McAfee May Have Been Captured

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McAfee May Have Been Captured

Posted by Unknown on Sunday December 2, 2012 @12:59PM from the when-executives-go-crazy dept.

netbuzz writes with a quick update about John McAfee on the run. From the article: "A blog being maintained for the past three weeks by antivirus pioneer John McAfee and others is claiming to have received "an unconfirmed report" that McAfee has been captured near the border of Belize and Mexico. However, authorities in Belize say that report is not true and that the whereabouts of McAfee, wanted for questioning as a 'person of interest' after the Nov. 11 murder of his neighbor, remain unknown."

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They thought they had him! by CajunArson · 2012-12-02 13:05 · Score: 5, Funny

They thought they had him, but turns out it was a false positive.

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1. Re:They thought they had him! by girlintraining · 2012-12-02 13:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They thought they had him, but turns out it was a false positive.
  "This user has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down." -- PoliceOS (Belize Edition)
  
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2. Re:They thought they had him! by jones_supa · 2012-12-02 18:23 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Back in high school one guy encountered the message "netscape.exe has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down", and pondered "why would just going to a website be illegal?"
Re:FTFY by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-02 13:13 · Score: 5, Funny

He doesn't have a full deck of cards anymore.
That's true, but if he can hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!
I hope he has a speedy... by Lord_of_the_nerf · 2012-12-02 13:14 · Score: 5, Funny

....30 day trial.
Quarantined by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-02 13:20 · Score: 5, Funny

He hasn't been captured, he's been quarantined.
1. Re:Quarantined by hackingbear · 2012-12-02 14:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Do you want to fix or erase him?
They should have used... by DuranDuran · 2012-12-02 13:54 · Score: 5, Funny

They should have used 64 bits. Then McAfee wouldn't run.

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Re:Why is McAfee's affair on Slashdot? by Lord_of_the_nerf · 2012-12-02 14:30 · Score: 5, Funny

It's an excuse to take a very serious situation and to make security/software/virus puns about it.
The Slashdot I used to visit was always like this.
Re:The twist... by darkpixel2k · 2012-12-02 15:12 · Score: 5, Funny

... he was using a Linux laptop with ReiserFS the time of the murder.
Can we stop with the ReiserFS jokes already? The meme has been beaten to death.

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Re:New website for that? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-02 15:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Dotcolon? It could have the logo
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