Intel bought McAfee in 2010, but kept the brand until the decision this week to rebrand as Intel Security. An opponent has stated that the change will make it harder for Intel to sell protection products , calling the chip company security a dinosaur "
John McAfee 2Intel has not completely abandoned the McAfee brand , keeping the familiar red shield logo. He also said that during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it would be offering certain products McAfee Mobile Security for free.
"The complexity of maintaining secure digital identity grows as mobile applications and devices become a more important part of our daily lives ," said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich , during his speech at CES. " Intel 's intention is to intensify our efforts dedicated to making sure the digital world, and always ahead of the threats to private information on mobile and portable devices. "
John McAfee, who founded the company in 1987 as McAfee Associates , Belize fled after a neighbor was killed. He currently lives in Portland , Oregon, and has made a series of comic YouTube videos, one of the McAfee Security produccts openly mocked .
Intel is a dinosaur "
Rik Ferguson , vice president of security research at Trend Micro 's rival company , said it would be difficult for Intel to sell under its new brand.
"The sale of Intel Security will be harder to sell McAfee, the same problem they had as Network Associates ," said Ferguson TechWeekEurope on Twitter. McAfee was known as Network Associates, during the 1990s , folliwing a merger with Network General .
Both Intel and Microsoft have spoken of the need to ensure security, " Reference" , but Ferguson said to have been left behind as the evolving security challenge , describing them as " two dinosaurs who do not invest in their ability to detect meteors " .
Intel and Microsoft had not responded to requests for comment on these reviews at the time of publication.
It purchase by Intel McAfee left some doubts , questioning the need to integrate security into a chip , which can only deal with a limited range of attacks , namely those related to rootkits. These concerns were raised when Intel paid $ 7.58 billion for McAfee in 2010.
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