It's A Very Complicated Story...
And it doesn't have closure just yet.
McAfee was the first paid-for AV I used. I stopped when it became a subscription/yearly thing and my licence expired - though nowadays they all work like that, but back then they didn't. And it was becoming a bit bloated towards the end (in my opinion).
Wouldn't wish what's happened to him on anyone. Christ, he was 75 and faced 30 years in a US jail.