SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), the leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management solutions, today announced that McAfee® Virex® for Macintosh® now offers support for the Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) operating system. With extended support for Apple's newest Mac OS X, small to large businesses can implement real-time prevention of viruses, worms, Trojans and other potentially unwanted programs across their Macintosh and heterogeneous environments.

McAfee Virex utilizes the award-winning McAfee scan engine for complete, proactive virus protection for Macintosh systems, stopping virus and malicious code threats, including hidden threats buried in archives and other compressed file types. The solution is centrally managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® (ePO™), enabling businesses to manage all of their McAfee system security solutions from one central interface, to save time and money as well as ensure a consistent security policy across all computers.

According to a recent Inside Gartner Top View Report by Ed Younker, Gartner Research, enterprise users should not assume that their Macs are immune to security flaws. Even though the growing number of Macintosh security flaws won't affect most enterprises, businesses using Macs must guard against malicious code attacks.

"Although the Macintosh installed base is relatively small, it is still be a potential target for hackers, especially Macintosh systems that are connected to the corporate network," said Steve Crutchfield, director of product marketing, McAfee, Inc. "With added support for Tiger OS, administrators using McAfee Virex can upgrade to the new platform with the assurance that they are steps ahead of future security threats."

Availability

McAfee Virex is available August 29, 2005 worldwide through McAfee, Inc. and its channel partners. For more information please visit
http://www.mcafee.com or call 888-VIRUS-NO.

About McAfee, Inc.

McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara California, and the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security.
www.mcafee.com.

Source: Wired News