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John McAfee
John David McAfee was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time U.S. presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the…
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business · British and American programmer and businessman (1945–2021) · programmer · engineer · businessperson · computer scientist · politician · also John McAfee, John David McAfee, MAK, McAfee
Born 18 September 1945 · Died 23 June 2021 · Q45864
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2026· 5 entries
“s decision to drop his name from their software The reaction should come as no surprise. Last year Mr McAfee released a video showing how to”
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“terminating his relationship with Vice Magazine”
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“the most popular hacking target”
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Public attention spiked: 6,239 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 2,027, with 2 article edits.
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2025· 2 entries
Yahoo: John McAfee Is Back From the Dead to Hawk Meme-Coin
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Mashable: John McAfee 'returns from the dead' to promote a memecoin on Elon Musk's X
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2024· 1 entry
Bitcoin Magazine: John McAfee Seen Walking The Streets of San Salvador
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2022· 1 entry
USA Today rated the claim “US government is holding John McAfee's body one year after death” False.
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2021· 16 entries
fact checker rated the claim “Computer programmer John Mcafee owned property in the building that recently collapsed in Surfside, Florida.” fake.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “John McAfee stored 31 TB of data in the condo which collapsed in Miami, Florida.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “John McAfee tweet details trove of data in collapsed Miami condo building” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “John McAfee owns property in the collapsed building in Miami” No Proof.
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USA Today rated the claim “John McAfee owned a unit in a collapsed condo building in Florida” False.
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The Guardian: John McAfee obituary
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AP News rated the claim “The late John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, owned a unit in the condo building that partially collapsed Thursday outside Miami and 31 terabytes of his files were located inside.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “John McAfee tweeted that he hid 31TB of files at the building near Miami, Florida, that collapsed in June 2021.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “John McAfee had a "$WHACKD" tattoo and tweeted in 2019 that "If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd."” Mostly True.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says John McAfee tweeted before his death that he stored computer files in the Florida condo building that later collapsed.” False.
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AOL: John McAfee was once the face of cybersecurity. Then his life spiraled.
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The Guardian: John McAfee: the tech pioneer turned fugitive
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The Guardian: Antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison – video
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The Guardian: John McAfee: antivirus entrepreneur found dead in Spanish prison
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Died 2021-06-23.
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The Guardian: Anti-virus mogul John McAfee charged with fraud over crypto promotion
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: John McAfee, antivirus software pioneer, arrested in Spain
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Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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Either with the Libertarian Party or a separate party that he would create
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2019· 1 entry
That he had not filed a tax return since 2010
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2017· 1 entry
Would direct a film about McAfee titled King of the Jungle, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
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2016· 3 entries
The Guardian: Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee review – proto-Trump figure chills the blood
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The Guardian: Truth or fiction? John McAfee for the Libertarian party's presidential nominee
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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2015· 2 entries
The Guardian: Tech veteran John McAfee to join 2016 US presidential race as independent
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The Guardian: John McAfee: 'Bad people are still after me'
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2013· 5 entries
The Guardian: John McAfee accused of stalking
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The Guardian: John McAfee's tips for un-installing McAfee software
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The Guardian: John McAfee movie in the works
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McAfee founded Future Tense Central, which aimed to produce a secure computer network device called the D-Central
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While wanted in Belize for questioning on suspicion of murder
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2012· 6 entries
The Guardian: John McAfee in US after deportation from Guatemala - video
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The Guardian: John McAfee arrives in US after being deported from Guatemala
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The Guardian: John McAfee deported to US after week spent in Guatemalan detention
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The Guardian: John McAfee uses live broadcast to reaffirm desire to return to US
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The Guardian: John McAfee eyes a return to the United States - video
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Belize police spokesman Raphael Martinez confirmed that McAfee was neither convicted nor charged, only suspected
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2010· 2 entries
McAfee reportedly previously used the stimulant drug MDPV beginning in 2010, and was a member of the online drug discussion forum Bluelight.
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And was a member of the online drug discussion forum Bluelight
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2009· 2 entries
McAfee was interviewed in Belize for the CNBC special The Bubble Decade, in which it was reported that he had invested in and/or built many mansions in the USA that went unsold when the 2007 global recession hit
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Buying a beachfront property on the island of Ambergris Caye and later also some property near the mainland village of Carmelita, where he surrounded himself with a large group of armed security guards
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2000· 2 entries
Bought a large property in Colorado and opened a yoga and meditation retreat there
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Invested in and joined the board of directors of Zone Labs, makers of firewall software, prior to its acquisition by Check Point Software in 2003
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1994· 3 entries
And sold his remaining stake in the company
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Which developed one of the first instant messaging programs, PowWow
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Sold his remaining stake in the company
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1992· 1 entry
And had its initial public offering the same year
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1987· 2 entries
Wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation
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McAfee created McAfee Associates Inc
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1986· 1 entry
While employed by Lockheed, he read about the Brain computer virus made for the PC, and he found it terrifying
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1978· 1 entry
Joined Computer Sciences Corporation as a software consultant
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1967· 2 entries
Studied at Roanoke College, Bachelor of Arts (1967).
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From Roanoke College in Virginia, which later awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 2008
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1945· 1 entry
Born 1945-09-18.
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