Isn't this stuff supposed to increase security?

Flaw Found in 2006 McAfee Products

A flaw in many of McAfee's security products could open up users to a data exposure risk, security firm eEye Digital Security warned late Monday. Among the programs affected are Internet Security Suite, SpamKiller, Privacy Service and Virus Scan Plus, although the 2007 versions, released Saturday, are immune.

McAfee has confirmed the flaws and is working on a fix, saying a patch would be delivered automatically to subscribers by midweek. No known attacks have been reported to be taking advantage of the vulnerability. Exploit code is not available on the Web, researchers said, thus it's likely no attacks would occur.

I noticed there were flaws in McAfee when it came pre-installed on my laptop. But maybe that's just me.