POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Robin Bradford, Jared Ross, M'Lyn Hefner and Stuart Nightingale, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC  of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of McAfee, Inc. (the "Company") Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder,
and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in
connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of
securities of the Company;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 3rd day of February, 2009.

/s/ Keith S. Krzeminski