John McAfee, the security software pioneer whose legal troubles and eccentric and controversial lifestyle ultimately forced his former security firm that still carries his name to distance itself from him years ago, died yesterday in a Spanish prison. McAfee, founder of McAfee Associates, a security firm he launched in 1987 that ultimately sold antivirus software and later evolved into the major security vendor McAfee, left the company in 1994 and went on to invest in various security and technology ventures.

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