McAfee to buy Foundstone for US$86 million

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McAfee to buy Foundstone for $86 million

McAfee to buy Foundstone for $86 million 08/16/2004 10:31 AM
Antivirus software company McAfee Inc. is buying Foundstone Inc., which makes software for detecting and managing software vulnerabilities, for $86 million in cash, McAfee said Monday.

Update: McAfee to buy Foundstone for $86
million

Update: McAfee to buy Foundstone for $86
million 08/16/2004 04:23 PM
McAfee has announced that it's purchasing Foundstone for $86 million. Foundstone specializes in technology for spotting and remediating software vulnerabilities. As part of the deal Foundstone's products will become part of McAfee's services, but at $86 million what would you expect.

McAfee will combine its newly acquired technology into its line of security products. The new lineup from McAfee will able to identify and shield users/corporations from Internet/network attacks. A company that for the longest time has only specialized in antivirus products is continuing to break into new markets. If McAfee keeps up this momentum its rival Symantec is going to have some serious catching up to do.

Though I'm not a personal fan of McAfee product I have to applaud the company for continuing to offer its customers better products. With an acquisition like this the McAfee name is now going to get a whole new meaning. Especially as it seems like McAfee is getting ready to challenge the big boys such as Cisco with new network security products.

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McAfee, Inc. to Acquire Foundstone, Inc.
for $86 Million in Cash

McAfee, Inc. to Acquire Foundstone, Inc.
for $86 Million in Cash 08/16/2004 10:35 AM

McAfee to buy Foundstone for $86M

McAfee to buy Foundstone for $86M 08/16/2004 06:07 PM
McAfee Inc.'s purchase of Foundstone follows several moves in the past year to focus its product offerings and bolster its standing in the intrusion detection and prevention market.

McAfee grabs Foundstone

McAfee grabs Foundstone 08/16/2004 12:24 PM
The former plans to team up its intrusion prevention technology with the latter's vulnerability management software.

McAfee buys Foundstone for $86m

McAfee buys Foundstone for $86m 08/16/2004 02:15 PM
In brief Risk management play

McAfee Finds Security in Foundstone

McAfee Finds Security in Foundstone 08/17/2004 03:18 PM
The $86 million deal for the private business security software maker might be a steal.

McAfee Finds Security in Foundstone (The
Motley Fool)

McAfee Finds Security in Foundstone (The
Motley Fool) 08/17/2004 05:45 PM
The Motley Fool - Shortly after we came back from our big vacation overseas in May, my Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) PowerBook was hit with a computer virus. I can't tell you which one, but it was enough to cripple my Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) Office for the Mac software. Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC - News) Norton Anti-Virus found the bug, and then eradicated it by exterminating my entire in-box. (Thanks, guys.)

McAfee Buys Security Consulting Firm
Foundstone

McAfee Buys Security Consulting Firm
Foundstone 08/16/2004 10:18 AM
After months of rumors, McAfee has agreed to pay $86 million in cash for Foundstone.

Trio of Experienced Computer Security
Authors and Industry Experts Launch
Special Ops Security After Foundstone
Acquisition

Trio of Experienced Computer Security
Authors and Industry Experts Launch
Special Ops Security After Foundstone
Acquisition 02/05/2005 09:05 PM
Combining three decades of industry experience and nearly a dozen books authored between them, Andrés, Birkholz, and Andrews bring a wealth of talent and a hybrid teaching style to computer security training in Orange County. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US

Yahoo! co-founder prepares to sell eight
million shares worth $245 million US 05/28/2004 09:26 PM
Financial Post May 29 2004 1:40AM GMT

News: Apple reports $290 million profit;
5.3 million iPods ship

News: Apple reports $290 million profit;
5.3 million iPods ship 04/13/2005 05:08 PM
Apple Computer on Wednesday reported a profit of US$290 million for the fiscal second-quarter of 2005. The company said that 1,070,000 Macintosh units and 5,311,000 iPods were shipped during the quarter, which ended March 26, 2005. This represents a 43 percent increase in CPU units and a 558 percent increase in iPods over the year-ago quarter.

Bioniche quarterly loss deepens to $2.2
million; sales flat at $13.5 million

Bioniche quarterly loss deepens to $2.2
million; sales flat at $13.5 million 02/14/2004 10:52 AM
Canadian Press Feb 14 2004 2:11PM GMT

SpareBank 1 Midt-Norge recorded a
post-tax net profit of NOK 430 million
(NOK 222 million) in 2004, equivalent

SpareBank 1 Midt-Norge recorded a
post-tax net profit of NOK 430 million
(NOK 222 million) in 2004, equivalent 02/01/2005 09:22 PM
mbl.is Feb 1 2005 11:53AM GMT

McAfee Sneakiness

McAfee Sneakiness 02/10/2004 02:49 AM

I'm noticing some serious sneakiness on the part of McAfee.

I run SpamKiller, and I'm quite happy with it. However, I'm not thrilled with apps trying to check for updates all the time, so I've disabled the auto-update feature.

Recerntly, I installed Startup Monitor. Since then, I've been getting sporadic reports that an executable called MCUpdate.exe is trying to add a registry entry for itself to run on start-up. These would pop up at random intervals throughout the day.

At the same time, I'm noticing a Scheduled Task that refuses to stay deleted. It's a McAfee update job that I delete daily, but that keeps reappearing. What does it run? MCUpdate.exe.

So SpamKiller must check for this task, and re-add it if it doesn't find it in the Scheduled Tasks. Then this task must check for the start-up registry entry, then try to add it if it doesn't find it.

Like I said, sneaky.

