Facebook inks deal with McAfee, Symantec, others for free antivirus

The social network says its blacklist has also been augmented by the security firms, which have offered up their own URL blacklist databases.

Facebook teams up with Microsoft, McAfee, Symantec to sell antivirus

Facebook promotes the products as "free", however some, such as Symantec's Norton and McAfee, similar to pre-installed desktop antivirus trial versions, must be paid for after 6 months, while Microsoft's Security Essentials for Windows and Sophos'Home Edition for Macs are actually free products.

Facebook Teams Up With Microsoft, Symantec, Others on Antivirus Marketplace

Facebook officials are launching a site on their social network aimed at making their 900 million-plus users and their systems more secure. Facebook, in partnership with Microsoft, McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and Sophos, on April 25 announced the Antivirus Marketplace , where users can download free six-month licenses or full versions of the companies’ anti-malware software for six months to a ...

Facebook partners with Microsoft, Symantec to provide free antivirus software

Facebook partners with security firms to protect its 900 million users

Symantec on the Move With Enterprise Security

Antivirus vendor Symantec has announced enhancements to its enterprise mobile security product. These include capabilities for mobile application management, data loss prevention, certificate management and code signing for devs. The features will help IT cope with the burgeoning Bring Your Own Device trend, which has employees increasingly using their personal mobile devices for work, Symantec ...