THE VIDEO SHELF · john mcafee
How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus
A bizarre, tongue-in-cheek video in which John McAfee himself supposedly shows how to uninstall McAfee antivirus. It is known for its NSFW sex and drug references.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN mostly cites it as a notorious piece of McAfee lore, usually jokingly, whenever John McAfee or antivirus uninstallation comes up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- John Mcafee
- Topic
- john mcafee
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 9
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I loved McAfee's video on How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus: [VIDEO] At least he's got a sense of humor.
tachyonbeam on Hacker News · 2021-01
In The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2000)For anyone in the thread that's not seen "How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus" by John McAfee, you are very, very welcome [0]. Content warning: it was made in his Alpha-PHP era, and contains a lot of sex and drug references. It's mostly sex and drugs …
specproc on Hacker News · 2024-09
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