Neowin News Feed for: Mcafee

Today is Password Day; McAfee suggests you change yours

John Callaham — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:29:17 +0100

Today has been designated as Password Day and to celebrate the occasion McAfee and its parent company Intel want everyone to change their password, and offer tips on making strong passwords. Read more...

Beware, pirates: McAfee plans to detect and block infringing content in the browser

Andy Weir — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:49:23 +0100

McAfee has patented technology to detect and block pirated content within a web browser, impeding access to sites that infringe copyrights and redirecting users to approved content sources instead. Read more...

The United States is a hive for botnets

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:10:47 +0000

McAfee Labs has discovered that the United States is the country with the most active botnet command servers, coming in a whopping 631 and beating other contenders by quite a margin Read more...

Two John McAfee movies in the works

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:43:43 +0000

The life of the rich and eccentric McAfee software company founder John McAfee will now be the subject of two movies; one authorized by McAfee and the other based on a Wired magazine article. Read more...

McAfee predicts "rapid development" of Windows 8 attacks in 2013

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:14:36 +0000

In its annual predictions of new PC and malware threats, McAfee says that it sees a "rapid development" of attacks centered on Windows 8 in 2013, along with other threats. Read more...

John McAfee back in US; claims he was pretending to be nuts

John Callaham — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:03:49 +0000

McAfee founder John McAfee is now back in the US after being kicked out of Guatemala Wednesday night and now says he played the "crazy card" in order to get the media to notice his issue with Belize. Read more...

Yes, John McAfee's life will be made into a movie

Christopher White — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:01:28 +0000

Do you think McAfee's life on the run would make for a good movie? You're not alone! The rights to his life have been purchased by a studio and we expect to see the film in a theater near you. Read more...

John McAfee now wants to return to US

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 01:00:00 +0000

McAfee antivirus company founder John McAfee now admits he wants to return to his native United States, a few days after he was arrested in Guatemala. He could still be moved to Belize. Read more...

John McAfee reportedly suffers heart attack while in jail [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:22:44 +0000

McAfee antivirus company founder John McAfee may have suffered from a heart attack in Guatemala, where he was in jail awaiting possible deportation to Belize to answer questions in a murder case. Read more...

John McAfee video press conference and alibi posted to YouTube [Update: He's now arrested]

Steven Parker — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:28:26 +0000

In what seems like almost daily new twists in the John McAfee saga where he is being sought for questioning by the Belize government over a murder inquiry, now an alibi video has been posted online. Read more...

John McAfee admits escaping Belize to Guatemala

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:34:42 +0000

John McAfee, the eccentric founder of the McAfee antivirus company, has admitted he is now in Guatemala after escaping from the country of Belize where the police want to question him in a murder case Read more...

John McAfee arrested for murder on Mexico/Belize border [UPDATE: He wasn't arrested]

Christopher White — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 15:31:18 +0000

Has John McAfee finally been found after allegedly murdering his neighbor last month? According to his official blog, the answer is yes. Read more...

John McAfee, antivirus kingpin, wanted for murder in Belize

Paul Ferson — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:29:30 +0000

McAfee antivirus creator John McAfee is wanted in the Central American country of Belize in connection with the shooting of a builder on Saturday night, following recent history of being... well, odd. Read more...

Intel's McAfee to lay off employees

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:01:33 +0100

With the PC sales slowing in anticipation of the arrival of Windows 8 at the end of the month, McAfee have announced that a number of their 7000 employees will be laid off. Read more...

Emma Watson tops "Most Dangerous Celebrity" search listing

Steven Parker — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:46:18 +0100

Emma Watson is best known for her role in the "Harry Potter" series of films; but now McAfee has found that she's (unwillingly) much more likely to lure unwitting interwebs surfers to download malware Read more...

McAfee says PC malware level is highest in four years

John Callaham — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:22:04 +0100

A new report on malware threats by security software company McAfee claims that the level of PC malware for the first quarter of 2012 is the highest in the last four years. Read more...

McAfee founder arrested in SWAT-style raid

Tyler Holman — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:49:50 +0100

In a whacky turn of events, anti-virus pioneer John McAfee has been arrested in a SWAT-style raid in Belize on charges of drug manufacturing and possession of illegal weapons, claims he calls 'bogus.' Read more...

Giveaway: McAfee Internet Security 2012 for Mac [Update with winners!]

Christopher White — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:13:09 +0100

Worried about the recent Flashback botnet infections running on MacOS? McAfee hooked us up with three free copies of Internet Security 2012 to help protect our readers from the dangerous Internet. Read more...

McAfee Labs predicts Windows 8 attack threats for 2012

John Callaham — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:56:23 +0000

A new report from McAfee Labs predicts the kinds of cyber attacks and threats that PC owners, along with mobile users, will have to deal with in the next 12 months, including Windows 8 Read more...

McAfee: Android OS most attacked by malware

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:06:18 +0100

A new study by anti-virus company McAfee claims that Google's Android operating system is the one that is under attack the most by malware creators, surpassing Nokia's Symbian OS. Read more...