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A guide to uninstall McAfee Security Scan Plus from your computer

This page is about McAfee Security Scan Plus for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was created by McAfee, Inc.. Additional info about McAfee, Inc. can be found here. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\McAfee Security Scan directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove McAfee Security Scan Plus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line "C:\Program Files\McAfee Security Scan\uninstall.exe". Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 488.15 KB (499864 bytes) on disk and is labeled McUICnt.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with McAfee Security Scan Plus. They occupy about 1.29 MB (1356159 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (334.65 KB)
  • McCHSvc.exe (230.17 KB)
  • McUICnt.exe (488.15 KB)
  • SSScheduler.exe (271.41 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 3.11.244.1 of McAfee Security Scan Plus. Click on the links below for other McAfee Security Scan Plus versions:

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall McAfee Security Scan Plus.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\McAfee Security Scan Plus

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{66f54008-1ee3-43a7-95fd-c0d821ee1eff}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\McAfee Security Scan

Additional values that you should delete:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{cc6f4d12-8575-4cff-9455-cf5774aeb13b}\LocalServer32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{66F54008-1EE3-43A7-95FD-C0D821EE1EFF}\1.0\0\win32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{66F54008-1EE3-43A7-95FD-C0D821EE1EFF}\1.0\HELPDIR\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\McAfee Security Scan\DisplayIcon


How to delete McAfee Security Scan Plus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Security Scan Plus is a program released by the software company McAfee, Inc.. Some people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is hard because doing this by hand takes some experience regarding PCs. The best QUICK solution to uninstall McAfee Security Scan Plus 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate McAfee Security Scan Plus or simply activate the Search feature and type in "McAfee Security Scan Plus". The McAfee Security Scan Plus program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select McAfee Security Scan Plus in the list of apps, some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about McAfee Security Scan Plus, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove McAfee Security Scan Plus.
Uninstall McAfee Security Scan Plus


8. After uninstalling McAfee Security Scan Plus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of McAfee Security Scan Plus that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing McAfee Security Scan Plus using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall McAfee Security Scan Plus by McAfee, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that McAfee Security Scan Plus by McAfee, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall McAfee Security Scan Plus in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-11-24 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-11-24 18:29:03.987