McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), the leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, today announces automated online virus scanning for the market-leading Symbian Signed mobile application certification program. The Symbian Signed program, which authenticates and tests third-party applications against industry-agreed quality guidelines, will now include virus scanning to provide additional confidence to network operators and consumers. Symbian develops Symbian OS™, the market-leading open mobile operating system for advanced mobile phones, also known as smartphones, which is licensed to the world’s leading handset manufacturers.
The growing Symbian developer community and increasing volume of shipped Symbian smartphones to over 70 million to date has driven the number of commercially available applications to over 5300. During the second half of 2006, all applications and content submitted for Symbian Signed certification will automatically be scanned using the McAfee® anti-virus engine before being passed on to the certification stage. Virus scanning as part of the application certification submission process continues to demonstrate Symbian Signed thought leadership and its best practice approach to mobile application development.
“Symbian Signed is the market’s most successful mobile certification program and is driven by constant innovation and market evolution that involves the whole value-chain,” said Simon Garth, Vice-President, Marketing, Symbian. “In response to the rise in demand for third-party applications and Symbian smartphones, developers are creating a broad range of solutions which leverage the rich features and functionality offered by Symbian OS. The inclusion of McAfee anti-virus detection prior to the Symbian Signed certification process enables application vendors, operators and enterprises to offer their customers enhanced confidence in the source and stability of the applications they choose and use.”
“As a technology leader and one of the oldest PC security companies, McAfee is pleased to partner with Symbian to provide security screening for its certification program,” said Victor Kouznetsov, Sr. Vice President, McAfee Mobile. “Unlike the PC environment where McAfee is finding new viruses every day, the threat to mobile phones is still extremely low. However, as the features and complexity of modern mobile operating systems advance and Symbian smartphones become increasingly more popular, so must the ways in which they are protected. Combining McAfee’s virus scanning solution, Symbian Signed and the Symbian OS security architecture will ensure continued secure user experiences and prevent mobile viruses following in the footsteps of their PC counterparts.”
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security. www.mcafee.com
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About Symbian Ltd
Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones, also known as smartphones.
Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world’s leading handset manufacturers and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies across the mobile industry. At the end of Q1 2006 70.5 million Symbian OS phones had been shipped by licensees worldwide to over 250 major network operators.
Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom with offices in the United States, Europe (England and Sweden and Asia (India, P.R. China, Korea, and Japan).
