Wave Issue 0413 /09/2004 Article 3-01

***Network Associates Addresses the Security Challenges of Small
to Medium Businesses With New McAfee SMB Editions

Santa Clara, California
April 5, 2004

Network Associates, Inc. announced the availability of McAfee(R)
Active VirusScan(TM) SMB Edition and McAfee(R) Active Virus
Defense SMB Edition, two integrated anti-virus protection
solutions that have been designed for the channel and
specifically for ease of use for small to medium businesses
(SMBs). The McAfee SMB Edition suites both feature McAfee(R)
ProtectionPilot(TM), a centralized management tool that provides
SMBs with a simple, proactive approach to the deployment and
ongoing management of their virus protection.

For most small to medium sized businesses, security is a huge
challenge. With systems connected to the Internet, business can
be susceptible to malicious code threats like viruses, worms,
hacker attacks, spam and inappropriate content. This reality is
especially difficult for smaller and medium businesses that
require robust, yet manageable security but do not necessarily
have the specialized knowledge to monitor, maintain and
administer their system support.

Most SMBs often look to their resellers for guidance in selecting
their IT and security solutions. Network Associates has
proactively equipped its McAfee reseller partners with the
knowledge to support SMB customers more effectively. The McAfee
SMB Editions will be available exclusively through the channel,
providing McAfee reseller partners with a solution that is easy
install, easy to use and has numerous consulting and services
opportunities. This makes the task of recommending effective
anti-virus solutions to their valuable customers easier than
before.

McAfee Active VirusScan SMB Edition provides centrally managed
virus protection for desktops and file servers. Building upon
this solution is McAfee Active Virus Defense SMB Edition, which
additionally provides virus and content protection for email.
Central to McAfee SMB Editions is McAfee ProtectionPilot, which
ensures the path to protection is simple and straightforward with
automatic updates. IT administrators can easily monitor all
systems for virus activity and update status within the
interactive security dashboard. Protection is automatically
checked and updated and any fine-tuning or configuration changes
can be simply made through the easy-to-navigate "Do it Now!"
management task menu.

McAfee System Protection solutions for SMBs solve the unique
needs of small to medium-sized customers who are just as
vulnerable to virus, worm and hacker attacks as larger
enterprises, but are generally less equipped to prepare for and
defend against them. McAfee has developed two purpose-built anti-
virus and security management solutions, McAfee Managed Services
for customers who prefer not to worry about keeping up to date
and McAfee SMB Editions for customers that would like to maintain
in-house control of their anti-virus defenses with a simplified
management interface. McAfee SMB customers have the choice of
self-managed security solutions or managed security solutions,
both targeted and designed for use by SMB users.

Availability

McAfee Active VirusScan SMB Edition and McAfee Active Virus
Defense SMB Edition are available through Network Associates
channel partners in North America, Latin America and EMEA on
April 19, 2004. Additionally, existing licensed users of McAfee
VirusScan Enterprise and McAfee(R) NetShield(R) for NetWare with
a current PrimeSupport agreement Grant ID are entitled to access,
download and deployment of McAfee ProtectionPilot from the
Network Associates software downloads repository.

www.mcafeesecurity.com/