Facebook Wants to Keep You Virus-Free

Facebook may be a little loose when it comes to privateness , but it seems to be doubling down on security . The site is now aim user who mean their reckoner might be infect with malware to land site where they can get free antivirus software .

The new Malware Checkpoint will send PC - substance abuser to sign up for either Microsoft Security Essentials or McAfee Scan and Repair , while those using macs will be sent to the Apple Security Updates website . It ’s really the natural extension of an existing scheme , in which Facebook notifies users when the site detects a possible malware infection , then provides the user with free antivirus software to clean up the problem . A place on Facebookexplains how the system works :

If you are implicated that your equipment may have been infected by malware , you could visit http://on.fb.me/infectedMSE or http://on.fb.me/infectedMcA to be self - enrol in either our Microsoft Security Essentials or McAfee Scan and Repair malware checkpoints …

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1 . The McAfee option will download a low computer programme onto your Windows computer to perform a one - clip scan of your scheme for malware . It will not interfere with your existing anti - computer virus or other security products . After it scan your system , it will give you the alternative to automatically or manually murder the single file it flags as malicious .

2 . The Microsoft Security Essentials pick is a full anti - virus intersection . Upon download and install , it will tot anti - virus software to your computer that will continue to protect your system with the latest anti - virus signatures from Microsoft .

All in , it ’s in reality a fairly sassy idea : any attack to train less security - savvy users in how to keep themselves protected online has to be something deserving corroborate . [ CNET ]

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