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Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee named as CEO of MGT Capital

Reuters
Computer software pioneer John McAfee speaks with reporters outside his hotel in Miami Beach, Florida December 13, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/Files

(Reuters) - Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee has been tapped as CEO of MGT Capital Investments Inc, and said it would buy certain assets of McAfee's anti-spy software company D-Vasive Inc.

MGT Capital, in turn, said it would change its name to John McAfee Global Technologies Inc.

John McAfee, an online celebrity who sold his eponymous anti-virus company to Intel Corp for $7.6 billion, is also a presidential candidate for the November 2016 election as part of his new Cyber Party.

(Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)