McAfee Achieves 76% Worldwide Anti-Virus Marketshare; Consistently High Detection Rates And Unrivaled Customer Support Fuel Marketshare Growth; McAfee VirusScan Anti-Virus Software Delivers Tightly Integrated Protection Against Microsoft Word Macro Virus and other Viral Threats.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1995--McAfee (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 ) Friday announced that its worldwide marketshare for desktop anti-virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f has increased to 76%, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a soon-to-be-released report from IDC, a market research firm based in Framingham, MA. According to the IDC study, which is based upon 1994 unit sales unit sales Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company. results, McAfee was shown to be the worldwide market leader in desktop anti-virus software for DOS and Windows. The results mark a 9% increase over IDC's 1992 data, which had previously pegged McAfee's marketshare at 67%. "We're extremely pleased with IDC's findings," said Scott Gordon, anti-virus product manager at McAfee. "We attribute our marketshare increase to our consistently high virus detection rates, continued product innovation, and our unrelenting dedication to customer satisfaction. We will continue to expand upon the level of service expected from a market leader." McAfee Pioneered Online Software Distribution A key contributor to McAfee's dominance in the anti-virus software market has been the company's leadership in online software distribution. Since 1989, the company has maintained close ties to the online community. Each month, over 200,000 fully-functional evaluation copies of VirusScan -- distributed without time bombs and without encryption -- are conveniently downloaded 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from bulletin boards and online services around the world. Online addresses for download sites include McAfee's Web and FTP sites (http://www.mcafee.com or ftp FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to .mcafee.com), CompuServe (GO MCAFEE), America Online See AOL. (MCAFEE), Microsoft Network (GO MCAFEE) or McAfee's HomeBase BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. (408-988-4004). McAfee Delivers Windows 95 Installation Protection As reported by Microsoft, users with boot virus infected PCs will not be able to install Windows 95. Additionally, Windows 95 installation disk No. 2 is susceptible to boot virus infection. Since diskette The official name for the floppy disk. See floppy disk. diskette - floppy disk No. 2 is formatted in DMF (Distribution Media Format) A floppy disk format from Microsoft that was used to distribute its software. DMF floppies compressed more data (1.7MB) onto the 3.5" diskette, and the files could not be copied with normal DOS and Windows commands. A DMF utility had to be used. (distributed media format), no anti-virus product is capable of repairing the virus. To counter the installation nightmare faced by thousands of users, McAfee has made evaluation copies of its VirusScan anti-virus software freely available to users who wish to perform a system scan prior to Windows 95 installation. This generous offer is not a temporary gimmick, but instead is consistent with McAfee's traditional strategy of online software distribution that encourages users to try and evaluate McAfee's software before they make the decision to purchase it. "If a user out there has been stricken with a virus and is not a registered McAfee user, I want that user to download our software today and remove the virus immediately," continued Scott Gordon. "I'll trust them to pay for the software later if they decide to continue using it, but for the time-being, I'm more interested in eradicating their virus problem." VirusScan Protects Against the New MS-Word Macro Virus McAfee has also been encouraging users to freely download McAfee protection against the new Microsoft Word macro virus, called Winword.concept. Winword.concept, which is a macro file that exhibits the virus-like ability to self-replicate, represents a new and potentially challenging class of virus that infects Microsoft Word documents on the PC and Macintosh. Although not overtly damaging, the Winword.concept virus migrates through Word documents and establishes global macros which modify the user's normal.dot default document template. The results modify MS Word's save options, forcing users to save documents as templates. VirusScan version 2.26, available today, has the ability to automatically detect the Winword.concept virus as an option within the scanning engine. This integrated approach will allow for on-going detection of newer document macro viruses as they are discovered. An emergency version of VirusScan is available now for free download. 97% Yearly Virus Detection Rate McAfee's consistently high virus detection rates have earned the Company the loyalty of millions of users worldwide. These users, who also serve as virus detectives for McAfee, are encouraged to send suspected viruses to McAfee for free examination. McAfee virus researchers sift though hundreds of suspected virus files each month, often allowing the Company to discover new viruses and create cures earlier than most other vendors. During the period between June, 1994 and July, 1995, McAfee's VirusScan scored an average detection rate of 97% according to independent test results published by VSUM. The second best selling anti-virus vendor, by comparison, scored only 80%. McAfee's award-winning Code Matrix and Code Trace virus scanning technology enables it to achieve these consistently high detection rates while minimizing false positives. Company Background Founded in 1989, McAfee is the leading vendor of Network Security and Management products for the PC network management market. The Company is also a leader in Internet and Web-based electronic software distribution. McAfee is headquartered in Santa Clara and can be reached by phone at (408) 988-3832 or by fax at (408) 970-9727. McAfee's Web address is http://www.mcafee.com. CONTACT: McAfee Scott Gordon, 408/653-3026 or Dovetail dovetail (dov´tāl), n a widened or fanned-out portion of a prepared cavity, usually established deliberately to increase the retention and resistance form. Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Mark Coker, 408/395-3600 |
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