I've replaced McAfee with NOD32, but like some relatives, it just doesn't know when to leave. Every morning when I turn on the comp I get that annoying shield, and it grates twice as hard because it's wearing the red circle and slash. So it's out of operation and it still won't go.
The first attempt to uninstall didn't go well. I tried reinstalling in full and tried again, but, no good. Having just downloaded some registry software I thought I might get rid of it that way; fortunately one of the tools I downloaded was ERUNT, and I was careful to backup before I did anything. So: into the registry, away with anything connected to McAfee or Network Associates.
Later on I turn on the machine and get this message I've never seen before:
Help! I need ResXX\McS.dll
This didn't affect the internet connection, but I did lose my Search and Help on the Start panel. I went here:
http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Pro...r_message.html
and used the link they provided to McAfee's Manual Uninstall program. At last the McAfee icon was gone! Unfortunately, this morning, the machine started up with the BlackICE icon missing too. And I was still getting the ResXXetc message. AND, I was getting another message about "VsTskMgr.exe has had to close."
By now, I was convinced that McAfee's corporate slogan ought to be "We create more problems than we solve." But as I say, I had backed up my registry with Erunt - tip of the hat to Jephree - and after a few minutes I finally figured out how to open the file created yesterday and restore. So I'm stuck with McAfee for the time being. Maybe the only way it can be removed 100% is to wipe the C disk entirely and reload everything.
PS: As I discovered with a little more Googling, this is a problem that a lot of people have had with McAfee.
http://www.help2go.com/public/posts1...asc&highlight=
http://forum.webzila.com/index.php?s...t=0&#entry3754
http://www.in-my-opinion.org/in-my-opinion-4392.html
