MSN broadband to provide antivirus services to subscribers
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
Microsoft revealed today that subscribers of the upcoming MSN Premium 9 will get new antivirus and firewall features, courtesy of a licensing agreement with security firm McAfee Security. MSN Premium subscribers will receive McAfee VirusScan and McAfee Personal Firewall Plus desktop-protection products as part of their subscription, Microsoft says, whereas MSN Plus and MSN Dial-up subscribers will be able to access trial versions of the services and purchase them through the MSN site for a discounted price. MSN Premium, MSN Plus, and MSN Dial-up? Aren't all those choices a bit confusing? These new products will ship as part of MSN 9, due this winter. Seeing how consumers react to the multiple offerings should be interesting.