McAfee, Inc. announced that McAfee® VirusScan® Enterprise 8.5i now supports the Windows XP Embedded operating system. By expanding its proven and reliable anti-malware protection to Windows XPE, companies can now manage security on point-of-sale terminals, including airline kiosks and ATMs, using McAfee's award-winning ePolicy Orchestrator® security management software. As more companies with remote kiosks, point-of-sale terminals and ATMs move away from proprietary operating platforms to the Windows XPE platform, their exposure to the many threats that affect the Windows platform increase greatly. Point-of-sale systems are critical to most business processes, and organizations must protect customer information so they can increase revenues, accelerate transactions, enhance services, and comply with regulatory requirements.

McAfee VirusScan Enterprise looks for exploits known to target Microsoft applications and services and will identify and block threats. VirusScan Enterprise easily integrates with McAfee's system security management console, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® (ePO^TM). ePO enables centralized deployment, policy configuration and enforcement so that companies can centrally manage the security of thousands or even tens of thousands of distributed Windows XP Embedded endpoints. VirusScan Enterprise proactively stops and removes threats, extends coverage for new security risks and reduces the cost of managing outbreak responses.

VirusScan Enterprise is the first anti-malware software that offers intrusion prevention with application-specific buffer-overflow technology. It offers robust access-protection rules, and can lock down shares, files, and directories, block the execution of a specific file, and generate log entries or alerts when attempts are made to access blocked items. VirusScan Enterprise uses a number of mechanisms to protect endpoints from being altered, including disabling end users from making changes, enforcing scanning policies, and locking down the software from malicious changes.

VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i for Windows XPE is available immediately. Customers interested in deploying VirusScan Enterprise to Windows XP Embedded devices should contact McAfee for information on the Windows XP Embedded Conditional Support Program.

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