Getting rid of McAfee

[matt_randle]

Hi,

I recently bought I Dell Vostro that came preinstalled with McAfee
anti virus.

I want to uninstall it so I,

1. Used Add/Remove programs
2. Ran the McAfee MCPR.EXE removal utility
3. Checked that no services are running.

Vista STILL shows Mcafee VirusScan as an installed virus protection
program !

Any idea how I remove it so it doesnt show up anywhere ??

Its ironic that anti-malware software is harder to get rid of than
most viruses.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

 

[Alias]

Hi,

I recently bought I Dell Vostro that came preinstalled with McAfee
anti virus.

I want to uninstall it so I,

1. Used Add/Remove programs
2. Ran the McAfee MCPR.EXE removal utility
3. Checked that no services are running.

Vista STILL shows Mcafee VirusScan as an installed virus protection
program !

Any idea how I remove it so it doesnt show up anywhere ??

Its ironic that anti-malware software is harder to get rid of than
most viruses.

Thanks in advance,

Matt

Now you know that Dell cares more about the money they get from McAfee
than you. I would call Dell and insist that they send a tech over to
your house or place of business and remove it for you. If they refuse
that, tell them you want to talk to a tech to walk you through the rest
of the removal.

 

[Malke]

Hi,

I recently bought I Dell Vostro that came preinstalled with McAfee
anti virus.

I want to uninstall it so I,

1. Used Add/Remove programs
2. Ran the McAfee MCPR.EXE removal utility
3. Checked that no services are running.

Vista STILL shows Mcafee VirusScan as an installed virus protection
program !

Any idea how I remove it so it doesnt show up anywhere ??

Its ironic that anti-malware software is harder to get rid of than
most viruses.

How does Vista still show it? Did you also remove the McAfee Security
Center? Check in Programs/Features. If you really have uninstalled all
the McAfee garbage (and that was a good idea, btw) and the Vista
Security Center is still showing McAfee entries, here's how to fix that:

Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following
command:

winmgmt /verifyrepository

If the system returns "WMI repository is not consistent", run this command:

winmgmt /salvagerepository

The first time you run this it will fail. It will issue stop commands
to the services causing it to fail. It might take a couple minutes for
the services to shut down. Run the command again. You actually may
have to run it 3 times before it finally runs and completes on its own.
Reboot your system.

If the above doesn't work or you get "WMI repository is consistent", do
the following from an elevated cmd prompt:

net stop winmgmt [enter]
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter]
ren repository repository.old [enter]
net start winmgmt [enter]


Malke

 

[caver1]

Hi Matt,

Double check to make sure that the McAfee files are gone from the
"Program Files" folder.

Open "Regedit" and click the "Edit" menu and click "Find". Type
"McAfee" (no quotes) and click "Find Next". Delete anything it finds
with "McAfee". Click the "Edit" menu and click "Find Next" and repeat
until it can no longer find anything with "McAfee".

Hope this helps,
Shawn

This is exactly how I had to do it.
But you may have to boot into safe mode to get rid of some of McAfee.
caver1

 

[Peter]

MCPR.exe has been replaced with MCPR2.exe and sometimes running it twice,
rebooting each time helps.
http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=5535&lc=1033&partner=10005&type=TS

 

[Guest]

Hi,
Google for the McAfee Removal Tool called MCPR.exe.

 

[jonathan perreault]

weird he's trying to get rid of it, i'm trying to get it on, well one thing
for sure don't go with norton, it's horrible, that's what they gave me when
i got my laptop, two minutes later it was in recycle bin

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[Christopher R. Lee]

Not very long ago, this sort of messing around (particularly with the
register) was strongly discouraged except for geeks.

Regards

 

[caver1]

Not very long ago, this sort of messing around (particularly with the
register) was strongly discouraged except for geeks.

Regards

I don't consider myself a geek but I do know when to edit my registry
and when I don't know what I'm doing.
If all geeks followed the advice not to mess with how would anyone learn?
If you back up you can always reload. If you can't do that hire someone
that you trust.
caver1

 

[jonathan perreault]

anyone who is or has helped someone here is

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.