McAfee Affiliate Program Review. McAfee Corp., formerly known as McAfee Associates, Inc. from 1987 to 1997 and 2004 to 2014, Network Associates Inc. from 1997 to 2004, and Intel Security Group from 2014 to 2017, is an American global computer security software company headquartered in San Jose, California.
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The company was purchased by Intel in February 2011, and became part of the Intel Security division.
In 2017, Intel had a strategic deal with TPG Capital and converted Intel Security into a joint venture between both companies called McAfee. Thoma Bravo took a minority stake in the new company, and Intel retained a 49% stake. The owners took McAfee public on the NASDAQ in 2020, and in 2022 an investor group led by Advent International Corporation took it private again.
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About This Company:
McAfee primarily develops digital-security tools for personal computers and server devices, and more recently, for mobile devices.
McAfee brands, products and sub-products include:
- Current products
- McAfee Total Protection
- McAfee LiveSafe
- McAfee Safe Connect VPN
- McAfee Mobile Security for Android
- McAfee Mobile Security for iOS
- McAfee Virus Removal Service
- McAfee Identity Theft Protection
- McAfee Gamer Security
- McAfee Safe Family
- McAfee DAT Reputation Technology
- McAfee Small Business Security
- McAfee Personal data clean-up
- Renamed products
- McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (Changed from McAfee VirusScan)
- McAfee Network Security Platform (Changed from IntruShield)
- McAfee Application and Change Control (Changed from McAfee Change Control)
- McAfee WebAdvisor instead of SiteAdvisor
- Former products
- McAfee E-Business Server
- McAfee Entercept
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Acquisitions
- Dr Solomon’s Group plc
On June 9, 1998, Network Associates agreed to acquire Dr Solomon’s Group plc, the leading European manufacturer of antivirus software, for $642 million in stock.
- IntruVert Networks
On April 2, 2003, McAfee acquired IntruVert Networks for $100 million. According to Network World, “IntruVert’s technology focus is on intrusion-prevention, which entails not just detecting attacks, but blocking them. The IntruVert product line can be used as a passive intrusion-detection system, just watching and reporting, or it can be used in the intrusion-prevention mode of blocking a perceived attack.
- Foundstone
In August 2004, McAfee agreed to acquire Foundstone, a vendor of security consulting, training, and vulnerability management software, for $86 million.
- SiteAdvisor
On April 5, 2006, McAfee bought out SiteAdvisor for a reputed $70 million in competition with Symantec, a service that warns users if downloading software or filling out forms on a site may obtain malware or spam.
- Preventsys
On June 6, 2006, McAfee announced that it would acquire Preventsys, a California-based company offering security risk management products. The acquisition cost McAfee under $10 million.
- Onigma Ltd
On October 16, 2006, McAfee announced that it would acquire Israel based Onigma Ltd for $20 million. Onigma provides host-based data leakage protection software that prevents intentional and unintentional leakage of sensitive data by internal users.
- SafeBoot Holding B.V.
On October 8, 2007, McAfee announced it would acquire SafeBoot Holding B.V. for $350 million. SafeBoot provided mobile data security solutions that protected data, devices, and networks against the risk associated with loss, theft, and unauthorized access. Through the acquisition, McAfee became the only vendor to deliver endpoint, network, web, email and data security, as well as risk and compliance solutions. Gerhard Watzinger, CEO of SafeBoot, joined McAfee to lead the Data Protection product business unit. The deal closed on November 19, 2007.
- ScanAlert
On October 30, 2007, McAfee announced plans to acquire ScanAlert for $51 million. The acquisition integrated ScanAlert’s Hacker Safe service and McAfee’s SiteAdvisor rating system to attack website security from both sides. It was the industry’s first service to help consumers stay safe as they searched, surfed and shopped. The deal closed on February 7, 2008.
