McAfee® Internet Security

How to uninstall McAfee® Internet Security from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to remove McAfee® Internet Security for Windows. It was developed for Windows by McAfee, LLC. You can find out more on McAfee, LLC or check for application updates here. McAfee® Internet Security is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. You can uninstall McAfee® Internet Security by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe /body:misp://MSCJsRes.dll::uninstall.html /id:uninstall. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. McAfee® Internet Security's primary file takes around 1.49 MB (1557432 bytes) and is called AlertViewer.exe.

The executable files below are part of McAfee® Internet Security. They occupy about 35.03 MB (36734168 bytes) on disk.

• AlertViewer.exe (1.49 MB)
• Launch.exe (1.99 MB)
• firesvc.exe (492.50 KB)
• McVsMap.exe (415.77 KB)
• McVsShld.exe (945.44 KB)
• MfeAVSvc.exe (3.67 MB)
• mfeLamInstaller.exe (1.12 MB)
• mfeODS.exe (943.87 KB)
• MVsInst.exe (725.51 KB)
• MpfAlert.exe (1.53 MB)
• QcCons32.exe (606.98 KB)
• QcConsol.exe (726.54 KB)
• QcShm.exe (1.80 MB)
• ShrCL.exe (1.01 MB)
• McBootSvcSet.exe (612.05 KB)
• mcinfo.exe (1.31 MB)
• McInstru.exe (620.66 KB)
• mcsvrcnt.exe (856.16 KB)
• mcsync.exe (2.78 MB)
• mcuihost.exe (1.52 MB)
• mispreg.exe (668.09 KB)
• mcocrollback.exe (732.11 KB)
• McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (814.31 KB)
• CATracker.exe (557.89 KB)
• SmtMsgLauncher.exe (497.57 KB)
• WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.90 MB)
• mskxagnt.exe (487.93 KB)
• McVulAdmAgnt.exe (691.76 KB)
• McVulAlert.exe (655.95 KB)
• McVulCon.exe (691.26 KB)
• McVulCtr.exe (1.79 MB)
• McVulUsrAgnt.exe (691.76 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.028 of McAfee® Internet Security. For more McAfee® Internet Security versions please click below:

• 16.046
• 16.033
• 16.035
• 16.031
• 16.036
• 16.038
• 16.040
• 16.043
• 16.026
• 16.048
• 16.041
• 16.037
• 16.047
• 16.034
• 16.027
• 16.054
• 16.030
• 16.045
• 16.044
• 16.050
• 16.032
• 16.029
• 16.049
• 16.042
• 16.039

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If you are manually uninstalling McAfee® Internet Security we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall McAfee® Internet Security:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.inf
• 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.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\CoreUIModules.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUIScripts.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\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\licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\2057\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\2057\mclgtmpl.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\2057\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\2057\mscpstLD.inf
• 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
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\McPartnerSAInstallManager.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcstartup.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\eulares.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\eulaTextres.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Help\mcafee.html
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\instprog.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\langmap.dat
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\license.txt
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcagent.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McBlockComs.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McBootDelayStartSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McBootSvcSet.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McCntLang.ini
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mccontextust.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McCtxMenuFrmWrk.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McDBMgr.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcFullClean.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McGsMod.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McGsShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcinstru.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McInstru.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McIPTShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McLogShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcltvers.ini
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mclwapi.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmispps.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmispps.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmschlp.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmscins.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McMscShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmscui.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmscver.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcoemres.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcoemres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McPersHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McPersPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcprlres.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McPrsShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McPrtMgrPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcregobj\18,2,154,0\mcregobj.dll

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

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

A way to delete McAfee® Internet Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® Internet Security is an application released by the software company McAfee, LLC. Some users want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE action to remove McAfee® Internet Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate McAfee® Internet Security or simply click the Search field and type in "McAfee® Internet Security". The McAfee® Internet Security application will be found very quickly. When you click McAfee® Internet Security in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is made available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall McAfee® Internet Security.


8. After removing McAfee® Internet Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of McAfee® Internet Security which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing McAfee® Internet Security with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove McAfee® Internet Security by McAfee, LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that McAfee® Internet Security by McAfee, LLC is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove McAfee® Internet Security in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.