Facebook partners with anti-virus software makers to provide free computer security
Facebook today announced the Antivirus Marketplace, a partnership with Microsoft, McAfee, Trend Micro, Sophos, and Symantec, to provide the social network’s users with free six-month licenses to anti-virus software.
The anti-virus partners will augment Facebook’s URL blacklist system with their own URL blacklist databases. The companies will also contribute to the Facebook Security Blog to provide information about how users can protect their accounts and keep Facebook safe for other users.
With 901 million monthly active users, the social network is a prime target fo malware, viruses, phishing attacks and spam.
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