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A guide to uninstall McAfee Total Protection from your computer

This web page is about McAfee Total Protection for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by McAfee, Inc.. Further information on McAfee, Inc. can be found here. McAfee Total Protection is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee directory, regulated by the user's option. You can remove McAfee Total Protection 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. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. firesvc.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 113.49 KB (116216 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed along with McAfee Total Protection. They occupy about 21.88 MB (22946512 bytes) on disk.

  • firesvc.exe (113.49 KB)
  • McPvTray.exe (524.91 KB)
  • SvcDrv.exe (185.39 KB)
  • MpfAlert.exe (668.73 KB)
  • McAlert.exe (440.91 KB)
  • QcCons32.exe (336.78 KB)
  • QcConsol.exe (403.18 KB)
  • QcShm.exe (1.10 MB)
  • ShrCL.exe (248.77 KB)
  • McAPExe.exe (868.85 KB)
  • McBootSvcSet.exe (278.95 KB)
  • mcinfo.exe (1.35 MB)
  • McInstru.exe (404.18 KB)
  • mcsvrcnt.exe (968.98 KB)
  • mcsync.exe (3.37 MB)
  • mcuihost.exe (969.46 KB)
  • mispreg.exe (790.43 KB)
  • mcocrollback.exe (497.22 KB)
  • McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (599.80 KB)
  • mskxagnt.exe (272.91 KB)
  • mcods.exe (701.41 KB)
  • mcodsscan.exe (570.64 KB)
  • McVsMap.exe (318.66 KB)
  • McVsShld.exe (1.11 MB)
  • MVsInst.exe (470.55 KB)
  • McVulAdmAgnt.exe (794.98 KB)
  • McVulAlert.exe (756.72 KB)
  • McVulCon.exe (795.45 KB)
  • McVulCtr.exe (1.51 MB)
  • McVulUsrAgnt.exe (793.95 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 14.0.8185 of McAfee Total Protection. You can find below info on other application versions of McAfee Total Protection:

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall McAfee Total Protection:
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall McAfee Total Protection:
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\content.bin
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\firesvc.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\Gkp.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\HcApi.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{0AC0A9B4-0A41-4820-B843-0DF2786A0C6C}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Additional values that you should remove:
  • 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.com\Agent\McUpdate.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\Agent\McUpdate.exe.FriendlyAppName


How to remove McAfee Total Protection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Total Protection is an application by the software company McAfee, Inc.. Some people want to erase it. Sometimes this is hard because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY way to erase McAfee Total Protection is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find McAfee Total Protection or simply click the Search feature and type in "McAfee Total Protection". If it exists on your system the McAfee Total Protection app will be found automatically. After you click McAfee Total Protection in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding McAfee Total Protection, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall McAfee Total Protection.
Uninstall McAfee Total Protection


8. After removing McAfee Total Protection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee Total Protection which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee Total Protection using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

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

2016-06-21 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-21 11:15:27.630