McAfee®

How to uninstall McAfee® from your PC

McAfee® is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by McAfee, LLC. More info about McAfee, LLC can be seen here. McAfee® is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. The full uninstall command line for McAfee® is C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe /body:misp://MSCJsRes.dll::uninstall.html /id:uninstall. The application's main executable file is called AlertViewer.exe and its approximative size is 1.29 MB (1350488 bytes).

McAfee® installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 61.28 MB (64252112 bytes) on disk.

• AlertViewer.exe (1.29 MB)
• Launch.exe (1.81 MB)
• McVsMap.exe (461.90 KB)
• McVsShld.exe (751.92 KB)
• MfeAVSvc.exe (4.73 MB)
• mfeLamInstaller.exe (858.25 KB)
• mfeODS.exe (702.15 KB)
• MVsInst.exe (375.45 KB)
• MpfAlert.exe (1.33 MB)
• QcCons32.exe (631.88 KB)
• QcConsol.exe (733.64 KB)
• QcShm.exe (1.57 MB)
• ShrCL.exe (834.54 KB)
• McBootSvcSet.exe (636.02 KB)
• mcinfo.exe (2.67 MB)
• McInstru.exe (635.52 KB)
• mcsvrcnt.exe (853.25 KB)
• mcsync.exe (5.19 MB)
• mcuihost.exe (1.37 MB)
• mcurl.exe (1,008.99 KB)
• MfeBrowserHost.exe (1.06 MB)
• mispreg.exe (683.87 KB)
• OOBE_Upgrader.exe (3.62 MB)
• mcocrollback.exe (745.21 KB)
• McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (822.33 KB)
• SmtMsgLauncher.exe (518.48 KB)
• WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.50 MB)
• PCOScanner.exe (951.30 KB)
• McVulAdmAgnt.exe (718.43 KB)
• McVulAlert.exe (678.23 KB)
• McVulCon.exe (711.79 KB)
• McVulCtr.exe (1.61 MB)
• McVulUsrAgnt.exe (719.43 KB)
• browserhost.exe (3.69 MB)
• microsoftedgewebview2setup.exe (1.70 MB)
• servicehost.exe (851.32 KB)
• uihost.exe (827.40 KB)
• uninstaller.exe (2.34 MB)
• updater.exe (2.38 MB)
• SCTBSvc.exe (370.45 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.29 MB)
• openvpn.exe (1,008.00 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (99.16 KB)
• wireguard.exe (3.89 MB)
• tapinstall.exe (495.83 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.052 of McAfee®. You can find here a few links to other McAfee® releases:

• 1.7.222.1
• 16.053
• 16.046
• 1.8.256.1
• 16.029
• 1.7.209.1
• 1.8.236.1
• 1.7.201.1
• 16.032
• 16.051
• 16.027

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McAfee® has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.exe
• 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\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\McAfee LiveSafe .lnk
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\McAfee®.lnk
• 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\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\vsores.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\vsouc.inf
• 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\mpf_cust.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\MpfSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfSvcPS.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\subst.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\10250\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\10250\mclgtmpl.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\10250\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\10250\mscpstLD.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
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1029\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1029\mscpstLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1030\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1030\mclgtmpl.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1030\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1030\mscpstLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1031\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1031\mclgtmpl.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1031\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1031\mscpstLD.inf

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

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

How to erase McAfee® from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® is a program by McAfee, LLC. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this program. This can be hard because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to PCs. The best QUICK practice to uninstall McAfee® 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate McAfee® or simply activate the Search feature and type in "McAfee®". The McAfee® program will be found very quickly. When you select McAfee® in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding McAfee®, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove McAfee®.


8. After removing McAfee®, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of McAfee® that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing McAfee® with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall McAfee® by McAfee, LLC from your computer, we are not saying that McAfee® by McAfee, LLC is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall McAfee® supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.