Dell and McAfee Offer Enhanced Single Security Solution to Help Consumers and Small Businesses Combat Spyware, Viruses, Spam; McAfee SecurityCenter, With New Spyware Detection and Removal, Ships Standard on Dell Dimension Desktops and Inspiron Notebooks.

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ROUND ROCK, Texas and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell today began shipping the new McAfee(R) SecurityCenter, the first comprehensive security solutions bundle factory-installed on personal computers to help protect consumers and small businesses against potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) commonly referred to as spyware or adware.

The McAfee SecurityCenter bundle, developed in close partnership with Dell, features the enhanced McAfee(R) VirusScan(R) 2005 that now helps detect and can remove PUPs such as spyware, adware and dialers, and provides advanced, real-time protection against viruses, mass-mailing worms and Trojans. The bundle also includes McAfee(R) Personal Firewall Plus, McAfee(R) Privacy Service and McAfee(R) SpamKiller. These tools also specifically address phishing scams, fraudulent emails disguised as notification from respected brands that lure recipients into providing personal or financial information, and malicious spam that can lead to identity theft.

The recommended bundle of security products is available as a 15-month subscription and is priced at $69 for customers buying new Dell Dimension(TM) desktops or Inspiron(TM) notebooks. The price point is more than 50 percent off the manufacturer's price of the products if purchased separately(1).

Buying McAfee SecurityCenter direct from Dell provides customers the convenience of preinstalled software, benefit of automatic updates, confidence in Dell's...

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