- Reconnex
On July 31, 2008, McAfee announced it would acquire Reconnex, a maker of data protection appliances and software. Reconnex sold data loss prevention software, designed to prevent sensitive documents and data from leaving corporate networks. The acquisition added content awareness to McAfee’s data security portfolio. The $46 million deal closed on August 12, 2008.
- Secure Computing
On September 22, 2008, McAfee announced an agreement to acquire Secure Computing, a company specializing in network security hardware, services, and software products. The acquisition expanded McAfee’s business in securing networks and cloud computing services to offer a more comprehensive brand of products. The deal closed on November 19, 2008 at a price of $497 million.
- Endeavor
In January 2009, McAfee announced plans to acquire Endeavor Security, a privately held maker of IPS/IDS technology. The deal closed in February 2009 for a total purchase price of $3.2 million.
- Solidcore Systems
On May 15, 2009, McAfee announced its intention acquire Solidcore Systems, a privately held security company, for $33 million. Solidcore was a maker of software that helped companies protect ATMs and other specialized computers. The acquisition integrated Solidcore’s whitelisting and compliance enforcement mechanisms into the McAfee product line. The deal closed on June 1, 2009.
- MX Logic
On July 30, 2009, McAfee announced plans to acquire managed email and web security vendor MX Logic. The acquisition provided an enhanced range of SaaS-based security services such as cloud-based intelligence, web security, email security, endpoint security and vulnerability assessment. The deal closed on September 1, 2009 at a price of $140 million. MX Logic staff were integrated into McAfee’s SaaS business unit.
- Trust Digital
On May 25, 2010, McAfee announced a definitive agreement to acquire Trust Digital, a privately held online security company that specialized in security for mobile devices. The acquisition allowed McAfee to extend its services beyond traditional endpoint security and move into the mobile security market. The acquisition closed on June 3, 2010. The price for Trust Digital was not disclosed.
- TenCube
On July 29, 2010, McAfee announced a definitive agreement to acquire tenCube, a privately held online security company that specialized in anti-theft and data security for mobile devices. The acquisition allowed McAfee to complete its diversification into the mobile security space, and announce its plans to build the next generation mobile platform. The acquisition closed on August 25, 2010.
- Sentrigo
On March 23, 2011, McAfee announced its intention to acquire privately owned Sentrigo, a leading provider of database security, including vulnerability management, database activity monitoring, database audit, and virtual patching—which ensure databases are protected without impacting performance or availability. The acquisition enabled McAfee to extend its database security portfolio. The acquisition closed on April 6, 2011.
- NitroSecurity
On October 4, 2011, McAfee announced its intention to acquire privately owned NitroSecurity, a developer of high-performance security information and event management (SIEM) solutions that protect critical information and infrastructure. NitroSecurity solutions reduce risk exposure and increase network and information availability by removing the scalability and performance limitations of security information management. The acquisition closed on November 30, 2011.
- ValidEdge
On February 26, 2013, McAfee announced it had acquired the ValidEdge sandboxing technology.
- Stonesoft
On July 8, 2013 McAfee completed the tender offer for Finnish network firewall design company Stonesoft Oyj worth $389 million in cash, or about $6.09 a share. The Next Generation Firewall business acquired from Stonesoft was divested to Forcepoint in January 2016.
- PasswordBox
On December 1, 2014, Intel Security announced the acquisition of PasswordBox, a Montreal-based provider of digital identity management solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
- Skyhigh Networks
In November 2017, McAfee acquired Skyhigh Networks, a CASB security company. The acquisition closed January 3, 2018.
- TunnelBear
In March 2018, McAfee acquired TunnelBear, a Canadian VPN service.
- Uplevel Security
In July 2019, Uplevel Security, a data analytics company using graph theory and machine learning, announced it had been acquired by McAfee.
- NanoSec
In August 2019, McAfee acquired NanoSec, a container security company.
- Lightpoint Security
In March 31, 2020, McAfee acquired Lightpoint Security, which will extend the capabilities of multiple McAfee products. The amount of this acquisition remains undisclosed.
