McAfee® AntiVirus

A way to uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus for Windows. The Windows version was developed by McAfee, LLC. More information on McAfee, LLC can be seen here. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\McAfee folder. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's choice. McAfee® AntiVirus's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe /body:misp://MSCJsRes.dll::uninstall.html /id:uninstall. AlertViewer.exe is the McAfee® AntiVirus's main executable file and it occupies around 1.29 MB (1349464 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are contained in McAfee® AntiVirus. They occupy 40.97 MB (42962088 bytes) on disk.

• AlertViewer.exe (1.29 MB)
• Launch.exe (1.80 MB)
• McVsShld.exe (747.35 KB)
• MfeAVSvc.exe (4.69 MB)
• mfeLamInstaller.exe (857.25 KB)
• mfeODS.exe (698.58 KB)
• MVsInst.exe (373.89 KB)
• MpfAlert.exe (1.33 MB)
• QcCons32.exe (630.32 KB)
• QcConsol.exe (732.65 KB)
• QcShm.exe (1.56 MB)
• ShrCL.exe (832.98 KB)
• McBootSvcSet.exe (636.03 KB)
• mcinfo.exe (2.67 MB)
• McInstru.exe (635.53 KB)
• mcsvrcnt.exe (853.54 KB)
• mcsync.exe (5.19 MB)
• mcuihost.exe (1.37 MB)
• mcurl.exe (1,010.28 KB)
• MfeBrowserHost.exe (1.06 MB)
• mispreg.exe (684.16 KB)
• OOBE_Upgrader.exe (3.62 MB)
• mcocrollback.exe (742.93 KB)
• McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (822.62 KB)
• SmtMsgLauncher.exe (518.48 KB)
• WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.50 MB)
• McVulAdmAgnt.exe (718.44 KB)
• McVulAlert.exe (678.23 KB)
• McVulCon.exe (710.30 KB)
• McVulCtr.exe (1.61 MB)
• McVulUsrAgnt.exe (719.44 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.049 of McAfee® AntiVirus. You can find below a few links to other McAfee® AntiVirus releases:

• 16.046
• 16.040
• 16.045
• 16.047
• 16.044
• 16.036
• 16.041
• 16.026
• 16.032
• 16.030
• 16.034
• 16.028
• 16.033
• 16.042
• 16.048
• 16.027
• 16.035
• 16.029
• 16.050
• 16.039
• 16.037
• 16.043
• 16.051
• 16.038
• 16.031

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove McAfee® AntiVirus.

Folders left behind when you uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.pam
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.res.pam
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUI.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUI.pam
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUI.partner.pam
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUI.res.pam
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUIAlertViewer.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUIAlertViewer.xml
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUIDaily.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CustMgr.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\DADMessageBusProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\Launch.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\LayoutMgr.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\license.txt
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\McAfee® AntiVirus.lnk
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\NotificationCenter.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\PamUpdater.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\ActionCenter.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\dto\alert.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\context\ContextDataManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\context\ContextRule.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\data\criticalAlertsData.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\data\criticalValueAlertsData.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\data\featureAlertsData.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\data\featureAlertsData_hp.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\data\reportAlertsData.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\helpers\constants.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\helpers\helpers.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\managers\AlertManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\managers\CriticalAlertsManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\managers\CriticalValueAlertsManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\managers\FeatureAlertManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\managers\MonthlyReportManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\managers\StatusManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\modules\managers\TrialReportManager.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\thirdParty\dkjson.lua
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scriptversion.txt
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\AMSIExt.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\AMSIExt_x86.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\av.list
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\JcmContent.dat
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\JcmProfiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\JcmRTS.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\JTIScanner.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\license.txt
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\Matching.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mc-av-core.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mc-av-rem-arr.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mc-av-rem-deep.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcvsoins.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcvsoins64.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\MfeAVSvc.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mfeODS.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mvsap.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mvsoem.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\ransom_shield.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\ReputationCommunicator.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\ReputationCoreRules.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\ReputationProvider.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\UniversalRemediation.log
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\vso_pre.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\vsores.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\vsouc.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\L10N.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpf.dat
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfApi.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfEvt.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfPP.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfSvcPS.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\portname.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\subst.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\twerp.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QCProgressIcon.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QcShm.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\subst.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1033\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1033\mclgtmpl.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1033\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1033\mscpstLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\BrowserHostFramework.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\CSPEnrollmentHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\CultureChangeHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\CultureLookUpHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\McBootDelayEnable.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcbootdssvc.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mccbentitlement.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mccbinstru.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcocact.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcocaw.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcocawres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcocawui.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcocdis.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcocena.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\McOcInstru.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcocrollback.inf

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee NGI\packages\{SD: C:|Program Files|McAfee|WebAdvisor}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfee WebAdvisor\ImagePath

A way to uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® AntiVirus is a program released by McAfee, LLC. Some people try to uninstall this application. This can be troublesome because performing this manually takes some skill regarding PCs. One of the best EASY way to uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate McAfee® AntiVirus or simply activate the Search field and type in "McAfee® AntiVirus". If it exists on your system the McAfee® AntiVirus program will be found very quickly. After you click McAfee® AntiVirus in the list of programs, some information about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about McAfee® AntiVirus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus.


8. After removing McAfee® AntiVirus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of McAfee® AntiVirus which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing McAfee® AntiVirus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus by McAfee, LLC from your PC, we are not saying that McAfee® AntiVirus by McAfee, LLC is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall McAfee® AntiVirus supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.