Completely remove McAfee

[Guest]

Hello,

I have a Dell PC which had McAfee Internet Security installed on it. I had
subscibed to this and had installed many updates. Now, my ISP is providing
Norton AntiVirus free of charge and so I want to use that.

However, I am unable to completely remove the McAfee software from my
system. I have folloewd through lots of steps given by McAfee support to
reomve the software. They now insist that there is no trace of the software
on my system. However, the Norton Antivirus will not install and says that I
must fist uninstall McAfee Security Suite 2005.

I am at a total loss as to what to do now.

Pete

 

[Alias]

Hello,

I have a Dell PC which had McAfee Internet Security installed on it. I had
subscibed to this and had installed many updates. Now, my ISP is providing
Norton AntiVirus free of charge and so I want to use that.

Talk about jumping from the fire to the frying pan.

However, I am unable to completely remove the McAfee software from my
system. I have folloewd through lots of steps given by McAfee support to
reomve the software. They now insist that there is no trace of the software
on my system. However, the Norton Antivirus will not install and says that I
must fist uninstall McAfee Security Suite 2005.

I am at a total loss as to what to do now.

Pete

You probably need to reformat. Get Avast, http://www.avast.com/, a free
AV that is rated higher than those two. I would stay as far away from
McAfee and Norton as you possibly can.

Alias

 

[Guest]

Firstly look in add and remove programs and uninstall anything that could be
to do with McAfee.

Secondly check program files folder or location where McAfee was installed
and delete installation folders if they have been left behind from the
uninstall.

Thirdly download CCleaner and use the registry cleaner, make sure you backup
your registry when the program prompts you.

Link : http://www.ccleaner.com

I personally would not trust a free antivirus on my computer, take a look at
NOD32 antivirus, its extremly good and is my choice in protecting my
computers and my clients.

Link : http://www.nod32uk.com

Hope that info helps ?

Andy W

 

[Davy]

That's the problem with some of the big named AV's, Alias is right i
his advice.

I would add stay away from Norton or you 'will' have problems, here'
a snippet from my posting a
http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/ftopic128440.html

I had to reformat the HDD again, this time it stays out, doing

little research I came across -

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,65744,tk,dn101101X,00.as heres a little snippet-:

Quote
LiveUpdate, the software used by Symantec's antivirus software t

automatically update virus protections when updates become available
has flaws in both the 1.4 and 1.6 versions that allow for the attacks
Phenoelit says. When LiveUpdate 1.4 looks for updates, it attempts t
connect to a specific server at Symantec, the group said. Tha
connection, however, can be hijacked using a number of Domain Nam
Server attacks and rerouted to the server of the attacker's choic

Thanks to Overclocked here's another one to look at -

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=72

This only leaves one asking, "How secure is NIS2005"?

Even Symantic SymNRT removal tool could not remove some files after
download went pear shaped

I went over to AVG, my advice is use anything but..

Dav

 

[Peter]

Removal Tools for McAfee Products:
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=71943

 

[Mike Mueller]

Why is it the biggest names in internet (eg AOL) and
internet protection (eg McAfee, Norton) always end up as
FDISK / FORMAT to remove them completely?


in message
: Hello,
:
: I have a Dell PC which had McAfee Internet Security
installed on it. I had
: subscibed to this and had installed many updates. Now, my
ISP is providing
: Norton AntiVirus free of charge and so I want to use that.
:
: However, I am unable to completely remove the McAfee
software from my
: system. I have folloewd through lots of steps given by
McAfee support to
: reomve the software. They now insist that there is no
trace of the software
: on my system. However, the Norton Antivirus will not
install and says that I
: must fist uninstall McAfee Security Suite 2005.
:
: I am at a total loss as to what to do now.
:
: Pete
: --
: Pete Walburn

 

[Alias]

Why is it the biggest names in internet (eg AOL) and
internet protection (eg McAfee, Norton) always end up as
FDISK / FORMAT to remove them completely?

Percentage of suckers versus people who don't get taken in easily?

Alias

 

[Guest]

Hello ,
Norton Anti-Virus is absolutly among the best . Try it out and see for
yourself .