WASHINGTON: John McAfee, the reclusive anti-virus software creator who in recent years has had recurring trouble with the law, was arrested in the US this week for driving under the influence, American media reported.
CNN reported that McAfee was arrested in the US state of Tennessee, where he now resides.
He was also charged during his arrest with possessing a gun while intoxicated and reportedly has been freed on a $5,000 bond.
After being released, McAfee told CNBC television: "I was impaired, I must admit." He explained that at the time, he was having bad reaction to the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, which he had been prescribed for stress.
McAfee made international headlines in 2012 after being questioned in the death of his neighbor in Belize, where the software entrepreneur lived at the time.
Since selling McAfee antivirus software -- which was recently given a new name to disassociate it from its founder -- he has been running a cybersecurity firm called Future Tense Central, US media reported.
He told CNBC that he had a gun in the car for his personal protection.
McAfee lost most of his $100 million fortune in the 2008 stock market crash.
He was living in Belize when police came looking for him to discuss the murder of his neighbor -- a crime which he maintains he is innocent of.
He managed to flee the Central American country, where he says he left behind most of what remained of his assets.
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