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AOL Packaging New Security Features

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Posted 18 November 2004 - 09:03 AM

<img src='/images/misc/comp_virus.jpg' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>NEW YORK (AP) - America Online Inc. is packaging new features to combat viruses, spam and spyware in response to growing online security threats.</b><br /><br />Subscribers will be able to get the free tools through a software download, known as AOL 9.0 Security Edition and available beginning Thursday.<br /> <br /> "More often than not when a member faces a performance issue with the computer, they think they just have a performance problem, but what they really have is a virus or spyware," said Danny Krifcher, executive vice president for the AOL service.<br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/public/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'>&nbsp;<b>Link: <a href='http://apnews.myway.com//article/20041118/D86E3U9O0.html' target='_blank'><font color='red'>New Features</font></a><br />
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