McAfee Firewall Protection Service

A guide to uninstall McAfee Firewall Protection Service from your computer

McAfee Firewall Protection Service is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by McAfee, Inc.. You can find out more on McAfee, Inc. or check for application updates here. McAfee Firewall Protection Service is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Firewall directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Agent\myinx /Script=C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Firewall\mvsFirewall.Inx /Section=DefaultUninstall is the full command line if you want to remove McAfee Firewall Protection Service. The program's main executable file occupies 205.31 KB (210240 bytes) on disk and is titled MFWSettings.exe.

McAfee Firewall Protection Service contains of the executables below. They occupy 205.31 KB (210240 bytes) on disk.

• MFWSettings.exe (205.31 KB)

This data is about McAfee Firewall Protection Service version 8.2.120.0 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of McAfee Firewall Protection Service:

• 6.0.0.339
• 5.1.0.341
• 5.0.0.811
• 5.4.0.148
• 5.1.0.340
• 5.0.0.778
• 6.0.3.138
• 5.1.0.325
• 6.0.4.138
• 6.0.2.133

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall McAfee Firewall Protection Service:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Firewall

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Firewall\MFWSettings.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Firewall\MFWss.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Firewall\Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\Managed VirusScan\Firewall\msvcp80.dll

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{EC25D67A-A6D4-43E7-A890-256509A18DA3}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\McAfee Managed Firewall

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5C366770-6C9F-46EA-82E6-5F4AD201CCFD}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F4FDBE62-D0DD-49F3-AAF3-C6967EE7A06B}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F4FDBE62-D0DD-49F3-AAF3-C6967EE7A06B}\xInprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{EC25D67A-A6D4-43E7-A890-256509A18DA3}\1.0\0\win32\

A way to delete McAfee Firewall Protection Service with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Firewall Protection Service is an application offered by McAfee, Inc.. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall this application. This is efortful because doing this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE action to uninstall McAfee Firewall Protection Service 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate McAfee Firewall Protection Service or simply click the Search field and type in "McAfee Firewall Protection Service". If it exists on your system the McAfee Firewall Protection Service application will be found automatically. When you click McAfee Firewall Protection Service in the list of programs, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about McAfee Firewall Protection Service, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove McAfee Firewall Protection Service.


8. After uninstalling McAfee Firewall Protection Service, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee Firewall Protection Service which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee Firewall Protection Service with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall McAfee Firewall Protection Service by McAfee, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that McAfee Firewall Protection Service by McAfee, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall McAfee Firewall Protection Service 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' computers.