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A guide to uninstall McAfee Internet Security from your PC

McAfee Internet Security is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by McAfee, LLC. Take a look here for more details on McAfee, LLC. McAfee Internet Security is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. The full command line for removing McAfee Internet Security is C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe /body:misp://MSCJsRes.dll::uninstall.html /id:uninstall. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. McAfee Internet Security's main file takes around 1.37 MB (1434968 bytes) and is named AlertViewer.exe.

The executable files below are part of McAfee Internet Security. They take an average of 45.48 MB (47693320 bytes) on disk.

  • AlertViewer.exe (1.37 MB)
  • Launch.exe (1.88 MB)
  • firesvc.exe (444.40 KB)
  • McVsMap.exe (429.87 KB)
  • McVsShld.exe (980.65 KB)
  • MfeAVSvc.exe (4.29 MB)
  • mfeLamInstaller.exe (1.20 MB)
  • mfeODS.exe (956.90 KB)
  • MVsInst.exe (629.05 KB)
  • MpfAlert.exe (1.44 MB)
  • QcCons32.exe (611.38 KB)
  • QcConsol.exe (720.90 KB)
  • QcShm.exe (1.66 MB)
  • ShrCL.exe (1,017.96 KB)
  • McBootSvcSet.exe (601.45 KB)
  • mcinfo.exe (1.22 MB)
  • McInstru.exe (603.34 KB)
  • mcsvrcnt.exe (829.31 KB)
  • mcsync.exe (3.08 MB)
  • mcuihost.exe (1.42 MB)
  • MfeBrowserHost.exe (1.14 MB)
  • mispreg.exe (652.80 KB)
  • mcocrollback.exe (704.83 KB)
  • McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (794.03 KB)
  • SmtMsgLauncher.exe (490.39 KB)
  • WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.61 MB)
  • mskxagnt.exe (435.87 KB)
  • McVulAdmAgnt.exe (684.16 KB)
  • McVulAlert.exe (646.34 KB)
  • McVulCon.exe (677.59 KB)
  • McVulCtr.exe (1.66 MB)
  • McVulUsrAgnt.exe (686.16 KB)
  • browserhost.exe (3.59 MB)
  • servicehost.exe (930.66 KB)
  • uihost.exe (929.66 KB)
  • uninstaller.exe (2.47 MB)
  • updater.exe (2.37 MB)
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This web page is about McAfee Internet Security version 16.031 alone. You can find here a few links to other McAfee Internet Security versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • 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\mc-av-bridge.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcvsocfg.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\MfeAVSvc.exe
  • 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\vsores.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QCProgressIcon.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcagent.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\McCtxMenuFrmWrk.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mclwapi.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmschlp.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcmscui.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcsubmgr\19,1,165,0\mcsubmgr.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcupdui.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcvsshld.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\VUL\McVulSI.dll

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Additional values that you should remove:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\Launch.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe


How to delete McAfee Internet Security with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Internet Security is a program released by the software company McAfee, LLC. Frequently, people want to uninstall this application. This is efortful because doing this manually takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY approach to uninstall 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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". If it is installed on your PC the McAfee Internet Security application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select McAfee Internet Security in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding McAfee Internet Security, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall McAfee Internet Security.
Uninstall McAfee Internet Security


8. After uninstalling McAfee Internet Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee Internet Security which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee Internet Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

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

2021-03-29 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-03-29 10:31:03.653