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John McAfee found dead in prison cell after court allows extradition to US
2021-06-24
[Post Millenial] John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus, was found dead in his Barcelona prison cell, Reuters reports.

McAfee's death comes just hours after Spanish courts allowed for his extradition to the United States.

The death will likely be deemed a suicide. He was 75.

McAfee was set to face charges of tax evasion once back in the US.

McAfee was arrested in Barcelona in October 2020, and believed that he was being targeted by the IRS over his failed bid to run as leader of the Libertarian Party in 2020.

McAfee was arrested in Barcelona in October 2020, and believed that he was being targeted by the IRS over his failed bid to run as leader of the Libertarian Party in 2020.

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Posted by:Frank G

#18  Please excuse my error.
Correction to my earlier statement.
Not his son, but a distance relation.






Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-24 19:04  

#17  Seems like she's boss of the biggest mob.
Posted by: Chris   2021-06-24 17:19  

#16  Is Hillary a mob boss???
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-06-24 17:13  

#15  FLASHBACK November 3, 2016: John McAfee had written an oped criticizing the FBI regarding their handling of the Clinton email server investigation.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589   2021-06-24 11:06  

#14  Hanged himself, it seems, like ol' Epstein, in New York.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-06-24 10:05  

#13  I strongly suggest a read of the CNET 2021 BEST AV


NOTES:
Avast (Czech owned) "allegedly" collected user data with its browser plug-ins and antivirus software and then sold the collected data thru ?Jumpshot? a shell company.

CCLEAN owned by AVAST (Czech owned) "allegedly" did/does the same.

Kaspersky Labs (Russian owned) and BANNED from Federal systems.

BOTH the 2 reasons I was testing McAfee & Norton again in my retirement mini-lab.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-24 09:40  

#12  I use McAf[YOUR DEFINITIONS EXPIRED 24 SECONDS AGO - UPDATE NOW!]ee. Its not bad. Others[ACTIVATE YOUR WEB PROTECTION NOW!!!!] are worse at memory [USE OUR VPN NOW OR WE WILL ALL DIE!!!] usage. What bugs me [USE MCAFEE ON ALL YOUR DEVICES!!!] are the pop-ups.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-06-24 09:32  

#11  If there was anyone who could stop the hacking of pipelines etc he would have been the one. But he became anti government and did too much dope.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-06-24 09:21  

#10  Kaspersky for high end rigs. For low RAM machines, Avast - silent, user friendly, small. Both are 'install and forget' AVs.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-24 08:51  

#9  I was very happy with ESET for many years, then they auto-subscribed me without my knowledge and it was an insane pain in the dupa to cancel the subscription. That's a deal breaker for me.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-06-24 08:42  

#8  McAfee had not owned the company in years. For a while Intel owned it, then they sold it on.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-06-24 08:40  

#7  

OK while everyone is piling on....
I have actually met him briefly back in the early 90's at the McAfee AV office near the Great America Theme park.

Then his son later on, who was on the N+I NOC Team years later.

Both good people.

Personally, I am not buying the suicide narrative in a foreign jail cell routine. It seems "accidents" to happen too frequently to Political opponents and those with INFO on such people.

Regarding the software.
I tested out McAfee AV Plus this year. $24.95 for a 5 user lic. YES it is more memory intensive than others and Yes it does more than most other AV app. Yes it needs too much user tuning for common uses and access issues.

But with that said, it has stopped some nasty things that other AV apps did not on identical OS test systems also.



Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-24 07:49  

#6  McAfee comes pre-installed on Dell computers.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2021-06-24 07:39  

#5  
Every Dog has his day,
His has come and gone,
He is now a footnote in history,
He is dead.
Posted by: Crereger Fliper7224   2021-06-24 03:32  

#4  His antivirus was shit too. Took over all the RAM as if the sole purpose of my comp was to help it look good.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-24 03:27  

#3  
Instead of Band on the Run its Man on the Run

Posted by: Crereger Fliper7224   2021-06-24 02:28  

#2  
Probably, be highlighted in his obituary, along with his other 'civic minded contributions'... if not, you can post about them all...the Elites...will love ❤ you for it.

(Is your bag packed, passport & tickets, paid up on your life insurance, fake ID & non attributible cell phone)

OK you are ready to tell the world
about his 'foibles in life'...

Good Luck

Posted by: Crereger Fliper7224   2021-06-24 02:19  

#1  no mention of his murders in central america...
Posted by: 3dc   2021-06-24 01:43  

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