Ford Motor Company Drives Away Viruses With McAfee NETWORK ASSOCIATES LOGO Network Associates, Inc. Logo. (PRNewsFoto)[KC] SANTA CLARA, CA USA 11/04/1999

9 January 2001
Ford Motor Company Drives Away Viruses With McAfee NETWORK ASSOCIATES LOGO Network Associates, Inc. Logo. (PRNewsFoto)[KC] SANTA CLARA, CA USA 11/04/1999
 McAfee Protects More Than 150,000 Ford Employees with Internet-based E-Mail
                                  Anti-Virus

    SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 9 McAfee, a
Network Associates, Inc. business, today announced that
Ford Motor Company will deploy the McAfee GroupShield product to
protect more than 150,000 corporate users worldwide.  Ford Motor Company
leverages the Internet for communications and business-to-business
transactions, affirming its need for comprehensive virus protection of e-mail
communication.
    According to independent research organization Computer Economics, the
total worldwide damage done by computer virus attacks in 1999 was
$12.1 billion.  Ford Motor Company will protect its IT infrastructure and
e-mail communication from the latest Internet viruses by implementing the
McAfee GroupShield product.  The GroupShield product is a key feature of the
McAfee Active Virus Defense suite that protects the groupware environment from
viruses and malicious code that might spread through e-mail communication.
    "E-mail communication is essential for a company the size of
Ford Motor Company, and we look forward to collaborating with Ford to protect
its valuable Internet communications," said Michael Callahan, director of
product marketing, McAfee.  "Ford's selection of the McAfee product offering
affirms our ability to protect corporate communication in any size
environment."
    Ford Motor Company also benefits from the world-class virus researchers
who make up McAfee AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team).  McAfee AVERT
is a 24x7 global research organization that works closely with customers and
the anti-virus community to provide up-to-date diagnostics, cures and
protection from new viruses.  McAfee AVERT will work with Ford Motor Company
to proactively alert and protect the company from virus attacks.
    McAfee provides comprehensive solutions to protect e-businesses from
attacks by malicious Internet applets and viruses.  McAfee Active Virus
Defense (AVD) suite is an award-winning multi-tier virus security solution
that includes WebShield Internet gateway protection, GroupShield email server
protection, NetShield software for file servers, VirusScan software for
desktop users, VirusScan Thin Client (TC) software for mobile workers and the
VirusScan Wireless solution for handheld devices.  McAfee also provides
scalable tools to manage virus security policy, updates and reporting over the
Internet, with ePolicy Orchestrator and Enterprise SecureCast technology.  All
McAfee products are backed by one of the world's leading anti-virus research
organizations, McAfee AVERT (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team), the team
which first identified Melissa, Bubbleboy and Phage, the first PalmOS virus.
AVERT protects customers against the increasingly complex and frequent
Internet borne attacks that threaten to cripple e-business.  For more
information, McAfee can be reached at 800-338-8754 or on the Internet at
http://www.mcafeeb2b.com.
    With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc. is a
leading supplier of security and availability solutions for e-business.
Network Associates' five business units -- PGP Security, Sniffer Technologies,
Magic Solutions, McAfee, and myCIO.com -- all produce best-of-breed solutions
leveraging core technologies to provide the security and availability needed
for e-business.  Network Associates is also a majority owner of McAfee.com,
one of the world's largest business paid subscriber application service
provider.  For more information, Network Associates can be reached at
972-308-9960 or on the Internet at http://www.nai.com.

    NOTE:  Network Associates, McAfee, PGP, Sniffer, VirusScan, WebShield,
NetShield, GroupShield, Enterprise SecureCast, PrimeSupport and
Magic Solutions are registered trademarks of Network Associates, Inc. and/or
its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries.  All other
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