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Posted by Charles W Davis on April 4, 2007, 9:02 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options Is it a good way to go? I did it on my wife's computer three years ago and
mine 2 1/2 years ago. Trouble free. It is far less intrusive into your
everyday life. McAfee kept flashing its name and I get enough spam without
paying for it.
> From the Support site for McAfee:
>
> Manual Uninstall of VirusScan
> Please follow the instructions below to run the VirusScan removal tool.
> This
> will completely remove VirusScan from your computer.
>
> Download and save the Virus Scan removal tool
>
http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/VSCleanupTool.exe
> to your desktop.
> Locate VSCleanupTool.exe on your desktop and double-click to launch.
> The removal tool will schedule and display a time when the removal process
> will begin.
> Note: The displayed time should be within one mintute of the current
> system
> time shown in the bottom right side of the screen.
> Removal will begin at the displayed time.
> During this process, several icons will be created on your desktop. All of
> these new icons, except one, will be removed when the uninstall is
> complete
> and the computer has been restarted. The file mccleanup.log will remain on
> the desktop. Once you have verified the removal was successful, you can
> delete this file.
> When finished, the following message will be displayed: The machine must
> reboot to complete the uninstallation. Reboot now?
> Press "Y" on your keyboard to restart your computer and complete the
> removal
> process.
> If VirusScan is the only McAfee service installed on your computer,
> uninstall http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/faq3.asp?docid=71525
>
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> "ront2" wrote:
>
>> Is it as simple as this? Go to *control panel* - add remove software -
>> select McAfee - select remove. Download and install AVG free version?
>> Have had troubles with Big Mac; time to renew, but AVG is free and is
>> recommended.
>> Is this a good way to go? Thanks, Ron (ront2@cox.net)
>>
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