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The shocking statistic first, “56% of consumers do not have active anti-virus on their PCs”, ok not that shocking but still a bit worrying. Allthough asking if your average user doesn’t protect themselves on the internet conjures up images of the pope squatting in the woods.<\/p>\n
The basic F-Secure anti-virus product protects against viruses and spyware. When installed it scans a machine and alerts users if it finds malicious programs installed.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Barclays denied that the deal was a way to limit its liabilities if customers were defrauded.<\/p>\n
“We have a guarantee that if anyone is defrauded through no fault of their own we guarantee their money is safe,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We’re trying to stop fraud happening in the first place which is beneficial to them and us,” he added.<\/p>\n
Barclays is the latest bank to try to stop customers falling victim to viruses or other computer-borne scams. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So Barclays bank have leapt into action and decided its time to act on it, 4 years after their online service was activated. Their giving all their online customers free AV protection, provided by F-Secure. Barclays have bought 1.6million licenses (I wonder what per unit price they got on that?) and the software will include 2 years free updates. What happens after that? Probably 56% of their customers will be unprotected again.<\/p>\n
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