Article Intel to scrap McAfee name, give away mobile security tools

[Technoglitch]

Intel this week said it would ditch the venerable McAfee brand for its security products and services, and offer free mobile security software to customers running Android, iOS and other operating systems on their smartphones and tablets.

The company announced both moves at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the massive trade show that wraps up today in Las Vegas.

McAfee is one of the oldest brands in computer security, a name that's been in use most of the years since its 1987 founding, even as the company changed hands several times. But Intel wants to shed the brand this year for "Intel Security" in a staged roll-out as products update.

"We aren't making the move lightly, we're not divorcing entirely," said Mike Fey, the CTO of McAfee in an interview this week, adding that Intel will retain the long-used logo, a red shield with the letter "M" dominant. "Outside the U.S., McAfee actually doesn't translate well, but Intel is [an] understood [brand]."


Intel to scrap McAfee name, give away mobile security tools - Computerworld

 

[IndianMascot]

McAfee has always looked insecure to me. I would all to stay away from this antivirus.

 

[Deep Patel]

I'm using McAfee since 4 years nd never had single virus. their softwares from 2013 are good on resource consumption till then McAfee was Heavy nd used to slow down PC performance.

One thing i would like to tell is almost all AVs protect your pc well if we do regular security Updates. and yes JUST STAY AWAY FROM ONE ANTI-VIRUS "NET PROTECTOR". They don't have any expertise in this field and from the origin of this company they have just stolen each and every software parts from other AVs like McAfee and Norton. You won't believe but at a time when McAfee was not in India, NPAV was using their Scan Engine!! main part of the antivirus!

And still they haven't learn...one example is if you have any Autorun.inf file in your pc and if you scan it with NP then it will detedt it as Virus!! according to NP, all .inf file is Virus!!