Major antivirus firms have noted that mobile is the wave of the future, and the latest to join the group is McAfee. Although McAfee has had a version of WaveSecure on Android for some time, this is the first time consumers will have an opportunity to get McAfee security on iOS.
The new WaveSecure iOS Edition is $19.95, and is available from the iTunes store. Corporate iPhone users have already had access to McAfee's security technology via its Enterprise Mobility Manager software.
WaveSecure requires iOS 4.0 or greater. With it, an iPhone user can wirelessly back up his contacts, photos and videos from the iPhone, as well as track his device's location, with or without GPS enabled, through the McAfee WaveSecure online portal.
Nicely, if you were to lose your iDevice and (iDevices users would say) went to Android for a replacement, you could sync your data back to the Android device using the Android version of WaveSecure.
More security software companies are seeing the "gold" that is mobile, and adding security offerings for those platforms. Symantec recently saw the Android version of its mobile security app, Norton Mobile Security Lite, exit beta.
McAfee's move of making the app sell for a one-time fee is a bit unusual. Companies like Lookout and Symantec, as well, often give the app away for free, but charge a subscription for an enhanced feature set.
The subscription model is common in desktop security, as well.
McAfee acquired the WaveSecure technology when it bought tenCube, the creator of WaveSecure, a year ago. Also about a year ago, Intel announced it had acquired McAfee.
Source : http://www.examiner.com/technology-in-national/mcafee-wavesecure-security-app-now-available-for-ios-devices
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