================================================================================

                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                        Date of Report: February 24, 2005
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                                  McAFEE, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

          Delaware              Commission File No.:             77-0316593
(State or other Jurisdiction          0-20558                 (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

                               3965 Freedom Circle
                          Santa Clara, California 95054

          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

                          (408) 346-3832
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
    Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
    Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
    Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
    Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

================================================================================



ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATION AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

        On February 24, 2005, McAfee, Inc. (the "Registrant") issued a press
release announcing its fourth quarter and full year 2004 results. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby furnished and not
filed. Unless expressly incorporated into a filing of the Registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, made after the date hereof, the information contained herein shall not
be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Registrant, whether made
before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation
language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (c)      Exhibits

              99.1     Press  release  dated  February 24, 2005,  announcing
                       fourth  quarter and full year 2004 results  (solely
                       furnished and not filed herewith pursuant to item 2.02).

                                        2



                                  SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                               MCAFEE, INC.

Date: February 24, 2005                        By: /s/ Eric F. Brown
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Eric F. Brown
                                                   Chief Financial Officer

                                        3