Facebook implemented new features to protect its users with the launch of Antivirus Marketplace, a new portal on the social network that will offer free license to antivirus software and utilise the URL blacklist from five of the world’s biggest antivirus and Internet security companies.
The Marketplace will host solutions from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos, and Symantec, incorporating the unique blacklists generated by each company into Facebook own’s anti-phishing and malware protection filters, further securing Facebook users as they browsing and interaction with social networkks.
To access the new protection tools, all you have to do is visit the Facebook Security Page and select from options listed on the page. For example, McAfee is offering free licenses to its AV software for a period of six months, all you have to do is sign up via the links provided.
