ESET Online Scanner Is Now Available Through Facebook

Complimentary Software Allows Users to Identify and Remove Harmful Malware Without Disrupting Their Social Experience

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Dec 03, 2014, 05:59 ET

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ESET®, a global pioneer in proactive internet security protection, today announced that Facebook is offering ESET Online Scanner for Facebook to all users as part of the social networking site's complimentary anti-malware initiative. ESET's solution scans users' Facebook accounts, identifies harmful malware and helps them quickly remove it from their devices.

"Our goal is to offer our users the right technology to improve their experience of our services and better protect their devices," said Chetan Gowda, software engineer at Facebook. "ESET Online Scanner for Facebook will significantly decrease the number of malicious links from among the trillions of clicks that take place every day on Facebook."

When Facebook alerts users that a device they are using is behaving suspiciously and showing signs of a possible malware infection, ESET Online Scanner for Facebook is offered to help fix the issue. Users can run the software, see scan results, and disable the malware all without logging out of Facebook—making it seamless and easy to clean up an infected device.

"ESET is proud to be helping protect the 1.35 billion Facebook users around the globe from malicious links and harmful sites," said Andrew Lee, CEO of ESET North America. "By partnering with ESET, Facebook is extending the robust scanning and cleaning capabilities millions of ESET customers enjoy to their loyal users."

This service for Facebook is based on ESET Online Scanner, which protects millions of users online. To date, more than 40 million scans have been run by people around the world.

ESET Online Scanner is one of the many features offered in ESET's line-up of award-wining products that consistently deliver low system impact and high detection rates.

Additional information on the ESET Online Scanner for Facebook can be found on the Facebook security page.

About Facebook

Founded in 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what's going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them.

About ESET

Since 1987, ESET® has been developing award-winning security software that now helps over 100 million users to Enjoy Safer Technology. Its broad security product portfolio covers popular platforms and provides businesses and consumers around the world with the perfect balance of performance and proactive protection. The company has a global sales network covering 180 countries, and regional offices in Bratislava, San Diego, Singapore and Buenos Aires. For more information visit www.eset.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

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