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Completely remove McAfee

Anonymous
2016-10-26T09:48:49+00:00

Hoping someone might be able to help.  I have decided to remove McAfee and simply use Windows Defender because McAfee was using so many resources that it grinds my PC to a halt.

I uninstalled McAfee, but when trying to turn on 'real time scanning' in windows defender, it wouldn't allow me to do this 'greyed out' and shows a message that another AV app is handling this.  So I have had to re-install McAfee for the interim.

After reading a many items in 'community', none of which seemed to be the resolution so I'm asking for advice:

How can I completely remove McAfee from my PC > uninstall app and ensure remove from registry?

I think once that is achieved I would be able to use Windows Defender in its entirety.

Hope you can help.

Den

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Security and privacy

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Anonymous
2016-10-26T10:20:34+00:00

Did you also run the specific McAfee removal tool?

If not please do so now, see:

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS101331

direct download: http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust\_support\_patches/MCPR.exe

After a reboot, Windows Defender should be automatically enabled.

If not, please try everything here: Problems starting Windows Defender in Windows 8/8.1/10

Cheers,

J

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T10:53:22+00:00

    You're very welcome :)

    Glad to have helped!

    Cheers,

    Julia

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T08:36:56+00:00

    Awesome, problem solved....thanks for your help, much appreciated.

    Den

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