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McAfee AV ate my application

McAfee AV ate my application 09/07/2004 12:49 PM
False Trojan horse alert causes chaos

McAfee DAT 4253

McAfee DAT 4253 03/19/2003 10:45 PM
Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain up-to-date virus signatures and other information that Network Associates anti-virus products use to protect your computer against the thousands of computer viruses in circulation. Network Associates releases new .DAT files regularly to provide protection against the approximately 300 new viruses that appear each month. To ensure that your anti-virus software can protect your system or network against the latest virus threats, download and install the latest .DAT files.

Isacsoft raising $7 million with sale of
15.6 million share units

Isacsoft raising $7 million with sale of
15.6 million share units 04/13/2004 12:39 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Apr 13 2004 5:04PM GMT

Dalsa Corp. Q1 profit grows to $3.9
million, up from $2.4 million a year ago

Dalsa Corp. Q1 profit grows to $3.9
million, up from $2.4 million a year ago 05/01/2004 11:41 AM
Canadian Press May 1 2004 4:14PM GMT

German Domain Purchased for 31 Million
Pounds (aprox $57 million usd)

German Domain Purchased for 31 Million
Pounds (aprox $57 million usd) 07/01/2004 10:33 AM
"According to today's London Evening Standard, Lastminute.com bought the Lastminute.de domain name for 31 Million UK pounds sterling, although this did include the existing lastminute.de business"

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin | A Whole
Lotta Nothing

Wishlist: the million monkeys at a
million typewriters plugin | A Whole
Lotta Nothing 07/16/2004 11:53 AM
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McAfee Beats, Guides Up

McAfee Beats, Guides Up 07/28/2004 11:42 AM
TheStreet.com Jul 28 2004 3:33PM GMT

McAfee Beefing Up VirusScan

McAfee Beefing Up VirusScan 09/03/2004 09:42 PM

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According to an article I was reading in PC World, McAfee is beefing up its VirusScan Security. This will be a new version of the VirusScan Enterprise edition to help with attacks by viruses and malicious hackers coding. From the article:…

McAfee to eradicate app assassin bug

McAfee to eradicate app assassin bug 09/08/2004 12:41 PM
ISPWizard reloaded

McAfee VirusScan 9 Goes After Spyware

McAfee VirusScan 9 Goes After Spyware 07/14/2004 01:44 AM
The question of how to deal with spyware and adware is particularly challenging when programs users desire -- such as Kazaa -- require spyware components in order to operate. In its upcoming release of VirusScan, McAfee is attempting to address that very question. In developing the next iteration of VirusScan, McAfee's software engineers have made it their number one priority to enhance the detection and removal of spyware, adware and other malware. However, detection is only one part of the equation.

McAfee Gets Honorary Black Hat

McAfee Gets Honorary Black Hat 09/11/2004 07:31 AM

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“An Australian software developer is considering suing McAfee after the antivirus company wrongly identified his Internet setup program as a Trojan horse in a recent virus definition update. Mark Griffiths of Brisbane said he is “not ruling out” filing a lawsuit against McAfee even after the antivirus company released on Thursday an update to its DAT virus definition file that fixes the false positive. Griffiths sells the Internet setup program, ISPWizard, to Internet service providers…

Network Associates changes name to
McAfee

Network Associates changes name to
McAfee 07/05/2004 09:37 AM
Personal Computer World Jul 5 2004 2:06PM GMT

Tightening up McAfee defenses

Tightening up McAfee defenses 06/11/2004 12:44 PM
ZDNet Jun 11 2004 5:23PM GMT

Ireland is never Netherlands for McAfee

Ireland is never Netherlands for McAfee 07/20/2004 06:31 AM
Taxtastic

Updated McAfee Reports

Updated McAfee Reports 07/08/2004 07:16 PM

McAfee SuperDAT 4253

McAfee SuperDAT 4253 03/19/2003 10:45 PM
Virus definition, or .DAT, files contain up-to-date virus signatures and other information that Network Associates anti-virus products use to protect your computer against the thousands of computer viruses in circulation. Network Associates releases new .DAT files regularly to provide protection against the approximately 300 new viruses that appear each month. To ensure that your anti-virus software can protect your system or network against the latest virus threats, download and install the latest .DAT files.

Getting McAfee VirusScan for Free

Getting McAfee VirusScan for Free 06/07/2004 03:43 PM

Top McAfee exec to step down

Top McAfee exec to step down 09/07/2004 12:12 PM
Stephen Richards will retire from his positions as chief operating officer and chief financial officer.

Network Associates Is Now McAfee

Network Associates Is Now McAfee 04/23/2004 04:31 PM

McAfee Earnings Quadruple in 2Q

McAfee Earnings Quadruple in 2Q 07/27/2004 11:26 PM
Formerly known as Network Associates, McAfee reported earnings of $10.2 million compared with $2.5 million a year earlier.

Xbox Live Passes 1 Million
SubscribersMicrosoft's million-member
online gaming service reaches membership
mile

Xbox Live Passes 1 Million
SubscribersMicrosoft's million-member
online gaming service reaches membership
mile 07/15/2004 03:15 PM
Gigex Jul 15 2004 7:20PM GMT

Geac Computer's Q2 profit slips to $10.7
million US from $11.6 million US

Geac Computer's Q2 profit slips to $10.7
million US from $11.6 million US 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET

Labopharm Inc.'s Q1 loss eases to $7.6
million from last year's $7.8 million

Labopharm Inc.'s Q1 loss eases to $7.6
million from last year's $7.8 million 05/10/2004 11:39 AM
National Post May 10 2004 3:31PM GMT

One Million Distinct Tags, 14 Million
Tagged Posts

One Million Distinct Tags, 14 Million
Tagged Posts 06/05/2005 11:41 PM
This weekend, Technorati reached another milestone, our millionth indexed tag. It amazes me that since we launched our service to track tags on blog posts on January 17th of this year, there has been an explosion in the use...
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