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Consumer cybersecurity brand providing antivirus, VPN, and identity protection; McAfee+ emphasizes dark web monitoring and identity theft recovery services.
McAfee is a consumer cybersecurity company providing antivirus, identity protection, VPN, and privacy management tools to individuals and households globally. The company was originally founded in 1987 by John McAfee as one of the first commercial antivirus software companies, subsequently went through multiple corporate iterations including acquisition by Intel (2011) and spinout, was acquired by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) in 2021, and has since repositioned entirely as a consumer-focused security brand after STG separated the enterprise business as Trellix.
Consumer cybersecurity brand under Gen Digital with 500M users; Norton 360, LifeLock identity theft protection, and Avast portfolio serving global device and identity security.
Norton (NortonLifeLock, now Gen Digital) is a consumer cybersecurity brand providing antivirus, VPN, identity theft protection, dark web monitoring, and parental controls to individuals and families. One of the most recognized cybersecurity brand names in the world, Norton was originally developed by Symantec Corporation and has gone through multiple ownership changes — Symantec split its consumer and enterprise businesses, with the consumer division rebranding as NortonLifeLock in 2019 before further rebranding to Gen Digital in 2022 after acquiring Avast.
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