In the News: John McCafee Died. Probably only of interest to computer types. (1 Viewer)

[Gromett]

John McAfee: Anti-virus creator found dead in prison cell

The software mogul is found dead hours after a Spanish court allowed his extradition to the US on tax charges.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[DuxDeluxe]

R.I.P. didn’t know he was a wanted man. Rest in peace though

 

[Gromett]

R.I.P. didn’t know he was a wanted man. Rest in peace though

Yeah, he got a bit freaky and weird that last few years. Lot's suspected he had mental health issues. The tax issue I think was part of him trying to avoid being tracked by the US government.

All very sad, as he was a genuinely intelligent man. Sad news.

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[Abacist]

What of McAfee anti virus software - it was a product of choice at work by out IT department and since I've retired?

 

[Gromett]

What of McAfee anti virus software - it was a product of choice at work by out IT department and since I've retired?

Sold to Intel about a decade ago.

I was more of a Norton fan. But 20 years ago moved to Linux so not had to worry about things like that in a long time.

 

[Wabs]

Such a shame,,there will be plenty of conspiratory theories over this,,just watch,,

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[Bailey58]

I wonder if he had a virus?

Seriously, RIP Mr McAfee.

 

[Wabs]

I wonder if he had a virus?

Seriously, RIP Mr McAfee.

Ouch

 

[buttons]

I did hear this during the night on LBC. It is a real shame when someone relies on substances to get through a life that had become so difficult. RIP John McAfee.

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[ManTheVan]

A sad end for a man whose work benefited so many.

 

[Riverbankannie]

John McAfee: Anti-virus creator found dead in prison cell

The software mogul is found dead hours after a Spanish court allowed his extradition to the US on tax charges.

www.bbc.co.uk

Very interesting read. Who of us has not had McAfee antivirus software installed at some point?

 

[Guigsy]

What of McAfee anti virus software - it was a product of choice at work by out IT department and since I've retired?

It was the bane of the IT department I was working for. It seemed to be indifferent about settings telling to to keep it's resource use low or only scan and update at certain times. So it would completely overload a servers for half an hour at a time and take down operations. The 'admin' security that was supposed to prevent desktop/laptop users from playing with settings was a joke. Which would be fine if it actually did its job, but there were several virus incidents while I was working there.

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[DBK]

A victim of the brutal US justice system which can send someone to prison for life for tax evasion.

 

[RubyOptics]

Very sad, although I must admit that given some of his more "interesting" exploits over the last years, I'm surprised that it has taken this long.

 

[SpeedyDux]

A victim of the brutal US justice system which can send someone to prison for life for tax evasion.

I wonder if he was badly advised on his tax affairs.

There was a piece on RT Today claiming that very rich Americans have effectively obtained the US tax system they want in order to pay less than their fair share.

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[Lenny HB]

It was the bane of the IT department I was working for. It seemed to be indifferent about settings telling to to keep it's resource use low or only scan and update at certain times. So it would completely overload a servers for half an hour at a time and take down operations. The 'admin' security that was supposed to prevent desktop/laptop users from playing with settings was a joke. Which would be fine if it actually did its job, but there were several virus incidents while I was working there.

Whenever a new PC came with it installed the first job was to uninstall it, dreadful software.

 

[Gromett]

Whenever a new PC came with it installed the first job was to uninstall it, dreadful software.

It was good in the early days. But once Intel bought it, it suffered massively from bloat and went downhill. rapidly.

 

[tonyidle]

Very interesting read. Who of us has not had McAfee antivirus software installed at some point?

And how many of us have struggled to remove its sticky entrails?

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[Insider]

One of the better videos I have come across on youtube - he wasn't a fan of the software that bore his name!!

 

[Gromett]

One of the better videos I have come across on youtube - he wasn't a fan of the software that bore his name!!

I had heard about that video but never watched it. Hilarious.

Never seen a company founder trash his business so bad since Ratner.

 

[The Old Man]

Such a shame,,there will be plenty of conspiratory theories over this,,just watch,,

The best one that I've heard is that the US Attorney has sealed file on him containing an extradition request from Belize? for the murder of a neighbour.

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[Bailey58]

Very interesting read. Who of us has not had McAfee antivirus software installed at some point?

Many of us, no doubt inadvertently when we downloaded Adobe pdf and got MacAfee when we failed to untick the box.