In 1996, McAfee had acquired Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based FSA Corporation, which helped the company diversify its security offerings away from just client-based antivirus software by bringing on board its own network and desktop encryption technologies. Network Associates was formed in 1997 as a merger of McAfee Associates, Network General, PGP Corporation and Helix Software. Bill Larson was appointed CEO in his place.
In 1993, McAfee stepped down as head of the company, taking the position of chief technology officer before his eventual resignation. McAfee was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1992. The company was founded in 1987 as McAfee Associates, named for its founder John McAfee, who resigned from the company in 1994. * CUIT-managed-computers are automatically configured with virus protection software.Former McAfee logo with the Intel byline 1987–1999 This will continue to be supported until August 2020. At that time, Symantec will be automatically uninstalled and Malwarebytes will be installed for you on your CUIT-managed machine. As always, please approve updates to your computer as soon as you’re able! If you would like to have SEP installed on a University-managed computer (managed by a department outside of CUIT*), please have your IT support person/team contact CUIT Security to purchase Symantec licenses.
It should not be installed on servers or Columbia-owned/managed equipment. The Symantec installer was created for students' personal workstations and laptops. Students should uninstall Symantec, and visit CUIT's Malwarebytes for Students page to download our new endpoint security protection software. Note: Symantec for students was discontinued on Saturday, December 21st, 2019. Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP), formerly known as Symantec AntiVirus, is a virus and spyware scanning program developed by the Symantec Corporation.
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