McAfee Secure, previously known as Hacker Safe, is one of the leading security sources on the internet today. Their services are used on over 80,000 websites world wide and they have completed more than 20 million scans. The mission or purpose of McAfee Secure is to increase customer confidence and trust by improving the security standards on the internet for both the merchant and the customer.

They succeed in their mission through the use of PCI Scanning which scans the business or merchants firewall for vulnerabilities and provides the tools to correct these vulnerabilities. There are several different problems that can become a security issue for your website and just a few that McAfee Secure protect you from include identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses, phishing, and online scams.

Most people understand the basics of identity theft, credit card fraud and online scams even if they don't understand the details, but the other security issues are a little less understood. Even if you have heard of spyware, phishing, viruses, or spam, do your really know what they are and how they could affect you? Here is a basic rundown of these terms:

Spyware: Software that collects user information and uses that information for advertising purposes without the users permission.

Phishing: sending an email to someone pretending to be a legitimate enterprise in an attempt to get the user to send their personal information to you which is then used for identity theft.

Viruses: A program that is loaded on to your computer without your knowledge that runs against you and could replicate itself and use up all your memory.

Email spam: electronic junk mail usually advertising for some product.

Security is an important issue, and one that people are starting to take more seriously all the time. McAfee Secure is one option that will provide the online security that everyone desires and needs.