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McAfee - how to completely uninstall?
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Dec 6, 2008, 10:15 PM
 
I installed McAfee on my Mac running 10.5.5 and I did not like it so I removed it but some of it seems to continue to run. How do I get rid of it? I no longer have the DMG file.
     
Art Vandelay
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Dec 6, 2008, 10:52 PM
 
Why not download it again and see if there's an uninstaller? Or go to their support section and look for uninstall info.
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Dec 6, 2008, 11:16 PM
 
Asking at McAfee's site gave this set of instructions. Should be pretty easy to do...

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Dec 7, 2008, 02:21 AM
 
I deleted the original dmg file and I can not seem to find the download.
     
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Dec 7, 2008, 10:25 AM
 
Download the Virex Uninstall command here and see if that works… (it is from Virex 7.7)

http://a4.s3.p.quickshareit.com/file...l65d9c.command
     
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Dec 7, 2008, 11:47 AM
 
Originally Posted by angelmb View Post
Download the Virex Uninstall command here and see if that works… (it is from Virex 7.7)

http://a4.s3.p.quickshareit.com/file...l65d9c.command
Thanks but it does not work. It responds by saying I do not have the privilege to run this script. I tried to modifying the privileges but it did not matter.
     
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Dec 7, 2008, 12:11 PM
 
Log in as an admin and see if that helps.

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Dec 7, 2008, 12:25 PM
 
Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
Log in as an admin and see if that helps.
Thanks, but logging in as Admin still does not work.
     
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Dec 8, 2008, 06:46 AM
 
download omni disk sweeper
     
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Dec 8, 2008, 07:09 AM
 
Indeed, OmniDiskSweeper or/and AppZapper may help you.
     
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Dec 8, 2008, 07:35 AM
 
I forgot about appzapper
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Dec 8, 2008, 07:10 PM
 
Another vote here for appzapper!
     
   
 
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