McAfee to Offer Mobile Anti-Virus to Cingular Subscribers
April 30th, 2006
McAfee announced plans to supply it famous Anti-Virus protection to Cingular Wireless business class devices. McAfee VirusScan Mobile will be available to Cingular customers for download to their Symbian Series 60, Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC or SmartPhone wireless devices.
While mobile threats have presented themselves largely as proof of concept, we think it’s important for carriers to get ahead of the curve, and offer proactive and preventative solutions before a significant attack occurs. In doing so, we believe carriers and their customers will be able to avoid serious potential implications that include loss of service and permanent or temporary loss of data. Cingular has taken a leadership position among wireless carriers in providing virus protection for mobile devices and we look forward to providing market-leading protection to its customer base.
Cingular Wireless customers will be able to purchase a one-year subscription for $29.99 from McAfee through Cingular’s MediaNet Web portal. The subscription includes automatic, over-the-air updates against any newly discovered mobile viruses and threats.
