I cant uninstall MC affe security center?

Question

well i tied uninstalling this mc affe center thingy and at first it didint uninstall every thing it didint uninstall the virus scan and the fire well everything else except those two then i try romiving it using ccleaner yet id didnt remove it and now when i open up the program it dosent run right i cant even install it any more and i cant uninstall it cuz it dosent show up on uninstall/remove programs thingy and it still runs at start up and the icon on the side shows up plus it takes up ram which was the reason i uninstalled it ......should i do a system restore to fix this problem or what should i do?? PLEASE HELP

Answer 1

You unistalled it in the wrong order. First, you have to go to 'Add/Remove Programs' in the Control Panel. Then look for a program called 'McAfee Unistaller' and remove it from there.

If you don't have the 'McAfee Unistaller' then you should've tried unistalling the 'VirusScan' and 'Firewall' first before unistalling the 'Security Center'. You probably already messed up the registry by using third-party unistallers like ccleaner.

If you're using System Restore try restoring to a few days back when McAfee was running correctly and then try my suggestions again.

Answer 2

Before using system restore have you found it in the programs on the start menu? If so is there an uninstall option? Or if not you could look in program files folder on your C drive. In the mcafee folder there is bound to be an uninstall file.
I might add though that you would be crazy to leave your PC unprotected from virus checker and firewall.

Answer 3

For most anti virus programs you need a special uninstall program from the producer of the program.
You can disable it meanwhile by taking it out of the startup programs, and then restarting the computer.

Answer 4

IF you still have the disks, reinstall it.
Then boot to safe mode and uninstall it.
If you try using third party applications, like Registry Cleaner, to remove it, it will mess up your system. I guess you discovered that the hard way.
Most third party applications like that are bogus.

Answer 5

Mcaffe can often times act as a scourge, even as that befell to me, I had to take it a provider technician who had to sparkling the puzzling-pressure and then I had to reinstall all my software. you'll ought to do an same component.