How do you deactivate McAfee?

Answer 1

1. Open the start menu
2. In XP: go to run, In Vista and 7: just type in the search box
3. Type services.msc and hit enter
4. Look for McAfee service. when spotted, right click on it and go to properties.
5. expand the drop down and instead of automatic or manual choose DISABLE.
6. Next step is to go again to run and type msconfig
7. click on STARTUP tab and look for all macfee entries by looking for everything that says: PROGRAM FILES\MACFEE under COMMAND column (that is the path where Macfee installed its executables or dlls that will access certain process). When spotted uncheck them all and when finished click on APPLY first and then on OK
8. Restart your PC
9. you are all set now.

Answer 2

You can remove McAfee from your system by going to 'add/remove programs' that is available in control panel. Find McAfee products there and then click 'remove' option. The messages you see are because some of the files of this anti-virus are stored in the registry files of windows. In some cases, windows has to be reinstalled so that to get rod of McAfee. For further detail about this antivirus and complete procedure of its removal, you can visit the following website.

Answer 3

McAfee may be removed from a PC computer by going to the start menu then entering the control panel. From here, one can located the add or remove programs options and select McAfee. Following the interface from here should be straightforward and adequate to remove the program.

Answer 4

McAfee has a step by step uninstall process you can follow. See the link below.