McAfee Agent

How to uninstall McAfee Agent from your PC

This info is about McAfee Agent for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by McAfee, Inc.. More information on McAfee, Inc. can be seen here. More information about McAfee Agent can be found at http://www.Mcafee.com. McAfee Agent is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. McAfee Agent's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent\x86\FrmInst.exe. McAfee Agent's primary file takes around 170.76 KB (174856 bytes) and its name is cmdagent.exe.

McAfee Agent is comprised of the following executables which take 10.33 MB (10834816 bytes) on disk:

• cmdagent.exe (170.76 KB)
• macmnsvc.exe (235.78 KB)
• maconfig.exe (290.31 KB)
• masvc.exe (175.33 KB)
• mcupdater.exe (243.39 KB)
• FrmInst.exe (591.91 KB)
• macompatsvc.exe (255.49 KB)
• marepomirror.exe (722.00 KB)
• McScanCheck.exe (235.28 KB)
• Mue.exe (2.48 MB)
• mctray.exe (214.04 KB)
• mfemactl.exe (262.56 KB)
• policyupgrade.exe (1.43 MB)
• UpdaterUI.exe (638.77 KB)

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The current web page applies to McAfee Agent version 5.6.0.702 only. Click on the links below for other McAfee Agent versions:

• 4.5.0.1810
• 5.5.1.402
• 4.6.0.3262
• 4.5.0.1270
• 4.0.0.1421
• 4.8.0.1500
• 5.0.5.739
• 5.06.0011
• 5.6.2.209
• 5.6.6.317
• 5.0.0.2620
• 5.6.5.236
• 4.8.0.1605
• 5.00.1009
• 5.0.1.516
• 5.7.3.245
• 5.0.2.333
• 5.00.4006
• 5.05.0004
• 5.5.1.388
• 4.8.3002
• 4.8.0.641
• 5.0.6.550
• 5.0.3.316
• 4.6.0.3122
• 4.5.0.1719
• 5.0.6.321
• 4.8.0.2043
• 5.0.2.188
• 4.5.0.1429
• 5.6.5.342
• 5.6.5.195
• 5.06.0104
• 4.8.0.1938
• 4.6.0.1694
• 5.5.1.462
• 5.7.0.194
• 5.0.2.336
• 4.0.0.1365
• 5.6.3.157
• 5.0.6.220
• 5.6.1.308
• 5.05.1008
• 4.6.0.2292
• 4.6.0.2935
• 5.6.0.878
• 5.0.6.586
• 5.7.1.116
• 5.0.3.191
• 5.0.3.205
• 4.0.0.1494
• 5.0.3.362
• 4.0.0.1180
• 5.0.6.371
• 4.0.0.1496
• 5.00.0056
• 5.0.4.500
• 4.0.0.1345
• 5.6.1.298
• 5.0.5.658
• 5.5.0.447
• 5.7.2.162
• 5.0.4.283
• 5.5.0.482
• 5.6.5.165
• 5.6.6.232
• 4.8.1002
• 5.00.2025
• 5.5.1.342
• 4.6.0.2918
• 5.0.6.491
• 5.0.4.223
• 5.5.1.399
• 5.00.5008
• 5.6.1.157
• 5.0.6.406
• 5.0.6.463
• 5.06.6004
• 5.7.5.504
• 5.5.4.266
• 4.5.0.1499
• 4.8.0.1995
• 5.0.2.132
• 4.8.0.2001
• 5.6.1.209
• 5.5.1.348
• 4.5.0.1852
• 5.6.4.151
• 5.0.4.470
• 5.6.4.249
• 5.00.4023
• 5.0.3.272
• 4.5.0.1817
• 5.0.4.118
• 4.8.0.887
• 4.6.0.2988
• 5.0.4.449
• 5.5.1.413
• 5.0.4.316
• 4.0.0.1444

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If planning to uninstall McAfee Agent you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\McAfee.Agent.UpdateUX
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\702E8915AE225964E85198D4D056A4DB
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee\Agent
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\McAfeeAgent

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\702E8915AE225964E85198D4D056A4DB\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfeeFramework\ImagePath

A way to remove McAfee Agent with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Agent is a program by McAfee, Inc.. Sometimes, users try to erase this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY manner to erase McAfee Agent is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find McAfee Agent or simply click the Search field and type in "McAfee Agent". The McAfee Agent program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select McAfee Agent in the list of apps, the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about McAfee Agent, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for McAfee Agent:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.Mcafee.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent\x86\FrmInst.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove McAfee Agent.


8. After removing McAfee Agent, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of McAfee Agent that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing McAfee Agent with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove McAfee Agent by McAfee, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that McAfee Agent by McAfee, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove McAfee Agent 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.