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Verizon Storm to come with Trial of McAfee Mobile Security

By James Falconer on 20 Oct 2008 10:42 am
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Monday is here, and Kevin is down south for the BlackBerry Dev Con from where he sent me a note. Looks like the Verizon BlackBerry Storm will come with a free 30-day trial of McAfee Mobile Security! The app will scan your files, messages and downloads to make sure your Storm remains virus-free.

Your thoughts? Virus apps for the Berry... was wondering when this would happen!

[ via BBCool ]

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lbostons

I really like this idea. I have a work bb that might not employ this but for a home user which my Storm will be I really like this! Hopefully the service will be reasonable,

Bla1ze

from my post on BBCool

"Seems kind of pointless to me, unless of course RIM is not telling us the extent of the possibility of viruses on a BlackBerry, their has been a few “select” exploits that have been talked about as possibly causing a problem for BlackBerry devices, but most of which were proof of concepts, this (www.flexispy.com) has caused issues for RIM in the past as well…"

It should also be noted those proof of concepts originated server side, not device..therefore their would have to of have been malintent from the BES admin.

Stang68

When I used PC's I couldn't stand McAfee...I do not want it on my Storm.

cuban_dudeca

I don't know about McAfee apps. I know for the PC their program takes up a lot of space on the HD. I don't think I will be buying this after the trail.

mgm1979

I, for one, will be deleting this software off the Storm almost as soon as I get it.

In my opinion, there is no significant threat deeming this software necessary, on ANY mobile device, let alone a Blackberry. Reclaimed storage space, FTW!

Vin

I'm curious as to what they will do to add two factor authentication. My guess is that you will not need a second factor to gain access to the device. More so by using the device to login into applications on a PC or VPN with the device as the second factor.

Vin

Looks like they will have a bluetooth enabled smart card reader.

BigVDawgy

Blackberry's already support two factor authentication. Do a Google Search for "BlackBerry Smart Card Reader"

GeneralMills777

The slide says WiFi, what's up with that?

Bla1ze

Advantages of Mcafee mobile security...not ness. the Storm it's self.

theevis

Why is Wifi listed as protected aspect? I thought it was confirmed as a no go on the Storm.

JRSCCivic98

McAfee Mobile AV does not support Blackberry OS. It's made for WinMo devices.

Anonymous

It obviously hasnt hit anyone yet. Everyone was wondering how they would be able to incorperate flash media on a Berry and this is your answer an application that will scan for viruses before the media can be used. Sounds to me like a win for the Berry crowd and another nail in the coffin of the beloved me too iPhone.