{"id":20778,"date":"2022-08-24T14:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1697726"},"modified":"2022-08-24T14:29:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:29:14","slug":"who-was-john-mcafee-true-story-behind-running-with-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-was-john-mcafee-true-story-behind-running-with-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was John McAfee? True story behind Running with the Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 24 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Netflix\u2019s latest true crime documentary Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee<\/a> arrived on the streamer today, with the film following the software billionaire as he outran the authorities after becoming a person of interest in his neighbour\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

The entrepreneur, who was best known for founding anti-virus software McAfee, was living in Belize at the time before fleeing to Guatemala and returning to the US, before eventually heading on the run once again.<\/p>\n

The film explores McAfee\u2019s downfall through never-before-seen footage of the billionaire on the lam and, while he died in June last year, the final scene of Running with the Devil implies otherwise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But who was John McAfee and why was he trying to hide from the authorities? Here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/p>

Who was John McAfee?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
John McAfee was a computer programmer and businessman, best known for founding anti-virus software McAfee.<\/p>\n
Born in Gloucestershire, McAfee was raised in Salem, Virginia by his British mother and American father, who was an \u201cabusive alcoholic\u201d and shot himself dead when McAfee was 15-years-old, according to BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n
McAfee went on to study for a PhD in mathematics at Northeast Louisiana State College, however he was expelled from the programme in 1968 after entering into a relationship with an undergraduate student, who later became his first wife.<\/p>\n
He began his career working as a programmer for NASA\u2019s Institute for Space Studies, then moved on to become a software designer at Univac, then to Xerox as an operating system architect, and later he worked for Lockheed.<\/p>\n
In 1987, he created McAfee Associates after learning about the Brain computer virus made for the PC and created an antivirus software \u2013 VirusScan \u2013 that would detect and remove it.<\/p>\n
He later sold McAfee to Intel for over $7.6 billion, however the billionaire later told BBC News that he never used any of the McAfee products.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m constantly under attack, yet I use no software protection,\u201d he said. \u201cI protect myself by constantly changing my IP [Internet Protocol] address, by not attaching my name to any device I use, and by not going on to sites where you might pick up a virus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Outside of McAfee software, the entrepreneur founded other ventures including instant messaging programme Tribal Voice and invested in firewall software company Zone Labs.<\/p>\n
By 2009, he was living in Belize where he started herbal antibiotics company QuroumEx and believed that plants in the country contained ingredients that would stop bacteria from sending chemical signals to one another.<\/p>\n
However, after the venture was poorly received by the press, microbiologist Allison Adonizio left the project and in April 2012, Belize\u2019s Gang Suppression Unit raided the research facility.<\/p>\n
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