McAfee/Inc · 8-K · For 4/5/06 · EX-99.1

Filed On 4/5/06 7:26am ET   ·   SEC File 1-31216   ·   Accession Number 1275287-6-1764

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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

MCAFEE ACQUIRES WEB SAFETY PIONEER SITEADVISOR

Unique Website Rating System Adds New Level of Protection to McAfee Consumer
Services

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc.     
(NYSE: MFE), the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk        
Management, today announced that it has acquired web safety innovator           
SiteAdvisor Inc.  The addition of SiteAdvisor's vast and growing database of    
tested and rated web sites to McAfee's comprehensive range of solutions and     
services helps redefine the way consumers surf the Internet, offering an        
unprecedented level of protection and confidence as they search, browse and     
transact online.                                                                

As the first company to test and rate, on an ongoing basis, nearly every
site on the Internet, SiteAdvisor is the ultimate consumer bodyguard, clearly   
identifying potentially dangerous web sites that have engaged in 'social        
engineering' attacks, such as spyware, adware, spam, browser attacks, and       
online scams.  The easy-to-use software summarizes these findings with          
intuitive red, yellow, and green icons that empower online users to decide      
what to browse and what to avoid.                                               

"SiteAdvisor's patent-pending technology strongly complements McAfee's  
existing solutions, and we clearly share the same philosophy on consumer        
protection," said Bill Kerrigan, executive vice president of McAfee Consumer.   
"The acquisition of SiteAdvisor illustrates how McAfee continues to understand  
and meet the digital safety and security needs of consumers, just as we did     
when we began offering Security as a Service(TM) seven years ago."              

 "In addition to the consumer benefits, SiteAdvisor offers great potential
for our enterprise solutions as well," said George Heron, vice president and    
chief scientist at McAfee. "This unique technology adds another dimension of    
strength and value to McAfee's threat databases and will offer a significant    
corporate benefit."                                                             

One significant advantage offered by SiteAdvisor is that it helps       
consumers gain a new level of safety when they use search services such as      
Google, Yahoo! or MSN.  SiteAdvisor instantly displays its safety ratings next  
to each search result to help users make informed decisions about which sites   
they visit.  Plus, as users surf the Internet, a small SiteAdvisor safety       
button on their browser toolbar changes color based on SiteAdvisor's safety     
rating for each site.                                                           

"We're thrilled to join McAfee, which has pioneered information security
for the past 15 years," said Chris Dixon, CEO and co-founder of SiteAdvisor.    
"McAfee's platform of innovative products and services enables us to help a     
huge, world-wide audience to search, browse, and transact online with greater   
confidence and safety than they've ever done before."                           

About McAfee, Inc.                                                      

McAfee Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global    
leader in intrusion prevention and 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. http://www.mcafee.com            

 NOTE:  McAfee, SecurityAlliance is a registered trademark of McAfee, Inc.
and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. McAfee Red in           
connection with security is distinctive of McAfee brand products. All other     
registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their    
respective owners.                                                              

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About SiteAdvisor                                                       

SiteAdvisor Inc. (www.siteadvisor.com) is a consumer software company   
pioneering the field of Web Safety by testing and rating every site on the      
Internet. SiteAdvisor's intuitive visual safety ratings help protect Internet   
users from a wide range of security threats and nuisances including adware,     
spam, viruses, and online scams. Using proprietary automated testing enhanced   
by extensive user feedback, SiteAdvisor has already rated sites representing    
more than 95 percent of Web traffic. Founded in April 2005 by a group of MIT    
engineers who wanted to make the Internet safer for their friends and           
families, the company is headquartered in Boston, Mass.                         

Cautionary Statement                                                    

 Forward looking statements are based on management's current expectations
and are subject to risks and uncertainties including that McAfee may not        
succeed in its efforts to grow its business, build upon its technology          
leadership or capture market share; that the company may not benefit from its   
strategic alliances or partnerships as anticipated; that customers may not      
respond as favorably as anticipated to the company's product or technical       
support offerings; that the company may not satisfactorily anticipate or meet   
its customers' needs or expectations, that the Clean Pipes initiative may be    
unsuccessful or that the SEC rejects the proposed settlement.  In addition, a   
number of operational and other factors, from new product introductions, the    
mix of products and services sold, the charges we may take for acquisitions,    
dispositions or stock based compensation, the competition we face in the        
market, to the greater macroeconomic environment to name a few, may cause our   
revenues, gross margins and operating results to fluctuate significantly from   
period to period.                                                               

SOURCE  McAfee, Inc.                                                            
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  /CONTACT:  Siobhan MacDermott of McAfee, Inc., mobile, +1-415-299-2945, or
office, +1-408-346-3783, or Siobhan_MacDermott@mcafee.com/                      
/Web site:  http://www.siteadvisor.com/                                 
/Web site:  http://www.mcafee.com/                                      
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