Hi, I'm new to this place.

[neuman]

I just got a Toshiba laptop or $280.00 at Best Buy. I'm trying to uninstall McAfee to put on Norton Internet security. McAfee is always running. How do I kill it, so that I can uninstall it? Thanks for any help.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Welcome!

Would the task manager work? (Ctrl-Alt-Delete)? I don't know anything about McAfee but I do use task manager for closing a lot of things that otherwise don't like to close or shut down.

 

[Ika]

Bring up the Task Manager (by hitting CTRL-ALT-Delete), find a process that has any semblance of McAfee in it, and end it.

 

[neuman]

I already did ctl-alt delete, and tried to kill in task manager w/o success

 

[xtknight]

McAfee should have placed an uninstaller in Add/Remove Programs. This uninstaller will stop the McAfee services for you.

As an alternative, use pserv.cpl and set anything you see under "Services" or "Devices" that's related to McAfee to Disabled. Don't mess with other devices or services though.

 

[neuman]

Originally posted by: xtknight
McAfee should have placed an uninstaller in Add/Remove Programs. This uninstaller will stop the McAfee services for you.

It won't let me uninstall theprog because it says it is running. Thats why I'm trying to kill the prog

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: neuman

Originally posted by: xtknight
McAfee should have placed an uninstaller in Add/Remove Programs. This uninstaller will stop the McAfee services for you.

It won't let me uninstall theprog because it says it is running. Thats why I'm trying to kill the prog

Hmm, well then McAfee should be providing a way to stop it. Sometimes you can find the system tray icon, right click on it, and click "stop". Other than that, I don't know.

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: neuman

Originally posted by: xtknight
McAfee should have placed an uninstaller in Add/Remove Programs. This uninstaller will stop the McAfee services for you.

It won't let me uninstall theprog because it says it is running. Thats why I'm trying to kill the prog

Yea, but if you went into add/remove programs in the control panel then you might be able to uninstall it and it should stop itself.

 

[neuman]

Yes, I know it should. I've been playing with this problem for over an hour

 

[neuman]

Rebooting, one minute, maybe fixed, one second please

 

[neuman]

Its gone now. I don't know why it worked, but it did. Thanks

 

[Atheus]

norton is the worst piece of software _ever_

 

[Inspector Jihad]

if you havent already bought nortons, then i recommend trend micro pc-cillin.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Atheus
norton is the worst piece of software _ever_

I'm told their corporate-level products aren't half bad.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz

Originally posted by: Atheus
norton is the worst piece of software _ever_

I'm told their corporate-level products aren't half bad.

Yes, corporate-level are decent

 

[WildHorse]

Mcafee has excellent online help H E R E

At that site you can lookup your version & find uninstall instructions specific to whatever version you have.

Congratulations on getting that laptop at such an incredibly low price!


Edit: After using McAfee for several years, I just this month switched over to Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6, which seems to detect more than McAfee.

I say that because I had updated & run McAfee daily, but then when I installed Kaspersky it immediately detected 3 infections which McAfee had not detected.

 

[Arkaign]

Please spare yourself the performance-stealing, unstable, undependable pile of crap that is popularly known as Norton Antivirus/Internet Security.

Excellent alternatives, that are less of a resource hog :

Kaspersky

Panda

Trend Micro

🙂 :beer:

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Please spare yourself the performance-stealing, unstable, undependable pile of crap that is popularly known as Norton Antivirus/Internet Security.

Excellent alternatives, that are less of a resource hog :

Kaspersky

Panda

Trend Micro

🙂 :beer:

Some free ones are Anti-Vir, AVG, and AOL Internet Security(free Kaspersky!!!).