McAfee.com Offers Free Two-Week Trial of Y2K Compliance and Virus Checkers To Prepare Consumer PCs for the Millennium

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (PROTEXT) - Provider of ConsumerApplication Services Provides Tips to Guard Against Y2K Threats With less than two weeks remaining until the new millennium,McAfee.com (Nasdaq: MCAF), a leading global consumer ApplicationService Provider (ASP) of online PC security and managementservices, is offering consumers a free 14-day trial of a host ofPC services through McAfee Clinic, to help ensure Y2K readiness.These services include the Software and Hardware analyzers fortesting a PC's hardware and date sensitive files for Y2Kcompliance and VirusScan Online for protection from current andpotential Y2K-related viruses. "McAfee.com offers a free two-week trial period for consumersto use McAfee Clinic to check their systems for Y2K complianceand viruses, so they can be more confident that their PCs areprepared for the next millennium," said Beau Roberts, productmanager of McAfee Clinic. "We also urge consumers to take theopportunity to use all of the McAfee Clinic services to clean uptheir hard drives, update their software, and optimize their PCperformance for the New Year." Check For Y2K Compliance Online McAfee.com's Y2K Center (http://www.mcafee.com/centers/y2k/)is a comprehensive Year-2000 compliance resource and analysisservice. Consumers can register for a free trial of the McAfeeClinic at the Y2K Center to guarantee access to the subscription-based resources and services. The Y2K Center features: -- Analyze Software: The Software Analyzer will check allsoftware for Y2K compliance -- Check Files: Searches the hard drive for databases,spreadsheets, and other files that may be contain Y2K-sensitivedata and displays the names of non-compliant files -- Test Hardware: Tests the system BIOS and hardware for Y2Kcompliance and notifies the user if any problems exist -- Y2K Info: Features links to more than forty different sitespacked with valuable information on Y2K issues Y2K Virus Protection McAfee.com also maintains lists of viruses(http://www.mcafee.com/centers/y2k/y2k_viruses.asp) whosepayloads are set to trigger on dates as we approach the year2000. Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (AVERT), the division ofNAI Labs which provides anti-virus research support toMcAfee.com, is working around the clock, and around the globe, toidentify, isolate and create cures for any new Y2K-relatedviruses. McAfee.com will update virus lists and fixes as virusesare discovered. Consumers can use the free trial period of McAfeeClinic to access VirusScan Online(http://www.mcafee.com/centers/anti-virus/) for comprehensive webbased virus protection. Tips to Guard Against Y2K Threats Consumers must still continue to use safe computing practiceswhen surfing through Y2K information, free offers and updates.McAfee.com offers the following tips to prepare computers for Y2Kand to protect against viruses: -- Secure your browser. A browser's security setting is thefirst line of defense in warning against insecure web activity.Verify your browser is configured with a minimal security settingof Medium. -- Do not open attachments from corporations. Rarely docorporations send updates, such as a Y2K 'fix' by way of an emailattachment. Such emails should be verified through the company'sweb site. In all cases, do not open the attachment. Save it todisk, and use a virus scanner like McAfee.com's VirusScan Onlineto check for viruses. -- Update your software. The older software is, the lesslikely it's Y2K compliant. McAfee.com's Software Update Finderautomatically searches out installed software and matches upavailable updates from reliable sources. -- Download Y2K updates. Use Y2K checkers and complianceprograms from a reliable source. McAfee.com's Y2K Center willanalyze your hardware, software, and data to determine if thereare any Y2K compliance issues. -- Regularly update your virus protection. To avoid the hassleof installing boxed product, try online anti-virus protection.The ActiveShield feature within McAfee.com's VirusScan Online,offers continuous, up-to-date anti-virus protection, installedand updated through the Web. -- Surf and download from reputable sites. It's very easy tofollow web links and end up somewhere you did not intend.Bookmark or add sites that you trust and use frequently to yourTrusted Sites list. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., McAfee.com is a leadingglobal consumer Application Service Provider (ASP) devoted toproviding PC users with online services to secure, manage,repair, update and upgrade their PCs over the Internet. Combinedwith a range of content, shopping and personalization services,McAfee.com has attracted millions of users in over 230 countriesand territories to become one of the largest and most targetedcommunities for PC users on the Internet. For more information,McAfee.com can be reached at 408-572-1500 or on the Internet athttp://www.mcafee.com. NOTE: Network Associates and McAfee are registered trademarksof Network Associates and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and/orother countries. All other registered trademarks in this documentare the sole property of their respective owners. ots OriginalText Service: McAfee.com Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.deContact: Caroline Carey of McAfee.com, 408-572-1515; or MichelleMichalak of Copithorne & Bellows, 415-975-2293, for McAfee.com

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