McAfee, Inc. Positioned in the Leader Quadrant for Enterprise AntiVirus by Leading Analyst Firm

McAfee, Inc. Positioned in the Leader Quadrant for Enterprise AntiVirus by Leading Analyst Firm

Position Based on Vision and Ability to Execute

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced that leading research firm Gartner Inc., has placed the company in the leaders quadrant in its "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise AntiVirus, 2006" as published on August 31, 2006. According to Gartner, "leaders" are vendors who are performing well today, have a clear vision of market direction, and are actively building competencies to sustain their leadership position in the market.

"We believe our position in the leaders quadrant can be attributed to the fact that McAfee is the only global company 100% dedicated to security," said Christopher Bolin, chief technology officer and executive vice president, McAfee, Inc. "Customers and partners turn to McAfee for its long heritage and ability to provide innovative and proven technology."

McAfee® Total Protection for Enterprise Solutions is the industry's first offering to combine and manage all the elements of a comprehensive system security solution through a single console and agent platform. It is an integrated solution that delivers comprehensive threat prevention, centralized management, and scaleable network access control to help organizations proactively block known and unknown non-compliant end-points.

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About McAfee, Inc.

McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security. www.mcafee.com.

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NOTE: The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted August 2006 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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