McAfee introduces Rumor - a managed services technology that uses file sharing distribution to manage anti-virus and firewall configurations updates.

The peer-to-peer technology-based "Rumor" permits McAfee Managed VirusScan and McAfee Managed Desktop Firewall users to share anti-virus and firewall product updates with one another - saving bandwidth, management time and money associated with virus protection.

The McAfee Managed VirusScan and Managed Desktop FireWall agents work through proxy servers and firewalls where McAfee's Rumor technology works to broadcast anti-virus updates and firewall product updates via exponential relay throughout the internal network - thus increasing the speed of installation and updates as well as lower bandwidth utilization.

Share anti-virus and firewall configuration updates using Rumor
Peer-to-peer distribution
Shares only specific types of files
Application-independent
Token-based authentication
Resumable downloads