John McAfee, creator of the eponymous anti-virus software, told
reporters he was thrilled to hear that Intel will no longer use his name
on the product.
“My elation at Intel’s decision is beyond words,” McAfee, who founded the anti-virus company in 1987, told the BBC in an interview about the name change.
The announcement about the change came from Intel CEO Brian Krzanich on Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, who linked it to plans already in motion to integrate more of their software products together. Intel originally acquired McAfee in 2010 for $7.7 billion, but had kept the name until now. Although rebranding an acquired property is fairly common, McAfee’s activities and frequent rants against the software’s changes since he left the company in 1994 fueled speculation that the change was a direct response by Intel to separate their product from its’ current namesake.
McAfee made global headlines last year when he fled Belize for the U.S. under a cloud of suspicion in the death of his neighbor Gregory Faull. McAfee claimed there was an attempt being made to frame him, making his flight necessary.
But Intel executives insist that the name change, which over the next year will brand all McAfee products with the name Intel Security, has nothing to do with the erstwhile creator of the software and is simply another aspect of promoting the product.
"The McAfee shield is what's known across the globe. In some locations, they can't even pronounce McAfee correctly. So, that's what drove us,” said Mike Fey, McAfee's Chief Technology Officer according to CNET.
McAfee’s colorful denunciations of the anti-virus software culminated last year when he released a video of himself spouting a blistering attack of his namesake while a bevy of women surround and proceed to undress him. The video shares his suggested method of uninstalling the software from a computer by shooting a bullet through a computer before walking away from a table covered with guns and bags labeled bath salts.
"I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet,” McAfee said.
“My elation at Intel’s decision is beyond words,” McAfee, who founded the anti-virus company in 1987, told the BBC in an interview about the name change.
The announcement about the change came from Intel CEO Brian Krzanich on Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, who linked it to plans already in motion to integrate more of their software products together. Intel originally acquired McAfee in 2010 for $7.7 billion, but had kept the name until now. Although rebranding an acquired property is fairly common, McAfee’s activities and frequent rants against the software’s changes since he left the company in 1994 fueled speculation that the change was a direct response by Intel to separate their product from its’ current namesake.
McAfee made global headlines last year when he fled Belize for the U.S. under a cloud of suspicion in the death of his neighbor Gregory Faull. McAfee claimed there was an attempt being made to frame him, making his flight necessary.
But Intel executives insist that the name change, which over the next year will brand all McAfee products with the name Intel Security, has nothing to do with the erstwhile creator of the software and is simply another aspect of promoting the product.
"The McAfee shield is what's known across the globe. In some locations, they can't even pronounce McAfee correctly. So, that's what drove us,” said Mike Fey, McAfee's Chief Technology Officer according to CNET.
McAfee’s colorful denunciations of the anti-virus software culminated last year when he released a video of himself spouting a blistering attack of his namesake while a bevy of women surround and proceed to undress him. The video shares his suggested method of uninstalling the software from a computer by shooting a bullet through a computer before walking away from a table covered with guns and bags labeled bath salts.
"I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet,” McAfee said.
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