why wont mcafee go away

Hi gghartman,

You probably have looked all thru jvPT's catagories, but let me go thru the all the places that this sucker might be hiding anyway.

In the:
uninstall menu
shell extensions
IE context menu
open with menu

Did you do search for reg items?

When you do Tools > Reg cleaner, did you show ignored items? Those will come up in red.

Did you try Tools > remove custom software?

Another reg cleaner to try is RegSeeker http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm If you right click on Installed apps > invalid Add/Remove entries, it might be that.

Regards - Charles

 

charlesvar

went through every thing you mentioned and just got through trying regseeker and i cant believe nothing was found. makes absolutely no sense. found nothing on m.s. site nothing on mcafee. have an email into dell to see if they have a clue. never really watched that before so not sure if this is a new problem with the new dell models or if its been happeing before and i just over wrote those variables with the protection i put on.

there is nothing on these machines lately that reflects any remanants of mcafee. its the first thing i do when i set these new machines up is go into safe mode and use the admin id and uninstall mcafee. finds to many processess open when i try logged in normally and it wont let me uninstall unless in safe mode.

very strange.

 

Hi gghartman,

Ran across a problem with NIS:

Problem after uninstalling NIS2006

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=114435

Regards - Charles

 

to bad mcafee doesnt have a removal tool

 

Hi gghartman
Got this when I uninstalled McAfee, maybe it will help?

How do I Uninstall VirusScan?
Summary: This article provides steps to remove VirusScan from your computer.

Product Versions
McAfee VirusScan 8
McAfee VirusScan 9
Operating Systems
Windows 98 / 98se / Me / 2000 / XP Home / XP Pro


Automatic Uninstall of VirusScan
Click on the Start button.
Click on Control Panel. The Control Panel will then appear.
Double click on the Add/Remove Programs icon. The Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box will then appear.
Locate McAfee VirusScan on the list of installed programs and single click on it so it is highlighted.
Click the Add/Remove button.
Note: If at any time you are prompted to remove shared files, answer Yes To All.
Windows will then attempt to remove McAfee VirusScan from your computer. If McAfee VirusScan is successfully uninstalled you do not need to complete the remaining steps in this document. If you receive error messages or find that McAfee VirusScan was not completely removed then follow the steps below to manually remove the program.
If VirusScan is the only McAfee service installed on your computer, uninstall SecurityCenter. If an automatic uninstall of VirusScan was unsuccessful, please follow the instructions below to completely uninstall VirusScan.



Manual Uninstall of VirusScan
Edit the registry
From the Taskbar, click Start.
Click Run.
Type regedit and then click OK.
Backup the registry. (Click here for instructions)
Click (+) next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Click (+) next to Software.
Click (+) next to McAfee.com
Delete any instance of a VirusScan folder or VSO folder
Click (+) next to Microsoft.
Click (+) next to Windows.
Click (+) next to CurrentVersion.
Select the Run folder.
Right-click and delete each of the following (if present):
VirusScan
VirusScan Online
VSOChecktTask
Select the Uninstall folder.
Right-click and delete VirusScan Online.
Close the Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.
Remove Temporary Internet Files (Cache)
(Click here for instructions)

Delete all McAfee files/folders
From the Taskbar, click Start.
Click Run.
Type Explorer and click OK.
Double-click My Computer.
Double-click C: drive.
Delete the MC?????.tmp folder(s), if present.
Note: ? = these could be numbers or letters.
From the C: drive, double-click Program Files.
Double-click McAfee.com.
Delete the VSO and Shared folders, if present.
Close the Windows Explorer window.
Click the Start button.
Click Run.
Type %windir% and click OK.
Find and delete the MCBIN folder (if exists).
Remove ActiveX components
Double Click My Computer
Double Click the C: drive icon
Double Click the Windows folder (Note: This folder name may be WINNT for users with Windows 2000 or XP upgraded from 2000)
Double Click the Downloaded Program Files folder
Delete any McAfee ActiveX components (examples: McAfee.com Operating system class, McAfee Installer Class, McAfee TYP class, McAfee Tree class.)
Note: Browse the folder and if you see a component that you are unsure of what program it belongs to like long random names with numbers and letters, double click on it and look under the code base. If it's from Download.McAfee.com, then delete it.

If VirusScan is the only McAfee service installed on your computer, uninstall SecurityCenter.
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq.asp?frames=1&docid=71541&categoryId=245&chat=&pf=1

Geri

 

geri

most of those things you pointed out i have already done but there are some things that i didnt think of so the next machine i build i will try them and see what happens.

have bookmarked those sites. thank you very much....greg