Identity Theft Security

An internet security software company and a popular social-networking website allow the website’s users free and discounted access to security software.

As part of the agreement each of the website’s members will receive a complimentary six-month subscription to free identity theft software that aims to protect users from ways online identity theft occurs including foreign agents that could potentially be used by scammers and identity thieves using software such as spyware and viruses.

The decision for the two companies was also done with the intention of helping the 78 percent of consumers who do not have updated anti-virus software or a firewall guarding their computer from becoming infected and from the ways identity theft can occur.

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