McAfee antivirus vista

[mooky]

I am using AVG 8.0 free antivirus on my Vista laptop...When I went to
the Vista Security center, it said that McAfee antivirus was on...I
uninstalled it when I 1st got my laptop so I could use AVG free(it was
version 7.5) then....how can McAfee antivirus be on if it's not
installed on my laptop??? I check the add/remove programs, and it
didn't show up...just wondering...doesn't seem like a big deal, but
just making sure..

 

[Malke]

I am using AVG 8.0 free antivirus on my Vista laptop...When I went to
the Vista Security center, it said that McAfee antivirus was on...I
uninstalled it when I 1st got my laptop so I could use AVG free(it was
version 7.5) then....how can McAfee antivirus be on if it's not
installed on my laptop??? I check the add/remove programs, and it
didn't show up...just wondering...doesn't seem like a big deal, but
just making sure..

It is a common issue that Security Center thinks an older antivirus is still
installed. It is particularly common when the older antivirus is an
obnoxious invasive one such as McAfee or Norton. You just need to rebuild
the repository.

Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following
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 and reboot your system.

If the above doesn't work, 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

 

[mooky]

I am using AVG 8.0 free antivirus on my Vista laptop...When I went to
the Vista Security center, it said that McAfee antivirus  was on...I
uninstalled it when I 1st got my laptop so I could use AVG free(it was
version 7.5) then....how can McAfee antivirus be on if it's not
installed on my laptop??? I check the add/remove programs, and it
didn't show up...just wondering...doesn't seem like a big deal, but
just making sure..

It is a common issue that Security Center thinks an older antivirus is still
installed. It is particularly common when the older antivirus is an
obnoxious invasive one such as McAfee or Norton. You just need to rebuild
the repository.

Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.  Type the following
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 and reboot your system.

If the above doesn't work, 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

I did the 1st command you typed and the cmd prompt said WMI repository
is consistent....so did it work?

 

[mooky]

OK...I did the 2nd commands you posted and now on the cmd prompt it
says the windows management service is started and that it started
successfully..the security center says no antivirus found...so I
clicked on I have an antivirus that I'll monitor myself...I am
assuming all is working right...

 

[Malke]

I did the 1st command you typed and the cmd prompt said WMI repository
is consistent....so did it work?

No. Do the second part of the process.

Malke

 

[mooky]

No. Do the second part of the process.

Malke

I did...I thought I replied telling you, but it didn't show up in my
posts..all is well now..

 

[mooky]

No. Do the second part of the process.

Malke

Oh wait...just noticed after posting a few secs ago that it did show
up with me telling you I did the 2nd part of the process in the post
above yours..thanks for the help.

 

[Peter]

You should be asking for help in the McAfee Forums. However, it is solved
here: http://community.mcafee.com/showthread.php?t=221501&highlight=337332