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McAfee, Inc. (formerly known as Intel Security Group from 2014–2017) is an American global computer security software company headquartered in Santa Clara, California and claims to be the world's largest dedicated security technology company. [1]

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Antivirus software

Antivirus software, or anti-virus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware.

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BeyondTrust

BeyondTrust (formerly Symark) is an American company that develops, markets, and supports a family of privileged identity management and vulnerability management products for UNIX, Linux, Windows and Mac OS operating systems.

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BIND

BIND, or named, is the most widely used Domain Name System (DNS) software on the Internet.

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BMC Software

BMC Software, Inc. is an American technology company.

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Brian Krzanich

Brian Matthew Krzanich (born May 9, 1960) is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Intel.

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Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Channel stuffing

Channel stuffing is a business practice in which a company, or a sales force within a company, inflates its sales figures by forcing more products through a distribution channel than the channel is capable of selling.

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Comparison of antivirus software

This is a non-exhaustive list of notable antivirus and Internet Security software, in the form of comparison tables, according to their platform (e.g. desktop, mobile, server, etc.) and their operating systems (e.g. Windows, OS X, Linux, Solaris, Android, iOS, Ubuntu Touch, Windows Phone, etc.).

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Comparison of firewalls

The following is a comparison of notable firewalls, starting from simple home firewalls up to the most sophisticated Enterprise-level firewalls.

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Computer security

Cybersecurity, computer security or IT security is the protection of computer systems from theft of or damage to their hardware, software or electronic data, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

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Computer security software

Computer security software or cybersecurity software is any computer program designed to enhance information security.

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Consumer Electronics Show

CES (formerly an acronym for Consumer Electronics Show but now the official name) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association.

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Darwin (operating system)

Darwin is an open-source Unix operating system first released by Apple Inc. in 2000.

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Delrina

Delrina was a Canadian software company, which was founded in 1988 and was subsequently acquired by the American software firm Symantec in 1995.

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Digital security

Internet security involves the protection of a computer's internet account and files from intrusion by an outside user.

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Dr Solomon's Antivirus

Dr Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit was an antivirus suite which incorporated prevention, detection and repair for Microsoft Windows (up to 98), Novell, SCO Unix, Sun Solaris and OS/2.

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Encryption software

Encryption software is software that uses cryptography to prevent unauthorized access to digital information.

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Endpoint security

Endpoint security or endpoint protection is an approach to the protection of computer networks that are remotely bridged to client devices.

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Firewall (computing)

In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.

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Free software

Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.

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FreeBSD

FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).

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FSA Corporation

FSA Corporation (formerly Freedman, Sharp, and Associates) developed UNIX and Windows system level software for security and distributed system administration in the 1990s.

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General counsel

A general counsel, chief counsel, or chief legal officer (CLO) is the chief lawyer of a legal department, usually in a company or a governmental department.

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Helix Software Company

Helix Software Company was a New York City based software company founded in October 1986.

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Intel

Intel Corporation (stylized as intel) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, in the Silicon Valley.

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International Data Group

International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) is a Chinese-owned, American-based media, data and marketing services and venture capital organization.

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Internet security

Internet security is a branch of computer security specifically related to the Internet, often involving browser security but also network security on a more general level, as it applies to other applications or operating systems as a whole.

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IntruShield

The McAfee IntruShield is a network-based intrusion prevention sensor appliance that is used in prevention of zero-day, DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, spyware, malware, botnets and VoIP threats.

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John McAfee

John David McAfee (born September 18, 1945) is a British-American computer programmer and businessman.

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Joint venture

A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.

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Linux

Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.

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Magic Solutions

Magic Solutions International, Inc. (known as Magic Solutions) was a company that specialized in help desk automation and asset management software.

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McAfee Change Control

McAfee Change Control is a commercial file integrity monitoring solution for Windows- and Linux-based systems developed by McAfee.

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McAfee SiteAdvisor

The McAfee SiteAdvisor, later renamed as the McAfee WebAdvisor, is a service that reports on the safety of web sites by crawling the web and testing the sites it finds for malware and spam.

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McAfee VirusScan

McAfee VirusScan is an antivirus program created and maintained by McAfee, Inc. (formerly known as Intel Security, and Network Associates prior to that).

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Mobile device

A mobile device (or handheld computer) is a computing device small enough to hold and operate in the hand.

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NetScout Systems

NETSCOUT Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a provider of application and network performance management products.

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NitroSecurity

NitroSecurity Inc. was a privately held United States-based provider of security information and event management (SIEM) technology.

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Open-source model

The open-source model is a decentralized software-development model that encourages open collaboration.

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Personal computer

A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.

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PGP Corporation

PGP Corporation was a company that sold Pretty Good Privacy computer software.

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Pretty Good Privacy

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication.

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Privately held company

A privately held company, private company, or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned and traded or exchanged privately.

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Public key infrastructure

A public key infrastructure (PKI) is a set of roles, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates and manage public-key encryption.

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Remedy Corporation

Remedy Corporation was a software company that produced the Action Request System and various applications therein.

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Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County, California.

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Secure Computing Corporation

Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, was a public company that developed and sold computer security appliances and hosted services to protect users and data.

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Sentrigo

Sentrigo was a privately held software company located in Santa Clara, California, USA, until its acquisition in April, 2011 by McAfee.

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Server (computing)

In computing, a server is a computer program or a device that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called "clients".

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Simple Network Management Protocol

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior.

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Software

Computer software, or simply software, is a generic term that refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built, that actually performs the work.

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Solidcore Systems

Solidcore Systems, Inc. was a software company based in Cupertino, California, that developed software to detect and prevent unwanted change.

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Stonesoft Corporation

Stonesoft Corporation was a public company that developed and sold network security solutions based in Helsinki, Finland.

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Svchost.exe

svchost.exe (Service Host, or SvcHost) is a system process that can host from one to many Windows services in the Windows NT family of operating systems.

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Thoma Bravo

Thoma Bravo, LLC, is an American private equity and growth capital firm with offices in Chicago and San Francisco.

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TPG Capital

TPG Capital (abbrev. for Texas Pacific Group) is an American investment company.

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Trusted Information Systems

Trusted Information Systems (TIS) was a computer security research and development company during the 1980s and 1990s, performing computer and communications (information) security research for organizations such as NSA, DARPA, ARL, AFRL, SPAWAR, and others.

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TunnelBear

TunnelBear (also known as the TunnelBear VPN) is a public virtual private network (VPN) service based in Toronto, Canada.

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Validate (McAfee)

The Validate program by McAfee Associates is used to provide checksum data for computer programs and data files.

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VentureBeat

VentureBeat is an American technology website.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAfee

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