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How to uninstall McAfee® Total Protection from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall McAfee® Total Protection for Windows. It is developed by McAfee, Inc.. More information on McAfee, Inc. can be found here. McAfee® Total Protection is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee folder, regulated by the user's option. The full command line for removing McAfee® Total Protection is C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe /body:misp://MSCJsRes.dll::uninstall.html /id:uninstall. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is titled Launch.exe and it has a size of 1.62 MB (1703888 bytes).

McAfee® Total Protection installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 28.77 MB (30163304 bytes) on disk.

  • Launch.exe (1.62 MB)
  • firesvc.exe (123.55 KB)
  • McPvTray.exe (600.20 KB)
  • SvcDrv.exe (218.44 KB)
  • MpfAlert.exe (874.13 KB)
  • McAlert.exe (555.85 KB)
  • QcCons32.exe (423.16 KB)
  • QcConsol.exe (521.07 KB)
  • QcShm.exe (1.86 MB)
  • ShrCL.exe (486.79 KB)
  • McBootSvcSet.exe (423.66 KB)
  • mcinfo.exe (1.01 MB)
  • McInstru.exe (507.43 KB)
  • mcsvrcnt.exe (834.28 KB)
  • mcsync.exe (2.95 MB)
  • mcuihost.exe (1.01 MB)
  • mispreg.exe (605.31 KB)
  • mcocrollback.exe (621.45 KB)
  • McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (860.02 KB)
  • CATracker.exe (557.89 KB)
  • SmtMsgLauncher.exe (470.65 KB)
  • WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.77 MB)
  • mskxagnt.exe (359.13 KB)
  • mcods.exe (1.28 MB)
  • mcodsscan.exe (685.95 KB)
  • McVsMap.exe (416.63 KB)
  • McVsShld.exe (1.22 MB)
  • MVsInst.exe (591.67 KB)
  • McVulAdmAgnt.exe (911.48 KB)
  • McVulAlert.exe (874.63 KB)
  • McVulCon.exe (925.09 KB)
  • McVulCtr.exe (2.02 MB)
  • McVulUsrAgnt.exe (912.48 KB)
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This web page is about McAfee® Total Protection version 14.013 only. You can find below info on other releases of McAfee® Total Protection:

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove McAfee® Total Protection.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall McAfee® Total Protection from your PC:
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee

Usually, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUI.pam
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUI.res.pam
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUI64.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUIModules64.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUIScripts64.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\Launch.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\Launch.xml
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\LayoutMgr.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\NotificationCenter.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\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\StatusManager.lua
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scripts\thirdParty\dkjson.lua
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\scriptversion.txt
  • 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
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\HcCode.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\HcThe.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hiphandlers.dat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hiphandlers.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\HipRc.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipscont.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipscore.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\HipShield.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\HipShieldK.sys
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipshieldk_x64.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\licenses.txt
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\data\hips.dat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\data\TS_CA.crt
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\data\TSClient.crt
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\data\TSClient.key
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\FWJsRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\FWJsResO.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\HipsBkup\content.bin
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\HipsBkup\hiphandlers.dat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\HipsBkup\hiphandlers.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\HipsBkup\hiphandlers32.dat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\HipsBkup\hiphandlers32.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\HipsBkup\hipscont.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\instLD.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\L10N.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\McMPFPPv.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpf.dat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpf_core.dat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfAlert.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfAltPS.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfApi.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfApiPS.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpfcor.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpfdata.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfEvt.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpfins64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpfinst.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpfLD.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpfLI.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MpfModule.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MPFOEM.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\mpfuc.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\mpfuc.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\portname.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\subst.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\substLI.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\twerp.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\instLD.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\McpIns.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mcpins.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mcpLD.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mcpLI.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mcqc.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mcshr.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\MqsModule.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\MqsRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mqsuc.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mqsuc.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\MRU.ini
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QcCons32.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QcConsol.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QCJsRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QCJsResO.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QCLite.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QCProgressIcon.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\QcShm.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\ShrCL.exe

Registry that is not uninstalled:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\Launch.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\Launch.exe.FriendlyAppName


A way to remove McAfee® Total Protection from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® Total Protection is an application released by McAfee, Inc.. Frequently, users want to remove this program. This is hard because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY procedure to remove McAfee® Total Protection is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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3. Press the General Tools category
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4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
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5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find McAfee® Total Protection or simply activate the Search feature and type in "McAfee® Total Protection". If it is installed on your PC the McAfee® Total Protection app will be found automatically. After you select McAfee® Total Protection in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding McAfee® Total Protection, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall McAfee® Total Protection.
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8. After removing McAfee® Total Protection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of McAfee® Total Protection which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee® Total Protection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall McAfee® Total Protection supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-03-11 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-03-11 16:50:26.143