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Vrodok the Troll wrote:
> Perhaps you are thinking more of "Norton", as opposed to "Symantec"
> (the latter
> is usually considered to be *much* more reliable)?

Why should it be considered as more reliable in any way at all?

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Bill Dolgen wrote:

> All interesting notes, but I didn't see anything responsive
> to the question. Is there no way to get rid of this pesky
> program? It came bundled with the computer, or I would
> never have had it in the first place.
>
> I tried booting to safe mode and again attempting the
> Add/Remove stuff, but to no avail. I could search the
> registry and delete all references, also deleting the various
> folders, but I was hoping for something less drastic.
>
>
> Bill
>

Bill,

This is primarily directed toward NAV, but many of the ideas are not
AV-specific:

(http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showtopic=5233)

Don Pelotas, among other KAV gurus, has a wealth of experience helping
people get rid of AV installations, particularly OEM installations. If
you want to post, you will have to register (it's free).

Ron :)

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In article ,
billdolgen@gazeta.pl says...
> gray.wizard@moria.mines and others wrote (no easy way out):
>
> Ok, I exported the registry and deleted every single key I
> could find that referenced Mcafee in any way. Some keys
> marked Legacy(with add-ons) would not go away, and I
> had to boot to Safe Mode in order to delete the Mcafee folders
> on the C: drive, but it all appears to be gone now. I will let
> you know if a glitch happens in the next week or so.
>
> I was under the distinct impression that Windows required all
> programs marked compatible with XP to have an uninstall
> option available. Not so?

Don't entirely blame McAfee. Odds are, there was corruption someplace
that prevented the uninstaller from running. One fix might have been to
re-install McAfee, then see if the uninstall worked.

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gray.wizard@moria.mines wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:24:12 -0700, Bill Dolgen
> wrote:
>
>> How can I get rid of this pesky program? It won't uninstall
>> itself, I mean. Clicking on its components in Add/Remove
>> Programs is just ignored. Grrr!
>
> If I were you, I'd blast away my Windows partition...just reformat &
> re-install Windows from scratch.
>
> No. Seriously.
>
> Even if you could get it to uninstall it'd still leave little turds
> all over your hard drive and in your registry. It's best if you just
> blasted everything away and never let McAfee touch your PC again.
>
> Beware, if you move to Symantec, you may be "rewarded" by a similar
> experience.

It is called a windows application they are all the same.

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"Charles" wrote in message
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> gray.wizard@moria.mines wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:24:12 -0700, Bill Dolgen
> > wrote:
> >
> >> How can I get rid of this pesky program? It won't uninstall
> >> itself, I mean. Clicking on its components in Add/Remove
> >> Programs is just ignored. Grrr!
> >
> > If I were you, I'd blast away my Windows partition...just reformat &
> > re-install Windows from scratch.
> >
> > No. Seriously.
> >
> > Even if you could get it to uninstall it'd still leave little turds
> > all over your hard drive and in your registry. It's best if you just
> > blasted everything away and never let McAfee touch your PC again.
> >
> > Beware, if you move to Symantec, you may be "rewarded" by a similar
> > experience.
>
> It is called a windows application they are all the same.

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"Bill Dolgen" wrote in message
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>
> How can I get rid of this pesky program? It won't uninstall
> itself, I mean. Clicking on its components in Add/Remove
> Programs is just ignored. Grrr!
>
> If this is the wrong group, I apologize, but I don't see a
> McAfee group listed separately.
>
> Bill

Bill, try this:
Run msconfig (Click Start > Run, type in msconfig and hit enter) and click
on start up tab. Deselect any running tasks that have anything to do with
McAfee. Click on Apply, OK, etc. Re-start machine. Go into Add/Remove and
try ripping McAfee out again.

If that fails, go into the file system under Program Files, and delete the
McAfee folder. Then run a registry cleaner program to take care of all the
broken links, pieces, etc. System Mechanic works pretty well. There's
others - check majorgeeks.com for freeware.

Download and install a free copy of AVG anti-virus so you don't get hit with
anything unpleasant.

Good luck.

Pete

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"Pete" wrote
> Download and install a free copy of AVG anti-virus so you don't get hit
> with anything unpleasant.

I am aware the besides AVG, there are two other well known free antivirus
programs - Avast4 and Antivir. Based on various reviews I have read, I have
formed the impression that Avast4 and Antivir are perhaps a touch better. I
haven't used them yet.

Anyone has any experience with these two?

Regards - JW

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Pete wrote:
> "Bill Dolgen" wrote in message
> news:u3m3o1dspskeb30npc1471hg47t4tc250r@4ax.com...
>
>>How can I get rid of this pesky program? It won't uninstall
>>itself, I mean. Clicking on its components in Add/Remove
>>Programs is just ignored. Grrr!
>>
>>If this is the wrong group, I apologize, but I don't see a
>>McAfee group listed separately.
>>
>>Bill

Yeah it won't let you uninstall it while its running.
To stop it running:
A. comp management, services, stop all Mcafee services.
B. task manager, kill the remaining McFoo programs.

Then run uninstall though Add/remove programs and it gets rid of it.