Absolute Software
Corporation (“Absolute”) and McAfee, Inc. announced
today that Absolute’s Computrace LoJack for Laptops, a home and home
office computer theft recovery and data protection service, will now be
available for purchase at http://home.mcafee.com/Store/ for McAfee customers
in the U.S.
The addition of Absolute’s Computrace LoJack for Laptops security
solution offers McAfee customers a more comprehensive computer security
package. With LoJack for Laptops in place, customers can be assured that if
their computer is stolen, the Absolute Theft Recovery Team will gather
evidence and work with law enforcement to get their computer back. In
addition, customers who purchase a Computrace LoJack for Laptops Premium
subscription can remotely delete sensitive files, including financial
information and saved passwords to ensure their personal files don’t fall into
the wrong hands.
“McAfee security suites in combination with LoJack for Laptops will bring
together two of the industry’s leading computer security solutions,” said Mark
Grace, Vice President, Consumer Business at Absolute. “By using the layered
approach to computer security that McAfee security solutions and Absolute’s
LoJack for Laptops offer together, customers can rest assured that their
computers, data and identities are protected from the growing threats of
malicious software and computer theft.”
McAfee subscribers who acquire LoJack for Laptops can have the Absolute
Theft Recovery Team:
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– Track, locate and physically recover stolen computers
– Work with law enforcement and gather evidence to help prosecute
thieves.
– Remotely delete and overwrite sensitive information with subscription
to the Premium edition of the service.
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LoJack for Laptops Premium subscribers can also benefit from a $1,000
Service Guarantee if a computer isn’t recovered or data deleted within 60 days
of theft.(1)
“When consumers purchase McAfee security suites as well as Absolute’s
LoJack for Laptops it gives them the protection from two common headaches that
computer owners face: rampant computer and Internet threats and computer
thieves,” said Todd Gebhart, executive vice president and general manager of
McAfee Consumer, Mobile and Small Business. “By offering our customers
Absolute’s LoJack for Laptops as part of their shopping and renewal
experience, we are making it that much easier to get comprehensive protection
conveniently and cost-effectively.”
