McAfee Inc. Wins User Choice Award for Desktop, File Server, and Email Security

McAfee Total Protection Service Advanced Named 2008 Community Choice Award
Winner by Windows IT Pro Magazine

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc.
(NYSE: MFE) today announced that its McAfee(R) Total Protection Service
Advanced was named as a winner of the "2008 Community Choice Awards" in the
Antispam Solution Business Category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro. McAfee
Total Protection Service Advanced provides desktop, server and email
protection in one simple, integrated package.
Windows IT Pro forum visitors and several Windows user groups voted on
their product preferences in seven broad technology categories. Readers
submitted votes on Windows IT Pro and the SQL Server Magazine websites and
registered forum members were also asked to weigh in.
"The 2008 Community Choice Awards honors products that our trusted readers
have selected as most worthy of recognition," said Jeff Lewis, group publisher
of Windows IT Pro. "Our readers' input and opinions reflect the true test of
how these products perform daily -- in the businesses, agencies, and
institutions where they are continuously put to the test."
McAfee Total Protection Service Advanced provides comprehensive
security-as-a-service, delivered in a single solution to protect small and
mid-sized businesses against threats like viruses, spam, phishing, spyware,
hackers, and identity thieves. The award-winning service updates automatically
and makes it simple to manage all layers of protection with the hosted McAfee
SecurityCenter, an easy-to-use, online management console that centralizes
policy configurations and reporting.
"Windows IT Pro readers have voiced their confidence that McAfee's
security-as-a-service provides the anti-spam capabilities to keep their
businesses productive and protected," said Kevin LeBlanc, director of
solutions marketing for McAfee. "The Community Choice Award helps to reinforce
McAfee's continued leadership and security innovation in providing our
customers with solutions that are smart, simple and secure."
Supported on Windows-based systems, McAfee Total Protection Service
Advanced reduces the maintenance and infrastructure costs to small and
mid-sized businesses by hosting a network operations center that provides
automatic updates and online reporting. McAfee's hosted services include a
staff of around-the-clock security experts and technical support personnel to
ensure that the customers' desktops, file servers and email protection are
always protected.
McAfee Total Protection Service Advanced installs onto endpoint systems
and provides additional email filtering in the clouds, which is compatible
with all email applications. The online SecurityCenter allows administrators
to easily access policy configurations and reporting for the entire company,
including branch offices and remote users, to ensure continuous protection.
This comprehensive service offers an integrated solution with automatic
updates, online management and 24/7 customer support, sparing businesses from
having to invest additional dollars in hardware, management software or
maintenance.
McAfee's Previous Awards
McAfee's Total Protection Solutions have won several prestigious awards in
the past year including the following: -- 2008 PC User Magazine, Best Buy
-- 2007 SC Magazine Europe, Best SME Security Solution
-- 2007 eWeek -- Best Software-as-a-Service
-- 2007 Small Business Computing -- Best Network Security Solution

About Windows IT Pro:
Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, the largest independent Windows IT
community in the world, has Windows IT Pro as its flagship print publication.
Windows IT Pro also includes SQL Server Magazine and Office SharePoint Pro.
The Windows IT Pro network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its Web sites
each month, and more than one million subscribers who opt-in to one or more
email newsletters. Windows IT Pro is the world's leading producer of custom
road shows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT
and developer professionals. For more information visit:
http://www.windowsitpro.com or http://www.sqlmag.com.
About McAfee, Inc.:
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's
largest dedicated security technology company. It delivers proactive and
proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the
world, allowing users to browse and shop the Web securely. With its unmatched
security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users,
businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to comply
with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities
and continuously monitor and improve their security. http://www.mcafee.com.
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McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Kathy Stahlman of McAfee, Inc., +1-408-346-3706, kathy_stahlman@mcafee.com; or
Christina Pacelli of Red Consultancy, +1-415-618-8812,
christina.pacelli@redconsultancy.com, for McAfee, Inc.