
Dave DeWalt doesn't want to talk about the SEC filing securities fraud charges against his new employer, McAfee, nor the $50 million fine that resulted, and definitely not about the handful of interim CEOs who've held the position before him in the tumultuous 14 months since then.
What concerns him more right now is the fact that a reporter has opened the interview by referring to McAfee as an anti-virus software company. He cringes at the casual reference, he said, because McAfee is <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2101242,00.asp?kc=EWINFEMNL030707EOAD">far from being an AV-only company.</A>