Availability
McAfee Utilities 4.0 software is available at retailers nationwide beginning February 26, 2001 for an estimated street price of $39.99. These products can also be purchased online at www.mcafee-at-home.com.

SOURCE Network Associates Inc.; Mc Afee Consumer Products
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