McAfee® Internet Security

How to uninstall McAfee® Internet Security from your system

This web page is about McAfee® Internet Security for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by McAfee, LLC. Additional info about McAfee, LLC can be read here. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files\McAfee directory. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. You can remove 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 main file takes around 1.37 MB (1431464 bytes) and is called AlertViewer.exe.

The following executable files are contained in McAfee® Internet Security. They take 45.27 MB (47469464 bytes) on disk.

• AlertViewer.exe (1.37 MB)
• Launch.exe (1.87 MB)
• firesvc.exe (437.98 KB)
• McVsMap.exe (423.37 KB)
• McVsShld.exe (962.05 KB)
• MfeAVSvc.exe (4.24 MB)
• mfeLamInstaller.exe (1.21 MB)
• mfeODS.exe (949.94 KB)
• MVsInst.exe (615.02 KB)
• MpfAlert.exe (1.43 MB)
• QcCons32.exe (608.95 KB)
• QcConsol.exe (717.97 KB)
• QcShm.exe (1.66 MB)
• ShrCL.exe (1,015.00 KB)
• McBootSvcSet.exe (601.45 KB)
• mcinfo.exe (1.21 MB)
• McInstru.exe (600.41 KB)
• mcsvrcnt.exe (824.85 KB)
• mcsync.exe (3.08 MB)
• mcuihost.exe (1.42 MB)
• MfeBrowserHost.exe (1.09 MB)
• mispreg.exe (646.30 KB)
• mcocrollback.exe (704.83 KB)
• McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (789.60 KB)
• SmtMsgLauncher.exe (487.48 KB)
• WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.60 MB)
• mskxagnt.exe (433.44 KB)
• McVulAdmAgnt.exe (683.12 KB)
• McVulAlert.exe (645.84 KB)
• McVulCon.exe (677.09 KB)
• McVulCtr.exe (1.66 MB)
• McVulUsrAgnt.exe (685.16 KB)
• browserhost.exe (3.56 MB)
• servicehost.exe (935.76 KB)
• uihost.exe (934.76 KB)
• uninstaller.exe (2.48 MB)
• updater.exe (2.38 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.030 of McAfee® Internet Security. You can find below info on other application versions of McAfee® Internet Security:

• 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
• 16.045
• 16.044
• 16.050
• 16.032
• 16.028
• 16.029
• 16.049
• 16.042
• 16.039

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

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\mcafee

The files below are left behind on your disk by McAfee® Internet Security's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• 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.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\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\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\McOasShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\MfeAV\mcvsocfg.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\VSOMod.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\MfeAV\vsores.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\MfeAV\vsouc.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mpf\data\TS_CA.crt
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mpf\data\TSClient.crt
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mpf\data\TSClient.key
• 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\MpfSvcPS.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mpf\subst.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\instld.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\mps.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\mpsli.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\MPSMisp.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\mpsmspap.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\MpsRes2.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\MpsShim.dll
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\subst.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\mps\substli.inf
• 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\1028\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\msc\1028\mclgtmpl.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\msc\1028\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\msc\1028\mscpstLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\msc\1029\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\mcafee\msc\1029\mclgtmpl.inf

Usually the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

How to erase McAfee® Internet Security from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® Internet Security is a program released by McAfee, LLC. Some computer users want to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE solution 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate McAfee® Internet Security or simply click the Search feature and type in "McAfee® Internet Security". If it exists on your system the McAfee® Internet Security program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click McAfee® Internet Security in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding McAfee® Internet Security, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing 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 an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of McAfee® Internet Security that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing McAfee® Internet Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 uninstall McAfee® Internet Security in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.