Uninstall McAfee antivirus

hi my mcafee anti virus expired today and i was trying to uninstall it from my computer but it wont uninstall from the add/remove programs in the control panel.

everytime i click on remove all i see is a pop up of mcafee with nothing on it..

hope you can help me thanks....

 

Have you tried restarting your computer after the deletion and checking the Add/Remove panel again?

 

ummm... i havent uninstalled it yet. when i click the remove button a widow that says "McAfee Application Installation" pops up with a white background with nothing on it.

i'g going to try and restart and give it another shot....

 

hi i restarted the computer and still the same thing happens

i hope somebody can help me. thanks

 

You might try a search of your computer and then delete the McAfee items that turn up.

 

Does the Mcafee show up in the start menu or down in the bootom right system tray? It could be removed, but i doubt it.

Try deleting it in the start menu, and exiting out of it also but by right clicking the "M" in the system tray and hit exit

Nick

 

are you guys saying that i can only remove it manually?

that sucks... thanks for the help... i'm currently looking at the mcafee website and look at similar problems...

thanks for the help... if you have any more suggestions i would gladly appreciate it...

thanks again.

 

did you turn it off first ?

 

A system search would only take about 30 seconds, alvin. We just went through a similar situation with my son's desktop not long ago, though the culprit was Norton, not McAfee. Not quite as easy as using the Add/Delete in the Contol Panel, but almost.

 

yes i turned it off. also removed everythng from start up.

ohh well if i cant remove it. im just going to have to reformat th computer. thanks for your replies

 

You could try reinstalling McAffe then uninstalling it.

 

Reformat? Over that? You could search through the registry (if you are comfortable) using regedit in the start>run box. Look for all things in there that have to do with the program in all sections under software and delete then. Then go into your main drive (c?) and delete anything there to do with it. I have removed many programs from my desktop that way and never had a problem. And if you are really careful and search your drive to get rid of all traces there will be none left. But do be warned if you decide to play in the registry and are not aware of the problems you could cause, I will no be responsible, although it is pretty easy.