McAfee® Total Protection

How to uninstall McAfee® Total Protection from your PC

McAfee® Total Protection is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by McAfee, LLC. Additional info about McAfee, LLC can be found here. McAfee® Total Protection is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee folder, subject to 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. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. McAfee® Total Protection's main file takes about 1.37 MB (1433472 bytes) and is called AlertViewer.exe.

McAfee® Total Protection installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 49.64 MB (52049088 bytes) on disk.

• AlertViewer.exe (1.37 MB)
• Launch.exe (1.88 MB)
• firesvc.exe (438.48 KB)
• McPvTray.exe (1,020.07 KB)
• SvcDrv.exe (450.58 KB)
• McVsMap.exe (417.30 KB)
• McVsShld.exe (945.44 KB)
• MfeAVSvc.exe (3.97 MB)
• mfeLamInstaller.exe (1.18 MB)
• mfeODS.exe (948.94 KB)
• MVsInst.exe (611.48 KB)
• MpfAlert.exe (1.46 MB)
• QcCons32.exe (620.48 KB)
• QcConsol.exe (719.97 KB)
• QcShm.exe (1.65 MB)
• ShrCL.exe (1,014.50 KB)
• McBootSvcSet.exe (612.05 KB)
• mcinfo.exe (1.22 MB)
• McInstru.exe (600.41 KB)
• mcsvrcnt.exe (822.81 KB)
• mcsync.exe (3.07 MB)
• mcuihost.exe (1.41 MB)
• MfeBrowserHost.exe (1.09 MB)
• mispreg.exe (643.30 KB)
• mcocrollback.exe (700.19 KB)
• McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (799.17 KB)
• SmtMsgLauncher.exe (486.47 KB)
• WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.60 MB)
• mskxagnt.exe (433.44 KB)
• McVulAdmAgnt.exe (680.62 KB)
• McVulAlert.exe (643.80 KB)
• McVulCon.exe (674.59 KB)
• McVulCtr.exe (1.68 MB)
• McVulUsrAgnt.exe (682.12 KB)
• browserhost.exe (3.55 MB)
• servicehost.exe (934.34 KB)
• uihost.exe (933.28 KB)
• uninstaller.exe (2.47 MB)
• updater.exe (2.35 MB)
• SCTBSvc.exe (481.93 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.29 MB)
• openvpn.exe (1.00 MB)
• tapinstall.exe (495.83 KB)

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The current web page applies to McAfee® Total Protection version 16.029 alone. Click on the links below for other McAfee® Total Protection versions:

• 16.052
• 16.043
• 16.049
• 16.047
• 16.054
• 16.048
• 16.033
• 16.034
• 16.053
• 16.027
• 16.032
• 16.039
• 16.038
• 16.030
• 16.040
• 16.050
• 1.5.2021.1
• 16.028
• 16.036
• 16.045
• 16.026
• 16.046
• 16.041
• 16.037
• 16.044
• 16.042
• 16.051
• 1.5.230.1
• 16.035
• 16.031

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\AlertViewer.inf
• 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\CoreUIModules.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\CoreUI\CoreUIScripts.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\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\MAT\McMATAppInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\McMATSysTrayPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\mcoemres.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\McPvTray.exe
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\MpvRes.dll
• 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\McOasShm.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcvsocfg.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\vso_pre.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\VSOMod.dll
• 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\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\1033\instLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1033\mclgtmpl.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1033\msclcres.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\1033\mscpstLD.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\BrowserHostFramework.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\CSPEnrollmentHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\CultureChangeHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\CultureLookUpHandler.dll
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\actwizld.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\MATrgw.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\McBootDelayEnable.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mcbootdssvc.inf
• C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\Custom_Uninstall\mccbentitlement.inf

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data 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 remove McAfee® Total Protection from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee® Total Protection is an application marketed by the software company McAfee, LLC. Frequently, users choose to erase this program. This is efortful because removing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY manner to erase McAfee® Total Protection 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate McAfee® Total Protection or simply click the Search field and type in "McAfee® Total Protection". If it is installed on your PC the McAfee® Total Protection program will be found automatically. When you select McAfee® Total Protection in the list of apps, the following data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about McAfee® Total Protection, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall McAfee® Total Protection.


8. After uninstalling McAfee® Total Protection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee® Total Protection that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee® Total Protection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories 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® Total Protection by McAfee, LLC from your computer, we are not saying that McAfee® Total Protection by McAfee, LLC is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove McAfee® Total Protection in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.