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John McAfee is glad that Intel is dropping his name from McAfee’s antivirus software.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The UpTake:<\/strong> Intel is dropping the McAfee name from the antivirus software brand. It’s infamous founder, John McAfee, couldn’t be happier.<\/p>\n John McAfee<\/strong> is finally glad to be rid of his embarrassing association with McAfee antivirus software.<\/p>\n Intel<\/strong>, which acquired McAfee Inc.<\/strong> in 2011, is dropping the McAfee brand in favor of Intel Security<\/strong>. McAfee founded the eponymous global software security firm in 1987, but left the company in 1994. When we last checked in with the gonzo antivirus pioneer, he was being evicted from his luxury Portland apartment and employing biker bodyguards.<\/p>\n His response to Intel\u2019s rebranding was pure McAfee: \u201cI am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet,\u201d he told the BBC. \u201cThese are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users. My elation at Intel\u2019s decision is beyond words.\u201d<\/p>\n Intel CEO Brian Krzanich<\/strong> announced the name change at the International Consumer Electronics Show<\/strong> this week. It\u2019s not clear that McAfee\u2019s shenanigans had anything to do with the re-branding.<\/p>\n McAfee\u2019s disdain for the product bearing his name is well known.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough I\u2019ve had nothing to do with this company for over 15 years, I still get volumes of mail asking how do I uninstall this software,\u201d McAfee said in a salty parody video released in June called \u201cHow to Uninstall McAfee Antivirus Software.”<\/a> Warning: the video, embedded below, contains mature themes and John McAfee.<\/p>\n John McAfee is glad that Intel is dropping his name from McAfee’s antivirus software.\u00a0 The UpTake: Intel is dropping the McAfee name from the antivirus software brand. It’s infamous founder, John McAfee, couldn’t be happier. John McAfee is finally glad to be rid of his embarrassing association with McAfee antivirus software. Intel, which acquired McAfee Inc. in 2011, is dropping the McAfee brand in favor of Intel Security. McAfee founded the eponymous global software security firm in 1987, but left the company in 1994. When we last checked in with the gonzo antivirus pioneer, he was being evicted from his luxury Portland apartment and employing biker bodyguards. His response to Intel\u2019s rebranding was pure McAfee: \u201cI am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet,\u201d he told the BBC. \u201cThese are not my words, but the words of millions of irate users. My elation at Intel\u2019s decision is beyond words.\u201d Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced the name change at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week. It\u2019s not clear that McAfee\u2019s shenanigans had anything to do with the re-branding. McAfee\u2019s disdain for the product bearing his name is well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[96,103,19,147,174,175,146,7,22],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-news","tag-antivirus","tag-computer-news-2","tag-computer-repair","tag-latest-computer-news","tag-mcafee","tag-mcafee-news","tag-online-computer-news","tag-virus","tag-virus-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccrepairservices.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Visit or our Repair section and services, or Call 754-234-5598 to repair your computer online for a small fee<\/span><\/h2>\n
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