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Stock Options Scandal Rocks McAfee

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-escaping-that-worm dept.

narramissic writes "ITworld is reporting that in the wake of a stock-options investigation, executive shake-up is under way at security software vendor McAfee, including the firing of the company's president. From the article: 'McAfee announced Wednesday that it has terminated the employment of its president, Kevin Weiss. The company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman George Samenuk is retiring from those roles and the board of directors has appointed Dale Fuller as interim CEO.'"

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  1. A little-known fact... by jense · · Score: 3, Funny

    These gentlemen were caught by McAfee's internal-use-only feature, "Option Blocker."

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  2. Update your signature files by saboola · · Score: 5, Funny

    Be sure to update your CEO.dat file on a daily basis, as new CEO's are released into the wild daily.

  3. Not Only That! by vjmurphy · · Score: 2, Funny

    "McAfee announced Wednesday that it has terminated the employment of its president, Kevin Weiss."

    Not only that, but I hear he was also running Norton Antivirus on his company PC.

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