Do you know anyone using McAfee security programs?
They must apply an official update to avoid passwords and other sensitive data from being exploited by hackers.
Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer at eEye Digital Security Inc., a competing maker of security products, has found a way to access PCs running the flawed McAfee software over the Internet and make them run his code. If exploited, this flaw can allow hackers to track bank account numbers, and access, change and delete sensitive files and do other damage to those PCs.
McAfee spokeswoman Siobhan MacDermott confirmed the vulnerability and said their software engineers were expected to release the fix on Wednesday for its Internet Security Suite, SpamKiller, Privacy Service and Virus Scan Plus titles.
According to experts, McAfee and top security solution providers like Symantec and Trend Micro are always very open targets to hackers.
Some experts recommend running two or more security software at the same time. Any reason why you wouldn’t do it?
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