McAfee® Internet Security

How to uninstall McAfee® Internet Security from your system

This page is about McAfee® Internet Security for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by McAfee, LLC. Further information on McAfee, LLC can be found here. Usually the McAfee® Internet Security program is installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall McAfee® Internet Security 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 admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 1.48 MB (1556920 bytes) on disk and is titled AlertViewer.exe.

McAfee® Internet Security is composed of the following executables which occupy 44.42 MB (46573112 bytes) on disk:

• AlertViewer.exe (1.48 MB)
• Launch.exe (1.98 MB)
• firesvc.exe (492.50 KB)
• McVsMap.exe (416.27 KB)
• McVsShld.exe (946.94 KB)
• MfeAVSvc.exe (3.61 MB)
• mfeLamInstaller.exe (1.13 MB)
• mfeODS.exe (945.37 KB)
• MVsInst.exe (722.47 KB)
• MpfAlert.exe (1.53 MB)
• QcCons32.exe (607.48 KB)
• QcConsol.exe (723.01 KB)
• QcShm.exe (1.80 MB)
• ShrCL.exe (1.01 MB)
• McBootSvcSet.exe (612.05 KB)
• mcinfo.exe (1.31 MB)
• McInstru.exe (620.66 KB)
• mcsvrcnt.exe (856.16 KB)
• mcsync.exe (2.78 MB)
• mcuihost.exe (1.52 MB)
• mispreg.exe (668.09 KB)
• mcocrollback.exe (730.08 KB)
• McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (814.31 KB)
• SmtMsgLauncher.exe (497.57 KB)
• WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.90 MB)
• mskxagnt.exe (487.93 KB)
• McVulAdmAgnt.exe (690.73 KB)
• McVulAlert.exe (655.95 KB)
• McVulCon.exe (690.76 KB)
• McVulCtr.exe (1.79 MB)
• McVulUsrAgnt.exe (691.26 KB)
• browserhost.exe (3.43 MB)
• servicehost.exe (925.08 KB)
• uihost.exe (924.08 KB)
• uninstaller.exe (2.44 MB)
• updater.exe (2.32 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.026 of McAfee® Internet Security. You can find below info on other application versions of McAfee® Internet Security:

• 16.046
• 16.033
• 16.035
• 16.031
• 16.036
• 16.038
• 16.040
• 16.043
• 16.048
• 16.041
• 16.037
• 16.047
• 16.034
• 16.027
• 16.030
• 16.045
• 16.044
• 16.050
• 16.032
• 16.028
• 16.029
• 16.049
• 16.042
• 16.039

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When you're planning to uninstall McAfee® Internet Security you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee

The files below remain on your disk by McAfee® Internet Security's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\PCB\McPcBoostIf.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\PCB\McPcBoostRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\PCB\PCB64.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\PCB\PCBApplicationInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\PCB\PCBLI.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\PCB\PCBModule.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\PCB\PCBRes.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\analyticsmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\browserhost.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\eventmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\logicmodule.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\lookupmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\servicehost.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\settingmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\taskmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\uihost.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\uimanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\uninstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\wataskmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\x64\wssdep.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee NGI\packages\{SD: C:|Program Files|McAfee|WebAdvisor}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\uihost.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\WebAdvisor\uihost.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\McAfee WebAdvisor\ImagePath

A way to erase McAfee® Internet Security from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® Internet Security is an application marketed by the software company McAfee, LLC. Frequently, computer users want to remove it. This can be difficult because doing this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY action to remove McAfee® Internet Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate McAfee® Internet Security or simply click the Search feature and type in "McAfee® Internet Security". The McAfee® Internet Security application will be found very quickly. After you select McAfee® Internet Security in the list of applications, some data about the program is shown to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall McAfee® Internet Security.


8. After removing McAfee® Internet Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of McAfee® Internet Security that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee® Internet Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove McAfee® Internet Security by McAfee, LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that McAfee® Internet Security by McAfee, LLC is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove McAfee® Internet Security 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.