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John McAfee

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John McAfee is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur born in 1945. He was one of the first people to design anti-virus software and to develop a virus scanner, creating McAfee Associates. He now has no relationship with the company, which was sold to Intel Corp. In 2010 he moved to Belize to start a biotech company, but left the country when accused of murdering his neighbor. He currently resides in the U.S.

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19 Aug, 2010

Intel buys McAfee Associates for $7.7 billion

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Intel pays $7.68 billion to acquire McAfee Associates. Intel hopes the purchase will separate its products from those of its rivals and accelerate its move into smartphones and consumer electronics. According to the research firm IDC, McAfee has 17.7 percent of the market for securing computing devices, trailing the market leader Symantec, which has 36.2 percent.

1999

Sells Tribal Voices

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McAfee sells Tribal Voices for about $17 million. He purchases properties in Arizona, Hawaii, Texas, and New Mexico and takes up Aerotrekking.