McAfee is announcing a change in how it delivers malware-signature software updates that it says should result in much speedier fixes. Instead of only waiting to distribute signature updates after a daily analysis of collected malware samples, McAfee via its new McAfee Artemis Technology method is making changes to its existing software so that if suspicious and as yet-unidentified harmful code is detected on the customer's machine during surfing or in some form of download, a process will occur in which that code will be collected and instantly uploaded to a McAfee analysis point for automated review.

“You will be delivered a signature update on the fly,” says Dave Marcus, director of security research and communication at McAfee Avert Labs.

The move is part of a growing “cloud-based” antimalware movement also embraced by competitors F-Secure and Trend Micro in an effort to handle exploding malware volume.

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