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A guide to uninstall McAfee WebAdvisor from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall McAfee WebAdvisor for Windows. It was coded for Windows by McAfee, Inc.. More data about McAfee, Inc. can be found here. Click on to get more information about McAfee WebAdvisor on McAfee, Inc.'s website. Usually the McAfee WebAdvisor program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for removing McAfee WebAdvisor is C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\Uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. uninstall.exe is the McAfee WebAdvisor's primary executable file and it takes around 679.25 KB (695552 bytes) on disk.

McAfee WebAdvisor contains of the executables below. They occupy 10.07 MB (10561288 bytes) on disk.




  • ActUtil.exe (568.12 KB)
  • McChHost.exe (381.04 KB)
  • mcsacore.exe (151.73 KB)
  • mfeasins_x64.exe (589.36 KB)
  • saOemMgr.exe (85.83 KB)
  • saUI.exe (1.46 MB)
  • saUpd.exe (965.46 KB)
  • uninstall.exe (679.25 KB)
  • s8vg.9.exe (5.27 MB)
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This data is about McAfee WebAdvisor version 4.0.242 alone. You can find below info on other releases of McAfee WebAdvisor:

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Numerous files, folders and registry entries can be left behind when you are trying to remove McAfee WebAdvisor from your computer.

Directories that were found:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall McAfee WebAdvisor:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\ActUtil.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\blist.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\cblist.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\chr.inf

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{793C5ABC-37F0-4FE0-AFC5-FE2BB2AC17DD}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{C7D12FC5-40EE-4288-BE78-94A8C65D0ECB}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{35ED3F83-4BDC-4c44-8EC6-6A8301C7413A}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{40FE6D1A-634D-423c-8E70-957759200CBF}\LocalServer32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0CB58125-ED4E-4125-B72E-BA3435AC4421}\InProcServer32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0EBBBE48-BAD4-4B4C-8E5A-516ABECAE064}\InprocServer32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0F5FA46A-D17B-4978-8A4C-65474C8DF59F}\InprocServer32\


A way to uninstall McAfee WebAdvisor from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

McAfee WebAdvisor is a program marketed by the software company McAfee, Inc.. Frequently, users choose to erase it. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY action to erase McAfee WebAdvisor is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find McAfee WebAdvisor or simply click the Search field and type in "McAfee WebAdvisor". The McAfee WebAdvisor app will be found very quickly. After you select McAfee WebAdvisor in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding McAfee WebAdvisor, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for McAfee WebAdvisor:





  • The software company is: http://www.siteadvisor.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\Uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall McAfee WebAdvisor.
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8. After uninstalling McAfee WebAdvisor, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong McAfee WebAdvisor which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling McAfee WebAdvisor with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

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

This page is not a piece of advice to remove McAfee WebAdvisor by McAfee, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that McAfee WebAdvisor by McAfee, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove McAfee WebAdvisor supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-04-18 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-04-18 02:03:00.237