McAfee to Provide Automated Virus Scanning for the Symbian
Signed Application Certification Process
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ McAfee, Inc.
(NYSE: MFE), the leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk
Management, today announces automated online virus scanning for the
market-leading Symbian Signed mobile application certification
program. The Symbian Signed program, which authenticates and tests
third-party applications against industry-agreed quality
guidelines, will now include virus scanning to provide additional
confidence to network operators and consumers. Symbian develops
Symbian OSTM, the market-leading open mobile operating system for
advanced mobile phones, also known as smartphones, which is
licensed to the world's leading handset manufacturers.
The growing Symbian developer community and increasing volume of
shipped Symbian smartphones to over 70 million to
date has driven the number of
commercially available applications to over 5300. During the
second half of 2006, all applications and content submitted for
Symbian Signed certification will automatically be scanned using
the McAfee anti-virus engine before being passed on to the
certification stage. Virus scanning as part of the application
certification submission process continues to demonstrate
Symbian Signed thought leadership and its best practice approach
to mobile application development.
Laptop Battery "Symbian Signed is the market's most successful mobile
certification program and is driven by constant innovation and
market evolution that involves the whole value-chain," said Simon
Garth, Vice-President, Marketing, Symbian. "In response to the rise
in demand for third-party applications and Symbian smartphones,
developers are creating a broad range of
solutions which leverage the
rich features and functionality offered by Symbian OS. The
inclusion of McAfee anti-virus detection prior to the Symbian
Signed certification process enables application vendors,
operators and enterprises to offer their customers enhanced
confidence in the source and stability of the applications they
choose and use."
mcagent.exe is a process belonging to McAfee Internet Security Suite. This process ensures the computer's virus definitions are up to date by communicating with the McAfee VirusScan server on the network. This program is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be terminated. Check that mcagent.exe is stable on your computer.
Thinkpad "As a technology leader and one of the oldest PC security
companies, McAfee is pleased to partner with Symbian to provide
security screening for its certification program," said Victor
Kouznetsov, Sr. Vice President, McAfee Mobile. "Unlike the PC
environment where McAfee is finding new viruses every day, the
threat to mobile phones is still
extremely low. However, as the
features and complexity of modern mobile operating systems
advance and Symbian smartphones become increasingly more
popular, so must the ways in which they are protected. Combining
McAfee's virus scanning solution, Symbian Signed and the Symbian
OS security architecture will ensure continued secure user
experiences and prevent mobile viruses following in the
footsteps of their PC counterparts."
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2. Scan your computer using an antivirus program. If you have an antivirus program installed in your computer (Norton®, McAfee®, AVG®, Speed Security Suite®, etc.), download the latest virus definition first before running the scan on your pc. If your antivirus is expired, you will not be able to download the latest virus definition and it is recommended that you do not scan your pc with an expired antivirus program. Contact the antivirus vendor for additional information.
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party applications, both Windows Mobile and Symbian OS’ make use of application signing. The app can be cryptographically signed so that the content can be verified, if they so desire. S60 3rd Edition, which is Nokia's Symbian implementation, actually requires that all applications be signed. Signatures don't necessarily make it easier to track down a nefarious software author, but they do provide a way to verify that you're installing an application that might have trust issues.
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Once Embedded Scan has been applied to these third party application programs, virus can automatically scan all files received through these programs for viruses and other malicious files.
Laptop Computer Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and
licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for
advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset
manufacturers and has built close co-operative business
relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. At
the end of Q1 2006 70.5 million Symbian OS phones had been shipped
by licensees worldwide to over 250 major network operators.
Just last month alone, about 30% of computers around the world were infected with a virus or some sort of malware. The below table was taken from McAfee and records the number of infected computers all over the world for each of the viruses listed on the left hand side and the % of total computers scanned online at McAfee. As you can see, 8 in every 100 computers scanned were in fact infected with at least one virus. How many people had more than one Well, according to Panda Software, last month, 30% of computers all over the world, for example, have been infected by a virus or by some sort of malware.
Desktop Computer Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with
offices in the United States, Europe (England and Sweden (UIQ
Technology AB)), Israel and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and
Japan).
About Symbian Signed
Notebooks Symbian Signed is the mobile industry endorsed certification
program that promotes best practice in designing applications to
run on Symbian OS phones. Symbian Signed applications follow
industry agreed quality guidelines and support network operator
requirements for applications and content. The program was created
to satisfy the mobile industry's demand for reduced fragmentation
and cost to developers by providing the community with a single
generic certification program that all parties can benefit
from.
Lenovo For more information about Symbian Signed, visit
www.symbiansigned.com/app/page
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