Also - how do I FINALLY get rid of ALL of McAfee?

**harrup** · 03-12-2008, 08:45 AM

Another question, sorry.

My Dell Inspiron came preinstalled with McAfee. I prefer AVG professional so I deleted it.

That is....as much as I could. It's impossible to get rid of this McAfee s****r. A couple of weeks ago, I paid $50,00 on a computer helpline and the tech guy went to majorgeeks.com and dowloaded some kind of mcafee removal took. And run it. I saw it. I checked it, it was all gone.

So you'd think there be no trace of it left, right ?

If only! Just now, to my intense surprise, when looking in System Config Utility which programs run on start up, I saw FIVE programs which are associated with McAfee. But I don't know whether these programs share something with other programs I DO want to run so I left them ....ready to load again ...over and over and over.

Could anyone please tell me whether I can safely get rid of them once and for all or whether I should leave them alone

1) oascInt
2) MSKDetct
3) MSKAgent
4) Mpf Tray
5) McUpdate

All, bar one, of the above start up items have the "comand" "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfe...., and "location" is HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft Windows\ Current Version

Do I need this stuff?

tetonbob · 03-12-2008, 11:01 AM

Use the instructions on this page to completely remove McAfee

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocumen...=10005&type=TS

**harrup** · 03-13-2008, 01:51 AM

Thank you, tetonbob.

But before I uninstall them.....would you know whether these McAfee programs share their....whatever... with any other programs I'm running.? And whose functioning will be impaired if I delete the McAfee?

03-12-2008, 08:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
harrup I helped the forums. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 58 OS: win xp	Also - how do I FINALLY get rid of ALL of McAfee? Another question, sorry. My Dell Inspiron came preinstalled with McAfee. I prefer AVG professional so I deleted it. That is....as much as I could. It's impossible to get rid of this McAfee s****r. A couple of weeks ago, I paid $50,00 on a computer helpline and the tech guy went to majorgeeks.com and dowloaded some kind of mcafee removal took. And run it. I saw it. I checked it, it was all gone. So you'd think there be no trace of it left, right ? If only! Just now, to my intense surprise, when looking in System Config Utility which programs run on start up, I saw FIVE programs which are associated with McAfee. But I don't know whether these programs share something with other programs I DO want to run so I left them ....ready to load again ...over and over and over. Could anyone please tell me whether I can safely get rid of them once and for all or whether I should leave them alone 1) oascInt 2) MSKDetct 3) MSKAgent 4) Mpf Tray 5) McUpdate All, bar one, of the above start up items have the "comand" "C:\PROGRA~1\McAfe...., and "location" is HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft Windows\ Current Version Do I need this stuff?

03-12-2008, 11:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
tetonbob Manager, Security Center, TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA Posts: 35,580 OS: 2000 Pro; XP Pro; XP Home	Re: Also - how do I FINALLY get rid of ALL of McAfee? Use the instructions on this page to completely remove McAfee http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocumen...=10005&type=TS __________________ Practice Safe Surfing PC Safety and Security--What Do I Need? Because what you don't know, CAN hurt you. Proud Member of ASAP since 2005 Proud Member of UNITE since 2006 Microsoft MVP - Consumer Security 2009

03-13-2008, 01:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
harrup I helped the forums. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 58 OS: win xp	Re: Also - how do I FINALLY get rid of ALL of McAfee? Thank you, tetonbob. But before I uninstall them.....would you know whether these McAfee programs share their....whatever... with any other programs I'm running.? And whose functioning will be impaired if I delete the McAfee?