Citing the urgent need to protect its users from online threats, America Online will begin bundling antivirus software from McAfee with the latest version of its software, AOL 9.0, according to a statement from the company.
The company is making McAfee's VirusScan Online available at no additional cost to both broadband and dial-up AOL customers, eliminating a premium service for the antivirus protection. The software will allow AOL members to protect their AOL account and scan their computer hard drive for viruses and quarantine or disinfect corrupted files, AOL said.
Customers who upgrade to AOL 9.0 Security Edition, the newest version of the software, will be able to download and activate VirusScan after the AOL upgrade is complete. AOL members using earlier editions of the 9.0 software will have to download the software separately from AOL's Web site.
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