McAfee announces free tool for users to check for potential Heartbleed affected websites.

WORLDWIDE COMPUTER PRODUCTS NEWS-April 15, 2014-McAfee announces free tool for users to check for potential Heartbleed affected websites

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McAfee, a provider of proactive security solutions and services for systems, networks and mobile devices, on Monday announced the release of a free tool to help consumers easily gauge their susceptibility to the potentially dangerous effects of the Heartbleed Bug, a vulnerability in OpenSSL that has reportedly placed millions of Internet users' personal information at risk.

The company said the free tool allows consumers to immediately determine if the websites they frequent have been affected by Heartbleed. The website domain names can be entered into the Heartbleed Checker tool to ascertain if the sites have been upgraded to the version of OpenSSL, which is not susceptible to the bug.

To access McAfee's free Heartbleed Checker visit http://www.mcafee.com/heartbleed

McAfee, a part of Intel Security, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (Nasdaq:INTC).

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