What is "mcafee"

McAfee is an antivirus and computer security company, named after its founder, John McAfee.

McAfee may refer also to:

• McAfee (surname), including a list of people with the surname
• McAfee, Kentucky, site of a National Register of Historic Places listing in Mercer County, Kentucky
• McAfee, New Jersey, an unincorporated area
• O.co Coliseum or McAfee Coliseum, a stadium in Oakland, California
• McAfee Peak, in the Independence Mountains of Nevada
• McAfee, the tune to the hymn "Near to the Heart of God" written by Cleland Boyd McAfee

McAfee is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe, meaning "son of Duibhshíth". The personal name, Duibhshíth, was composed of two elements: dubh meaning "black", and síth meaning "peace". The surname has been in Ireland since the seventeenth century. McAfee is less numerous than Mahaffy, a name of similar origin.