Facebook strengthens its security platform with new partnerships

900 million accounts on Facebook, it's almost as targets for viruses, trojans and other malware of all kinds that spread daily on the Web via URL compromised. Recent studies have highlighted that social networks were increasingly sought after by criminals to try to trick Internet users and in this context, Facebook had to do something well.

This is done with the announcement of new partnerships between the platform and several security specialists. If Sophos has in turn announced the alliance today, McAfee, Symantec, TrendMicro, and Microsoft have in turn benefited from a comprehensive statement from Facebook.

In practice, the social network has therefore now databases of malicious addresses of all such enterprises, which flesh out the automatic verification system in place on its platform for several months now. "This means that whenever you click a link on our site, you not only existing protections on Facebook, but also the vigilance of the leading companies in computer security" provides social network. Currently, it is estimated that less than 4% of shared content on its pages can be equated with spam.

This partnership also extends to the front page of Facebook Marketplace where you can download free versions of antivirus: a way as any to promote security software.