The Samsung Galaxy S8 will come with McAfee antivirus software pre-installed. The company announced that its McAfee VirusScan anti-malware technology will ship pre-installed into the Galaxy S8 and will be available for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and the Galaxy Note 5.
Samsung’s smartphone phones aren’t the only ones that will come with McAfee’s software pre-installed. Samsung’s PCs will come with McAfee LiveSafe cross-device security. Users will get a 60-day free trial after which they will get special offers for renewal. Samsung Smart TVs will come with McAfee Security for TV anti-malware technology and will initially be available for the US and Korean markets, while additional countries will be added through the first half of 2017.
A few days ago, John McAfee, the founder of McAfee said that he’s working on a phone called the Privacy Phone, which would be the “world’s first truly private phone.” He believes that irrespective of how secure apps become and that “they must still execute an environment designed from ground to be a spy device.” He said that the phone would have physical switches on the back to turn of antennas, WiFi, geolocation, camera and more. These switches could also be used to bar the device from connecting to IMSI catchers.