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riverwalker

(8,694 posts) Mon Nov 12, 2012, 02:13 PM Nov 2012

REPORT: John McAfee, The Antivirus Software Inventor, Is Wanted For Murder [View all]

Source: Business Insider

McAfee got rich developing antivirus software back in the eighties.

The company named after him, McAfee, Inc, sold to Intel for $7 billion in 2010.

Gizmodo also reports that McAfee has been living in Belize for a while now, spending most of his time there experimenting with drugs.
Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force's Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Paul, who was gunned down Saturday night at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/report-john-mcafee-the-antivirus-software-inventor-is-wanted-for-murder-2012-11

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REPORT: John McAfee, The Antivirus Software Inventor, Is Wanted For Murder [View all] riverwalker Nov 2012 OP

He deserves to be arrested for inventing McAfee. lalalu Nov 2012 #1

grim glinda Nov 2012 #2

apt, though Occulus Nov 2012 #28

Oh my.... CherokeeDem Nov 2012 #4

You probably clicked the wrong box. Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #16

LOL dae Nov 2012 #26

As a computer tech - every new install gets an automatic McAfee uninstall. Nothing but bloatware Panasonic Nov 2012 #13

I have McAfee and don't really like it. I guess it works since I Auntie Bush Nov 2012 #24

I use ms security essentials Mosby Nov 2012 #25

I uninstall any preloaded McAfee AV... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2012 #30

I despise McAfee sweetloukillbot Nov 2012 #32

Avast works great.. and it has a free version that's fine... BREMPRO Nov 2012 #33

+1. silvershadow Nov 2012 #14

You can say that again! colorado_ufo Nov 2012 #17

+1000 valerief Nov 2012 #23

Look on the bright side, he'll have a free trial he can't get out of. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #36

LOL, now that's irony. lalalu Nov 2012 #38

Hans Riser V2? - n/t lapfog_1 Nov 2012 #3

what the hell? he couldn't just be happy lounging on the beach with his billions? Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #5

Vanity Fair did a write-up on this recently. closeupready Nov 2012 #6

Belize ... Scuba Nov 2012 #7

At least the Celts know how to pronounce his name. TheBlackAdder Nov 2012 #8

Yikes! SoapBox Nov 2012 #9

Major weirdness Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #10

Sounds like an episode of a TV show. nt raccoon Nov 2012 #11

Oh my JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #12

Having Macs, this guy never got a dime from me or my wife. nt onehandle Nov 2012 #15

Being a pirate... joshcryer Nov 2012 #34

Looks like this threat (shades) needs a quarantine. Dash87 Nov 2012 #18

Seriously ... funkhowser1 Nov 2012 #20

the anti-virus manufactures are probably the people putting out the viruses itsrobert Nov 2012 #19

Do you get strange looks for saying that? lalalu Nov 2012 #27

Name change within 6 months.. trumad Nov 2012 #21

What an interesting story arikara Nov 2012 #22

Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #29

Here's an interesting read...... DeSwiss Nov 2012 #31

WTF couldn't it be Trump? Kennah Nov 2012 #35

Its thought he'll get a 30 day free trial dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #37