Specifically, McAfee will use Intel vPro technology to allow IT to discover and remediate security problems on PCs outside of business hours and report the health of the PC back to McAfee's award-winning ePolicy Orchestrator management console.

"Working in conjunction with McAfee(R) ePolicy Orchestrator(R) management console, Intel vPro technology enables IT to keep PCs up to date with the latest security patches, even in off hours when PCs are turned off," said Rob Crooke, Vice President, General Manager, Business Client Group, Intel Corporation.

McAfee is taking advantage of Intel technology in three key areas: encryption and theft deterrent technologies, security management and virtualization. McAfee had previously announced an initiative to place McAfee data encryption on platforms featuring Intel vPro technology using Intel's Anti-Theft Technology.

Building on its existing relationship with VMware, McAfee today announced that VMware is shipping McAfee VirusScan(R) Plus software with VMware Fusion -- VMware's award-winning desktop virtualization product for running Windows applications side-by-side with Mac applications on any Intel-based Mac. Today's announcement means that VMware Fusion customers will receive antivirus, antispyware and Windows firewall software from McAfee at no additional cost.

"The addition of McAfee security software to VMware Fusion helps ensure that our customers can run Windows safely on their Macs," said Shekar Ayyar, vice president, infrastructure alliances at VMware. "In addition, McAfee's security solutions are being built to leverage VMware VMsafe technology to provide customers with better security solutions on the VMware platform than in physical environments."