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                  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 (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):DECEMBER 1, 1997
  
  
                             NETWORKS ASSOCIATES, INC.
                         (FORMERLY MCAFEE ASSOCIATES, INC.)
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
  
  
                           COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-20558
  
  
                        DELAWARE                              77-0316593
            (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
            INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)             IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
  
                 2805 BOWERS AVENUE                              95051
              SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA                          (ZIP CODE)
    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
  
         REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (408) 988-3832
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  ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
  
       On December 1, 1997, McAfee Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  ("McAfee" or the "Company"), and Network General Corporation, a Delaware
  corporation ("Network General"), completed a merger (the "Merger") pursuant to
  which Mystery Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
  subsidiary of the Company, was merged with and into Network General, and Network
  General became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  Pursuant to the terms
  of the Merger, McAfee changed its legal name to "Networks Associates, Inc."  The
  Company will do business as  "Network Associates" and "Network Associates, Inc."
  Further details regarding this announcement are contained in the Company's press
  release dated December 1, 1997, attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated
  by reference herein.
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       Exhibit
       Number         Description
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       99.1           Network Associates Press Release, dated December 1, 1997.
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                                     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.
  
                                      NETWORKS ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
  
                                      By: /s/ Prabhat K. Goyal
                                      ---------------------------
                                      Prabhat K. Goyal
                                      Chief Financial Officer
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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
   
  Exhibit
  Number    Description
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  99.1      Network Associates Press Release, dated December 1, 1997.
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text: 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 (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):DECEMBER 1, 1997
  
                             NETWORKS ASSOCIATES, INC.
                         (FORMERLY MCAFEE ASSOCIATES, INC.)
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
  
                           COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-20558
  
                        DELAWARE                              77-0316593
            (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
            INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)             IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
  
                 2805 BOWERS AVENUE                              95051
              SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA                          (ZIP CODE)
    (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
  
         REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (408) 988-3832
  ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
  
       On December 1, 1997, McAfee Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation
  ("McAfee" or the "Company"), and Network General Corporation, a Delaware
  corporation ("Network General"), completed a merger (the "Merger") pursuant to
  which Mystery Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned
  subsidiary of the Company, was merged with and into Network General, and Network
  General became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  Pursuant to the terms
  of the Merger, McAfee changed its legal name to "Networks Associates, Inc."  The
  Company will do business as  "Network Associates" and "Network Associates, Inc."
  Further details regarding this announcement are contained in the Company's press
  release dated December 1, 1997, attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated
  by reference herein.
  Exhibit
       Number         Description
       ------         -----------
       99.1           Network Associates Press Release, dated December 1, 1997.
  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.
  
                                      NETWORKS ASSOCIATES, INC.
  
                                      By: /s/ Prabhat K. Goyal
                                      ---------------------------
                                      Prabhat K. Goyal
                                      Chief Financial Officer
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
   
  Exhibit
  Number    Description
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  99.1      Network Associates Press Release, dated December 1, 1997.