It was learned that the corporation Intel, bought the company McAfee. McAfee - one of the leading antivirus software. Intel uses the experience and base McAfee in order to secure their chips and create an integrated antivirus for smartphones.
The deal amounted to $ 7.68 billion, Intel will buy shares of McAfee for $ 48 apiece, which amounted to 60 per cent of current quotations for the company. Boards of Directors of both companies have already approved the deal. Against the background of this event McAfee shares soared by 58%, and Intel, by contrast, declined by 2%.
Intel has plans to buy back shares from the market and McAfee make it our subsidiary,
Purchase of own antivirus software maker will release a special software package. It is also possible that Intel plans to take a long vacant niche manufacturers of security systems for smartphones, experts say. Mobile phones with access to the network - such as potential victims of hackers, like computers, and recently had problems with viruses of the iPhone and devices on the platform of Android. For the user this means that do not have to specifically download and install additional antivirus software, this program will already be built into the smartphone.
Under favorable conditions new products may appear as early as next year.
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