Bigfoot to Utilize McAfee VirusScan To Protect Consumers From E-Mail Virus Attack.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 1997-- Service Offers Consumers Maintenance-Free, Industrial-Strength E-Mail Virus Protection Bigfoot(SM) International, Inc., the leading provider of Internet e-mail services, and McAfee Associates (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MCAF MCAF Marine Corps Air Facility MCAF Modern Chinese Art Foundation MCAF Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation MCAF Miss Camp America Foundation (non-profit AIDS foundation) MCAF Mirzam Capital Appreciation Fund ), the industry leader in anti-virus technology, today announced the launch of a powerful, centralized and maintenance-free e-mail virus protection program. With it, e-mail users forwarding their mail through the Bigfoot e-mail gateway can have incoming messages and attachments automatically filtered through the most current version of McAfee(R) VirusScan. This centralized system of virus detection and removal represents a significant advance in protecting consumers from one of the most prevalent sources of virus attack: e-mail. By moving virus filters from the desktop - where upgrades must be continuously conducted on an individual basis, to Bigfoot's e-mail gateway - where upgrades are automatic and universally effective, consumers receive the most powerful available virus protection regardless of who they use as an Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . "Last year, between 30% and 40% of all computers were infected with viruses, the majority of which were acquired through e-mail attachments," says Leonard Barshack, co-founder and chairman of Bigfoot International, Inc. "And with the emerging use of Java and Active-X, viruses may become even more insidious, hiding within the e-mail message body itself. By incorporating McAfee technology into our e-mail gateway and continuously updating it, we can now offer Bigfoot For Life customers maintenance-free, industrial-strength virus protection." McAfee VirusScan was the only anti-virus product to consistently deliver 100% virus detection in the most recent VSUM test, and was recently rated number one by CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. and PC Today in head-to-head reviews against products from Symantec, Dr. Solomon, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Trend Micro and others. "McAfee's VirusScan technology coupled with Bigfoot's e-mail service will offer consumers the highest levels of virus protection by automatically scanning e-mail and e-mail attachments for existing and new viruses as they emerge," says Jeff Platon, manager of Strategic OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Sales at McAfee Associates, Inc. "Bigfoot's leadership in e-mail server management made them an ideal partner in this effort." The Bigfoot/McAfee VirusScan service, currently in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the , will be launched worldwide on September 1 and priced competitively against existing anti-virus solutions. The service will be available at www.bigfoot.com . Founded in 1995, Bigfoot is the worldwide leader in comprehensive e-mail and Internet directory services. With its Bigfoot For Life free permanent e-mail address service, the company offers a secure and trusted gateway and comprehensive tools for management of consumer and business e-mail. Through its Bigfoot Directory services, Bigfoot offers consumers the most complete and updated people directories on the Web. Company headquarters are located in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Bigfoot's World Wide Web address is (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) http://www.bigfoot.com or E-mail to info@bigfoot.com . Bigfoot is a service mark of Bigfoot, Partners L.P. Founded in 1989, McAfee is the leading worldwide vendor of network security and management solutions for enterprise networks. The company is also the leader in Internet- and Web-based electronic software distribution. McAfee is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and can be reached at (408) 988-3832 or on the Internet at www.mcafee.com . CONTACT: Sean Conway Shandwick 212/529-1717, x837 sean_conway@bigfoot.com or Warren Adelman Bigfoot Intl, Inc. 212/262-1118 warren@bigfoot.com or Nate Tyler Copithorne & Bellows 415/975-2223 nathan_tyler@cbpr.com |
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