What is John McAfee?
{{Infobox person | name = John McAfee | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] | image = John McAfee by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = McAfee in June 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1945|9|18}} | birth_place = [[Forest of Dean]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|2021|6|23|1945|9|18}} | death_place = [[Sant Esteve Sesrovires]], [[Spain]] | death_cause = Suicide by hanging | party = [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]<br />Previous affiliations:<br />Cyber Party (2015) | nationality = British / American | known_for = [[Intel Security|McAfee, Inc]] | alma_mater = [[Roanoke College]] | occupation = Software developer, founder of [[McAfee]], Chairman of Future Tense Secure Systems<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futuretensecentral.com/about|title=About Us - Future Tense Central|author=Future Tense Central|work=futuretensecentral.com|access-date=2016-01-12|archive-date=2016-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301100746/http://www.futuretensecentral.com/about|url-status=dead}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://www.whoismcafee.com}} }} '''John David McAfee''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} <ref>{{cite web |title=FEC FORM 2 |url=http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/254/201509089001618254/201509089001618254.pdf |publisher=Federal Election Commission |access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> (September 18, 1945 &ndash; June 23, 2021) was a [[British people|British]] and [[Americans|American]] computer programmer. He was the developer of the first commercial [[anti-virus]] program. This bore the [[McAfee]] brand-name for years, until it was bought by Intel and given the Intel name. ==Early life== McAfee was born in an [[U.S. Army]] base stationed in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carlson|first=Michael|date=2021-06-27|title=John McAfee obituary|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/27/john-mcafee-obituary|access-date=2025-02-21|issn=0261-3077}}</r