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McAfee Inc.'s new consumer-focused Internet Security Suite 2006, with protections against spyware and phishing scams, is now available, the company announced. The product includes virus and identity theft protection.

Reports of online identity theft scams known as "phishing" attacks were up again in December, when more than 1,700 active phishing Web sites were reported, a 10 percent jump from the previous month, according to data released Thursday by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

Reports of phishing Web sites have grown by an average rate of 28 per cent monthly since July, as scam artists broadened their efforts to lure customers of companies that do business online.

The number of phishing Web sites associated with online identity theft scams grew by 33 per cent in November, after dropping off in September...