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How to uninstall McAfee Total Protection from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall McAfee Total Protection for Windows. It was created for Windows by McAfee, Inc.. More info about McAfee, Inc. can be found here. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\McAfee folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for McAfee Total Protection is C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe /body:misp://MSCJsRes.dll::uninstall.html /id:uninstall. The application's main executable file is called firesvc.exe and occupies 113.49 KB (116216 bytes).

McAfee Total Protection contains of the executables below. They take 20.43 MB (21421288 bytes) on disk.




  • firesvc.exe (113.49 KB)
  • McPvTray.exe (517.84 KB)
  • SvcDrv.exe (168.80 KB)
  • MpfAlert.exe (673.25 KB)
  • McAlert.exe (416.23 KB)
  • QcCons32.exe (315.66 KB)
  • QcConsol.exe (376.02 KB)
  • QcShm.exe (1.06 MB)
  • ShrCL.exe (248.27 KB)
  • CompatibilityTester.exe (549.86 KB)
  • McAPExe.exe (843.21 KB)
  • mcinfo.exe (1.10 MB)
  • McInstru.exe (403.68 KB)
  • mcsvrcnt.exe (1.12 MB)
  • mcsync.exe (2.77 MB)
  • mcuihost.exe (972.46 KB)
  • mispreg.exe (761.74 KB)
  • mcocrollback.exe (489.67 KB)
  • McPartnerSAInstallManager.exe (599.80 KB)
  • mskxagnt.exe (244.74 KB)
  • mcods.exe (663.20 KB)
  • mcodsscan.exe (534.43 KB)
  • McVsMap.exe (317.66 KB)
  • McVsShld.exe (536.45 KB)
  • MVsInst.exe (436.87 KB)
  • McVulAdmAgnt.exe (768.29 KB)
  • McVulAlert.exe (729.55 KB)
  • McVulCon.exe (767.27 KB)
  • McVulCtr.exe (1.48 MB)
  • McVulUsrAgnt.exe (767.29 KB)
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The current web page applies to McAfee Total Protection version 14.0.6136 only. For more McAfee Total Protection versions please click below:

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McAfee Total Protection has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders left behind when you uninstall McAfee Total Protection:
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\instLD.inf
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\McpIns.dll
  • C:\Program Files\McAfee\MQS\mcpins.inf

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSC\mcuihost.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{00C12819-6644-4E4E-81B5-BF8B95CF42A3}\1.0\0\win64\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{00C12819-6644-4E4E-81B5-BF8B95CF42A3}\1.0\HELPDIR\


A way to delete McAfee Total Protection from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee Total Protection is an application by McAfee, Inc.. Some users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY action 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate 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 program will be found automatically. After you select McAfee Total Protection in the list , some data about the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating 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 program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove McAfee Total Protection.
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8. After removing McAfee Total Protection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of McAfee Total Protection that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing McAfee Total Protection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall McAfee Total Protection by McAfee, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that McAfee Total Protection by McAfee, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall McAfee Total Protection supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-07-08 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-08 15:53:09.660