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| Date of the premiere of the system: | April, 2012 |
| Branches: | Internet services |
| Technology: | Cybersecurity - Antiviruses |
Facebook in partnership with a number of the anti-virus companies opened the special section on the website devoted to safety of use of social networks — Facebook Security. There councils, information on threats, a quiz on security and an opportunity to load free antiviruses are offered: McAfee Internet Security (for the PC), Microsoft Security Essentials (PC), Norton Antivirus (the PC and Mac), Trend Micro (the PC and Mac) and Sophos Antivirus (Mac). With each of them the free semi-annual subscription to updates of bases is provided, but it is possible to load only on one antivirus counting on the account of Facebook.
The anti-virus companies will also publish educational information and news of security in the section of Facebook Security Blog. For the purpose of fight against spam in Facebook are going to use the black lists of the web addresses made by different developers of security aids. According to Facebook, the present black list allows to exclude as spam only 4% of all content published in social network.
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