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December 06, 2005
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"A broadband connection is basically an open pipe to the Internet, which means that high speed users are particularly vulnerable to thousands of new viruses and spyware threats as they emerge," said Joe Redling, President, AOL Access Business. "That's why it's so important for our members to have safeguards like anti-virus, spyware protection, phishing protection and a firewall as they move into the broadband world."
Among the safety and security features found in the AOL Safety and Security Center:
-- Virus protection powered by McAfee that is automatically-updated when the user is online to help protect members' entire computers from viruses, trojans and other online threats.
-- AOL Spyware Protection 2.0, launched in September, that offers four different levels of protection against more than 28,000 known spyware, adware, and sneakware programs. ASP 2.0, powered by CA, is automatically updated to help protect users against new and emerging threats.
-- Phishing protection that helps prevent theft of personal information by blocking access to known phishing sites when members are using the AOL software or the new AOL Explorer browser.
-- A firewall powered by McAfee that helps protect members against hackers and other attacks from the Internet, which is provided to AOL members on both dial-up and broadband connections.
-- Parental Controls that help limit access by children to inappropriate content on the Web and allow parents to configure custom controls, such as an online timer and a regular AOL Guardian "report card" of their activity online.
-- AOL Money Alerts to help protect members from offline identity theft by warning them whenever a credit card charge or bank account transaction is made over a preset limit.
-- A single unified console that updates users about the status of all of the AOL security software on their computer, including anti-virus, spyware protection, firewall, phishing protection, Parental Controls, spam protection, pop-up controls, and more.
-- Easy-to-adjust settings, with a default setting that automatically does a comprehensive scan of members' computers at regular intervals for online threats.
-- One-click combined virus and spyware scans.
-- Home network monitoring through Network Magic.
AOL members using AOL 8.0 or higher can download this standalone product at no additional charge from AOL Keyword: Safety or http://www.aol.com/safety
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