


MCAFEE VIRUS PROTECTION GUY SOFTWARE
In 1996, McAfee had acquired Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based FSA Corporation, which helped the company diversify its security offerings away from just client-based antivirus software by bringing on board its own network and desktop encryption technologies. Network Associates was formed in 1997 as a merger of McAfee Associates, Network General, PGP Corporation and Helix Software. Bill Larson was appointed CEO in his place. In 1993, McAfee stepped down as head of the company, taking the position of chief technology officer before his eventual resignation.
McAfee was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1992. The company was founded in 1987 as McAfee Associates, named for its founder John McAfee, who resigned from the company in 1994. After faking two heart attacks Guatemalan authorities had had enough of him and deported him back to the comparative safety of the US from where he launched two unsuccessful bids for President of the United States.Former McAfee logo with the Intel byline. McAfee's wild escape plan wasn't over yet.Īs he entered Guatamala, McAfee was arrested for illegally entering the country.īut he had a plan. In true McAfee style he became a fugitive with one of his girlfriends, 20-year-old Samantha, and a documentary crew from Vice Magazine in tow as he headed from Belize to Guatamala to escape. But McAfee claimed he was not running away from arrest but running for his life, convinced that the murder of Faull was a failed hit on him by one of his enemies. He did a runner – a move he later admitted probably made him look guilty. Then when Faull was found dead a day later, lying in a pool of blood with a 9mm bullet casing nearby, it was McAfee who was the key "person of interest" in the case.īut McAfee didn't wait around to clear his name. When the animals turned up dead one day, Faull – who lived three doors away and had expressed a desire to poison the aggressive animals - was the number one suspect. His neighbour in Ambergris Caye was Gregory Faull – a 52-year-old retired Florida restaurateur – who was known to be impatient with the dogs that were left unleashed and threatening as he wandered past to reach his favourite beach bar every evening.
