Too bad it didn't stay that way

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I know he's gone, and there's a school of thought that says you shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but I've had this idea percolating in my head for a while now and there aren't really going to be any further opportunities to get it out of there.

I won't directly mention the less wholesome association between McAfee and whales - that's a blue waffle that can easily be found with a search engine. Instead I'll just recall that in the distant past, a virus called McWhale contained a message claiming that John McAfee wrote a virus known as Whale.

An antivirus mogul lived long enough to see himself become the villain

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Honestly, McAfee hasn't been a good guy for a long time, it's just taken a while for the law to catch up with him.

Trojan Horse Cartoon Poster

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Peter Norton and John McAfee are real people and I think it's fair to say that the products named after them have missed lots of threats over the years - but maybe not back quite that far.

I feel safer already

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While you should use some kind of anti-virus, never forget that (just like every other security measure you use) it needs to be worth the time/effort/cost. If something is as bad as the thing it's supposed to stop - don't use it.