“Security specialist McAfee said Monday that it will start updating its virus-matching database every day, and that it will launch a customizable Web site that offers incident and threat information.
Starting Feb. 24, the company will move from weekly updates of its virus definition data files, or DATs, to daily updates, said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of the antivirus emergency response team for the company. DATS make up the dictionary of viruses that McAfee's software recognizes.
"We had this request from our customers for quite some time, and we studied whether we could do it and do it effectively," Gullotto said.
Gullotto said the move is also a response to the increasing number of threats found on the Internet every day. On average, McAfee adds detection for 50 new threats each day.
In addition, the company announced plans to publish security incident and threat information to a customizable Web site, MyAvert. The site will be available in March, the company said.… ”
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