raymac46 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/john-mcafee-found-dead-prison-spain-1.6077412 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 They claimed he hung himself over the extradition but he had an appeal. He has been fighting the US government for over decade and said it was all a political thing. He was 75 and probably would of died within 10 years anyway. This is guy was far from depressed and straight up loved drugs, women and guns. This guy was a survivor in every way, I highly doubt he took his own life. He has been to prison multiple times, escaped, was wanted for murder, etc. etc. He is not going to kill himself because of an extradition ruling with a chance of appeal. He tweeted this in October 2020 https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096 The whole thing makes zero sense. There are only two actual possibilities, he was straight up murdered or he faked his death. Knowing John, those are the only real answers to this. Too bad that we will never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crp Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 A , fortunately, unique individual. Lots of "fun" but really only room for one of his type at a time. When someone asks "who" i said "an American spirit. A bit smart, a bit whacky, a bit innovative and a selfmade man in every sense." After the blank stare i get into how he kickstarted AV and then went off to his own political island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Well amazing enough he infected himself with a virus and managed to build the first antivirus in one day. He was so smart that even when on a massive amount of drugs, we was able to excel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Hello, There's no terabytes of hidden files, no conspiracies, and he wasn't murdered. Mr. McAfee very much lived his life on his own terms. This was his way of ensuring it, that's all. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymac46 Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 I remember the first time I heard of McAfee antivirus. We had a local plant network that got totally infected by the FunLove virus. Every time we cleaned it up, someone would come back from vacation, turn on a PC and reinfect us all. We had to install McAfee to get rid of FunLove once and for all. Memories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 -- NOTE FROM AN ADMIN -- OK, folks... this topic could easily ignite into ugly debate. Let's not let that happen. One poster has their opinion; another poster has theirs, also. Anything further than this would be wild speculation, which often leads to anger and argument. Let's not do this here at Scot's. Thank you, and have a nice day! --- End Public Service Announcement --- 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Well done, Aryeh! In Memoriam: John McAfee | WeLiveSecurity 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Yes an interesting read. Well said, Aryeh. Thanks Corrine for posting the link. I never would have stumbled across this on my own. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Hello, Thank you. By the way, there is a little "easter egg" in that photo of Mr. McAfee. On his desk you can see a blue-and-white box fir Norton Utilities. It had a very nice disk editor. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I've just started listening to Aryeh's interview about his days working for John McAfee. The interview is at John McAfee's Life Story. The Early Days. Aryeh Goretsky, McAfee's First Full-Time Employee. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 22 hours ago, Corrine said: I've just started listening to Aryeh's interview about his days working for John McAfee. The interview is at John McAfee's Life Story. The Early Days. Aryeh Goretsky, McAfee's First Full-Time Employee. Awesome, I will give it a listen when I get home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Funny, I was wondering why we haven't heard from Aryeh for quite a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Hello, I had some string I needed to unwind, metaphorically-speaking. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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