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McAfee Sold the Corporate Fortress. Now It Wants to Be Your Family’s Scam Radar
The antivirus pioneer shed its $4 billion enterprise arm and bet the shield on ordinary people. Its new enemy is not just malware - it is the believable text, the fake face and the QR code at the parking meter.
qikfox Cybersecurity Systems
qikfox Cybersecurity Systems is a San Mateo, California startup building what it calls the 'tool shed for a trustworthy Internet.' Founded in 2019 by serial entrepreneur Tarun Gaur after his mother lost money to an online scam, the company makes a privacy-first Smart Browser and Safe Search engine that deliver real-time scam and phishing protection, ad and tracker blocking, and biometric/PIN locks - without collecting browsing history or product analytics. qikfox claims to be the world's first browser to bake in both decentralized identity and quantum-resistant cryptography, and has since layered in an AI Copilot, 3D web, and knowledge-management features aimed at the emerging agentic web.