i dont want to see mcafee on start up my pc ...i want to put Norton... please help to turn mcafee off forever
2006-12-13 19:16:43 · 8 answers · asked by hamid67 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
well you can un-install mcafee from your computer. how to do this is by going to the starp up menu-> control Panel -> add Remove programs a window appears, search in that window for the Mcafee program select it and choose remove, that would install it from your computer. after removing Mcafee install Norton
I advice you not to install Norton while you have Mcafee do what i told you
now if you wish not to start Norton or Mcafee when the computer boots up you can do that by going to the start up menu -> run
in the run type msconfig and press enter, a system configuration window appears, choose start UP from the above tabs and unckeck the box which stays norton or mcafee.
2006-12-13 19:24:57 · answer #1 · answered by Ramzi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very important you get rid of mcafee first. It is a bit of a pain, but definitely not impossible. Go to Control Panel- Add/remove programs, select mcafee from the list, and hit add/remove. Now thats gone, and you can install what you want. I don't really recommend Norton though, in fact I like mcafee better, but my favorite anti-virus is called AVG, because its free and works just as well, and doesn't slow your system down like the other ones do.
here's the link:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5
2006-12-13 19:26:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
McAfee is a pain in the A$$... I had it and when I tyred to delete it it stuffed up my PC... I had to go through the registry and remove all the keys that had anything to do with McAfee.. So good luck
2006-12-13 19:23:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
use the AOL uninstaller program in the change remove program area of your control panel and Norton will not catch enough go to ewido.com and take the free trail you will keep it I did much better than Norton which scans your email and yahoo tool bar anyway it will catch things Norton won't see try it and find out for yourself I have approximately 240,000 files on my computer ewido scans them all Norton or macafee will scan at most 160,000 if you don't have the uninstaller just click on remove and at ewido.com you can download the free trial version of the updated and renamed ewido ( avg 7.5 ) after 30 days you will keep it I am sure
P>S> you won't have any problems with virus burst or golden anti virus after getting this program ( and many others for that matter )
2006-12-13 19:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got rid of them by deleting them off my programs. (control panel---add/remove programs, and then remove the program). Then when it still popped up, I contacted their customer service department via the web. They were so nice to me, and helpful that I changed my mind. I love there security system now, and they are running a special on their whole suite for $39.99 for the year. I don't know...Norton stopped my whole system from running...of course I already had a fire wall and that was probably the problem...but hope this helps, or did that sound ridiculous?
2006-12-13 19:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by Melinda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like removing virusburster it takes hours And if you have dial up Norton is a pain in the A** to Updates are HUGE
2006-12-13 19:28:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-remove-mcafee-trial-version.html
2006-12-13 19:22:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
McAfee sucks big time....I formatted my hard disk to remove it...
2006-12-13 19:29:40 · answer #8 · answered by ashwin_hariharan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