존 맥아피

소개

존 데이비드 매커피(영어: John David McAfee, 1945년 9월 18일~2021년 6월 23일)는 미국의 프로그래머이자 기업인이다. 컴퓨터 백신 회사 맥아피사의 설립자이다. 탈세 및 사기죄로 스페인에서 수감 중 사망하였다.

John David McAfee was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time U.S. presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company. McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company's anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware. He disavowed the company's continued use of his name in branding, a practice that has persisted in spite of a short-lived corporate rebrand attempt under Intel ownership.