McAfee Agent

A guide to uninstall McAfee Agent from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove McAfee Agent for Windows. It was developed for Windows by McAfee, Inc.. You can find out more on McAfee, Inc. or check for application updates here. Detailed information about McAfee Agent can be seen at http://www.Mcafee.com. Usually the McAfee Agent application is found in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent folder, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for McAfee Agent is C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent\x86\FrmInst.exe. The program's main executable file is labeled cmdagent.exe and its approximative size is 170.76 KB (174856 bytes).

The following executables are installed alongside McAfee Agent. They take about 10.33 MB (10836864 bytes) on disk.

• cmdagent.exe (170.76 KB)
• macmnsvc.exe (235.78 KB)
• maconfig.exe (290.81 KB)
• masvc.exe (175.33 KB)
• mcupdater.exe (244.39 KB)
• FrmInst.exe (592.41 KB)
• macompatsvc.exe (255.49 KB)
• marepomirror.exe (722.00 KB)
• McScanCheck.exe (235.28 KB)
• Mue.exe (2.48 MB)
• mctray.exe (214.04 KB)
• mfemactl.exe (262.56 KB)
• policyupgrade.exe (1.43 MB)
• UpdaterUI.exe (638.77 KB)

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This web page is about McAfee Agent version 5.6.0.878 alone. You can find here a few links to other McAfee Agent versions:

• 4.5.0.1810
• 5.5.1.402
• 4.6.0.3262
• 4.5.0.1270
• 4.0.0.1421
• 4.8.0.1500
• 5.0.5.739
• 5.06.0011
• 5.6.2.209
• 5.6.6.317
• 5.0.0.2620
• 5.6.5.236
• 4.8.0.1605
• 5.00.1009
• 5.0.1.516
• 5.7.3.245
• 5.0.2.333
• 5.00.4006
• 5.05.0004
• 5.5.1.388
• 4.8.3002
• 4.8.0.641
• 5.0.6.550
• 5.0.3.316
• 4.6.0.3122
• 4.5.0.1719
• 5.0.6.321
• 4.8.0.2043
• 5.0.2.188
• 4.5.0.1429
• 5.6.5.342
• 5.6.5.195
• 5.06.0104
• 4.8.0.1938
• 4.6.0.1694
• 5.5.1.462
• 5.7.0.194
• 5.0.2.336
• 4.0.0.1365
• 5.6.3.157
• 5.0.6.220
• 5.6.1.308
• 5.05.1008
• 4.6.0.2292
• 4.6.0.2935
• 5.0.6.586
• 5.7.1.116
• 5.0.3.191
• 5.0.3.205
• 4.0.0.1494
• 5.0.3.362
• 4.0.0.1180
• 5.0.6.371
• 4.0.0.1496
• 5.00.0056
• 5.0.4.500
• 4.0.0.1345
• 5.6.1.298
• 5.0.5.658
• 5.5.0.447
• 5.7.2.162
• 5.0.4.283
• 5.5.0.482
• 5.6.5.165
• 5.6.6.232
• 4.8.1002
• 5.00.2025
• 5.5.1.342
• 4.6.0.2918
• 5.0.6.491
• 5.0.4.223
• 5.5.1.399
• 5.00.5008
• 5.6.1.157
• 5.0.6.406
• 5.0.6.463
• 5.06.6004
• 5.7.5.504
• 5.5.4.266
• 4.5.0.1499
• 4.8.0.1995
• 5.0.2.132
• 4.8.0.2001
• 5.6.1.209
• 5.6.0.702
• 5.5.1.348
• 4.5.0.1852
• 5.6.4.151
• 5.0.4.470
• 5.6.4.249
• 5.00.4023
• 5.0.3.272
• 4.5.0.1817
• 5.0.4.118
• 4.8.0.887
• 4.6.0.2988
• 5.0.4.449
• 5.5.1.413
• 5.0.4.316
• 4.0.0.1444

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\McAfee.Agent.UpdateUX
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EEDA1FA3B98F85945812A053E190F9AF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee\Agent

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EEDA1FA3B98F85945812A053E190F9AF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfeeFramework\ImagePath

A way to erase McAfee Agent from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Agent is a program by McAfee, Inc.. Frequently, computer users try to uninstall this program. This is difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY action to uninstall McAfee Agent is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate McAfee Agent or simply click the Search field and type in "McAfee Agent". If it is installed on your PC the McAfee Agent app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click McAfee Agent in the list of apps, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about McAfee Agent, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for McAfee Agent:

• The software company is: http://www.Mcafee.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent\x86\FrmInst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove McAfee Agent.


8. After removing McAfee Agent, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee Agent which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing McAfee Agent using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove McAfee Agent by McAfee, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that McAfee Agent by McAfee, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove McAfee Agent in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.