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How to uninstall McAfee Total Protection from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to remove McAfee Total Protection for Windows. The Windows version was created by McAfee, Inc.. More information on McAfee, Inc. can be seen here. McAfee Total Protection is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\McAfee directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. 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 be prompted for admin rights. Launch.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 1.60 MB (1678584 bytes) on disk.

McAfee Total Protection is composed of the following executables which take 30.42 MB (31896800 bytes) on disk:

  • Launch.exe (1.60 MB)
  • firesvc.exe (132.09 KB)
  • McVsMap.exe (427.70 KB)
  • McVsShld.exe (683.48 KB)
  • MfeAVSvc.exe (3.54 MB)
  • mfeLamInstaller.exe (1.13 MB)
  • mfeODS.exe (1.35 MB)
  • MVsInst.exe (587.13 KB)
  • MpfAlert.exe (866.75 KB)
  • QcCons32.exe (423.16 KB)
  • QcConsol.exe (521.07 KB)
  • QcShm.exe (1.82 MB)
  • ShrCL.exe (487.79 KB)
  • McBootSvcSet.exe (415.63 KB)
  • mcinfo.exe (999.19 KB)
  • McInstru.exe (507.43 KB)
  • mcsvrcnt.exe (792.43 KB)
  • mcsync.exe (2.80 MB)
  • mcuihost.exe (1.02 MB)
  • mispreg.exe (606.31 KB)
  • mcocrollback.exe (621.45 KB)
  • McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (860.02 KB)
  • CATracker.exe (557.89 KB)
  • SmtMsgLauncher.exe (470.15 KB)
  • WssNgmAmbassador.exe (1.95 MB)
  • McVulAdmAgnt.exe (911.45 KB)
  • McVulAlert.exe (874.63 KB)
  • McVulCon.exe (915.02 KB)
  • McVulCtr.exe (1.94 MB)
  • McVulUsrAgnt.exe (911.98 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 16.0.1 of McAfee Total Protection. You can find below a few links to other McAfee Total Protection versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling McAfee Total Protection we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove McAfee Total Protection:
  • 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_vista_x64.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipshieldk_win10_x64.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipshieldk_win7_x64.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipshieldk_win8_x64.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipshieldk_win81_x64.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\Gkp\hipshieldk_x64.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\drvvista.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\drvwin10.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\drvwin7.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\drvwin8.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\drvwin8_1.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\matDRV64.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\matLI64.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\matmain.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\matuc.inf
  • 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\McPvDrv.cat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\MCPvInst.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\MCPvInst64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\McPvKbePwd.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\McPvKbeQa.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\McPvNs.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\McPvTray.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\MpvRes.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MAT\SvcDrv.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\AmEngineScan.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\AMSIExt.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\blframework.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\blframeworkrt.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\blframeworku.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\CaspCont.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\Core.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\EpSecApiLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\JcmBOServer.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\JcmContent.dat
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\Jcml2bl.dll
  • 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\LogLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcctxmnu.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\McOasShm.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcodsps.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\McOdsShm.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcqtax.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\McVariantExport.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\McVsMap.exe
  • 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\mcvsoshl.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mcvsoutil.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\McVSPP.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\McVsPs.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\McVsShld.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\MfeAVSvc.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mfelamamconfig.xml
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mfeLamInstaller.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MfeAV\mfeODS.exe

Frequently the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee NGI\packages\{SD: C:|Program Files|McAfee|WebAdvisor}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC


How to uninstall McAfee Total Protection from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Total Protection is a program released by the software company McAfee, Inc.. Sometimes, users choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall 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 already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find McAfee Total Protection or simply click the Search feature and type in "McAfee Total Protection". If it is installed on your PC the McAfee Total Protection application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select McAfee Total Protection in the list of applications, the following information about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about McAfee Total Protection, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall McAfee Total Protection.
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8. After removing McAfee Total Protection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee Total Protection which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing McAfee Total Protection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation 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 software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall McAfee Total Protection supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-06-16 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-06-16 00:45:52.467