Lol!! Antivirus Software Founder John McAfee is a Murder Suspect????

The tech industry is at times a bizarre business, but it's not too often that a high profile security software guru is wanted for murder. As wild and crazy as it sounds, that sums up the situation surrounding John McAfee -- yes, THAT McAfee -- who is reportedly on the run from murder charges, and not for killing PC performance (ZING!). And guess what? Murder is only the tip of the iceberg.
According to Gizmodo, John McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, who was shot to death in his home on San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye. Apparently the two men weren't on good terms and had argued over a number of issues. Last week, Faull filed a complaint against McAfee for firing off guns and exhibiting "roguish behavior." More recently, the two had a dispute over dogs.
Last week, Gizmodo ran an extensive article on McAfee's current status, and it reads like a movie script for a bad Hollywood movie. It involves firearms, narcotics, police raids, and several "far-fetched" assertions.
McAfee is said to have been posting on drug-oriented Russian message boards about his abuse of bath salts. He posted about "super perv powder" and relayed that the most effective way of taking a dose is through rectal insertion, also known as "plugging."


It only gets weirder from there, and we don't feel inclined to post everything this guy was allegedly into. If you're looking for quirky tech news, however, hit up Gizmodo's links above and get ready for a wild ride.

Since our piece ran on last week, several readers have come forward with additional information that sheds light on the change in McAfee's behavior. In July of 2010, shortly before Allison Adonizio pulled the plug on their quorum-sensing project and fled the country, McAfee began posting on a drug-focused Russian-hosted message board called Bluelight about his attempts to purify the psychoactive compounds colloquially known as "bath salts."

Writing under the name "stuffmonger," a handle he has used on other online message boards, McAfee posted more than 200 times over the next nine months about his ongoing quest to purify psychoactive drugs from compounds commercially available over the internet. "I'm a huge fan of MDPV," he wrote. "I think it's the finest drug ever conceived, not just for the indescribable hypersexuality, but also for the smooth euphoria and mild comedown."

Elsewhere, he described his pursuit of "super perv powder" and warned about the dangers of handling the freebase version of the drug: "I had visual and auditory hallucinations and the worst paranoia of my life." He recommended that the most effective way to take a dose is via rectal insertion, a procedure known as "plugging," writing: "Measure your dose, apply a small amount of saliva to just the tip of your middle finger, press it against the dose, insert. Doesn't really hurt as much as it sounds. We're in an arena (drugs/libido) that I navigate as well as anyone on the planet here. If you take my advice about this (may sound gross to some of you perhaps), you will be well rewarded."

Originally Posted by robnix 

I don't understand why this is funny...

Originally Posted by Sammy2 

I too find no humor in this but it does further my suspicion that these anti-virus programs have a front office selling these things that drag on system resources and a back office creating the reason you need to contact the front office in the first place.

Originally Posted by blueiedgod 

That is why I sue the free one from Microsoft. :-)