McAfee SecurityCenter

How to uninstall McAfee SecurityCenter from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove McAfee SecurityCenter for Windows. The Windows version was developed by McAfee, Inc.. Take a look here where you can read more on McAfee, Inc.. Usually the McAfee SecurityCenter program is placed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove McAfee SecurityCenter 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 receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 70.84 KB (72536 bytes) on disk and is named firesvc.exe.

McAfee SecurityCenter installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 12.89 MB (13518064 bytes) on disk.

• firesvc.exe (70.84 KB)
• MpfAlert.exe (416.85 KB)
• McAlert.exe (199.09 KB)
• QcCons32.exe (138.21 KB)
• QcConsol.exe (167.40 KB)
• QcShm.exe (787.05 KB)
• ShrCL.exe (65.84 KB)
• McActInst.exe (145.02 KB)
• McAWFwk.exe (219.44 KB)
• McBootSvcSet.exe (297.08 KB)
• mcinfo.exe (779.41 KB)
• McInstru.exe (298.88 KB)
• mcoemmgr.exe (1.07 MB)
• mcsvrcnt.exe (709.97 KB)
• mcsync.exe (1.32 MB)
• mcuihost.exe (745.20 KB)
• mcuninst.exe (1.08 MB)
• mcupdmgr.exe (1.27 MB)
• mispreg.exe (548.55 KB)
• mcocrollback.exe (582.27 KB)
• mskxagnt.exe (125.16 KB)
• McSmtFwk.exe (124.66 KB)
• McInsUpd.exe (262.96 KB)
• mcods.exe (375.05 KB)
• McVsMap.exe (92.98 KB)
• McVsShld.exe (301.63 KB)
• mfehidin.exe (609.50 KB)
• MVsInst.exe (277.05 KB)

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The current page applies to McAfee SecurityCenter version 11.6.511 only. Click on the links below for other McAfee SecurityCenter versions:

• 11.0.578
• 15.0.195
• 13.6.1367
• 14.0.1076
• 14.0.4121
• 16.020
• 12.8.934
• 14.0.1122
• 9.1
• 14.0.4127
• 10.5.194
• 12.8.907
• 11.6.434
• 13.6.1529
• 16.013
• 12.8.1003
• 14.0.8185
• 13.6.953
• 15.0.179
• 14.0.3061
• 11.0.649
• 16.0.1
• 14.0.8165
• 15.0.159
• Unknown
• 12.8.750
• 16.0.2
• 16.0.3
• 14.0.12000
• 11.0.678
• 12.8.856
• 13.6.1599
• 14.0.4113
• 14.013
• 15.0.2063
• 10.5.237
• 14.0.5042
• 10.5.204
• 15.0.185
• 10.0.587
• 15.0.166
• 9.3
• 11.6.443
• 14.0.1029
• 14.0.6136
• 16.010
• 9.15
• 14.0.4119
• 11.0.623
• 10.5.227
• 12.8.1005
• 14.0.207
• 11.0.669
• 11.6.507
• 10.0.584
• 14.0.350
• 11.6.385
• 16.09
• 16.018
• 13.6.1248
• 16.07
• 12.8.944
• 16.019
• 10.5.247
• 9.11
• 14.0.1127
• 16.011
• 10.5.216
• 16.012
• 13.0.244
• 16.08
• 12.1.282
• 14.0.9052
• 14.0.5120
• 14.0.8035
• 10.5.240
• 11.0.572
• 11.6.435
• 14.0.1040
• 14.0.9042
• 12.8.957
• 11.6.518
• 14.0.339
• 10.5.195
• 14.0.4072
• 12.8.958
• 16.017
• 12.8.908
• 12.1.338
• 11.0.608
• 14.0.5084
• 13.6.1492
• 15.0.2059
• 16.0.4
• 9.0
• 16.016
• 15.0.2061
• 11.6.477
• 12.8.992
• 14.0.7086

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be uninstalled when you want to remove McAfee SecurityCenter from your computer.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall McAfee SecurityCenter:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\content.bin
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\firesvc.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\Gkp.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mfe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{0AC0A9B4-0A41-4820-B843-0DF2786A0C6C}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{19A34F98-20C0-4449-A3B4-29071BCEAD91}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E0EA5F46-A285-4ebd-9AA9-0CD334F5A9C5}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\McAfeeExtn\DefaultIcon\

How to delete McAfee SecurityCenter from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee SecurityCenter is a program by the software company McAfee, Inc.. Frequently, people want to uninstall this application. This is efortful because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall McAfee SecurityCenter is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find McAfee SecurityCenter or simply activate the Search feature and type in "McAfee SecurityCenter". If it exists on your system the McAfee SecurityCenter application will be found very quickly. After you select McAfee SecurityCenter in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding McAfee SecurityCenter, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove McAfee SecurityCenter.


8. After uninstalling McAfee SecurityCenter, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee SecurityCenter that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing McAfee SecurityCenter with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove McAfee SecurityCenter by McAfee, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that McAfee SecurityCenter by McAfee, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove McAfee SecurityCenter in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.