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How do I get rid of Mcaffee?

by Michael Tracey
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Hi

My daughters leaving for a years stay in Taiwan so she bought a laptop to enable her to keep in touch

The thing came preloaded with Windows 7 and 2008 Mcaffee (full suite) The sales guy persuaded her to buy Kaspersky 2010. (I can't disagree)

Problem:- Kaspersky won't load with Mcaffee onboard, I deleted Mcaffee using the windows remove program facility. Kaspersky still says Mcaffee is present and therefore won't install

The windows uninstall program must have left Mcaffee listed in the registry ?

How do I remove all traces of Mcaffee so I can install Kaspersky?

Thanks

Michael
#mcaffee #rid
  • Profile picture of the author Damz
    Hello Michael..
    You better have a a search on tech forums/yahoo answers about your question,,you'll get a answer quickly..just my 2 centz
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  • Profile picture of the author searchnology
    I think the only way to get rid of those *&!@#&^%% programs completely is to sell your laptop.

    Good luck.

    Originally Posted by Michael Tracey View Post

    Hi

    My daughters leaving for a years stay in Taiwan so she bought a laptop to enable her to keep in touch

    The thing came preloaded with Windows 7 and 2008 Mcaffee (full suite) The sales guy persuaded her to buy Kaspersky 2010. (I can't disagree)

    Problem:- Kaspersky won't load with Mcaffee onboard, I deleted Mcaffee using the windows remove program facility. Kaspersky still says Mcaffee is present and therefore won't install

    The windows uninstall program must have left Mcaffee listed in the registry ?

    How do I remove all traces of Mcaffee so I can install Kaspersky?

    Thanks

    Michael
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  • Profile picture of the author blalock61
    This is a stab in the dark. Have you tried CCleaner to clean any left over files and registry errors? You can use it to clean your registry for free.

    If that doesn't help, go here and ask.
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  • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
    Hey Michael,

    It is actually not that hard. Go to McAfee's site and get the cleanup tool, it should get rid of all those nasty traces.

    It can be found here:

    How to uninstall or reinstall supported McAfee consumer products using the McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe)
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Tracey
      Originally Posted by KansasDragon View Post

      Hey Michael,

      It is actually not that hard. Go to McAfee's site and get the cleanup tool, it should get rid of all those nasty traces.

      It can be found here:

      How to uninstall or reinstall supported McAfee consumer products using the McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe)
      Thanks Kansas Dragon, worked a charm

      See Damz my faith in the warriors was right
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      • Profile picture of the author blalock61
        The so cleanup tool worked? I was going to post that but your operating system was Windows 7 and it was not listed for the available systems the tool was compatible with. Well, anyway, glad it worked and I learned something as well.

        Originally Posted by Michael Tracey View Post

        Thanks Kansas Dragon, worked a charm

        See Damz my faith in the warriors was right
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    I've wondered the same thing. I got a laptop preloaded with mcafee and can't get rid of it. I hate mcafee and laptops shouldn't be preloaded with them. Or at least there should be a way to get rid of it. Now I feel like calling up Dell for preloading this crap and yelling at them.
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