Re: Uninstalling AOL and McAfee Security Centre

Thanks McCarty for the response. I would like to unistall these softwares.
AOL is listed in the Add/Remove and I will use that. However, McAfee
Security Centre or anything contained within it is not listed in the
Add/Remove. The only entry for McAfee in Add/Remove is "McAfee Uninstaller".
I assume I have to use that entry to unistall. I was just wondering if
anyone else had this type of entry for the McAfee Centre. OR is Dell trying
to hide the entry so people are stuck with it?

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ekBukQuFGHA.2084@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Newer versions of both AOL & McAfee come off the PC fairly well
> using the Add/Remove applet in Control Panel. However, both apps
> will tend to leave some Registry remnants behind. If it's a typical Dell
> OEM setup, AOL may have two or three separate entries to nick.
> While in Add/Remove I'd go through the whole listing - you're likely
> to see some other applications and other "Fluff" that most folks can
> do without quite nicely. About the only thing to watch out for is some
> McAfee services that usually get left in the Registry Service mapping.
> You can identify them if you check TaskMgr, Processes (TAB) after
> removal/reboot and look for any starting with Mc... and their other
> common naming convention of 'shield...'.
>
> "Mian Ali" <mianali15@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uGXzgFuFGHA.1312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently got Dell computer with Window XP sp2. It came with AOL and
>> McAfee Security Centre (limited time) preinstalled. I have my own
>> security softwares such as spyware blaster, spybot search and destroy,
>> Adaware and Microsoft Antispyware etc. I also subscribe to EZArmor. I
>> want to install EZArmor and I have uninstall the McAfee. There is no
>> entry in the Add/Remove program for the Security Center. The only entry I
>> see in the Add/Remove is "McAfee Uninstaller". Also it seems the McAfee
>> Security Centre is integrated with Windows Security. When I click on
>> security center in Contro Panel, it shows McAfee antivirus and firewall
>> etc.
>>
>> Just wondering if this the normal entry for McAfee Centre in the
>> Add/Remove? I searched McAfee helpdesk but could not find anything about
>> "McAfee Uninstaller" in Add/Remove.
>>
>> Called the Dell technical help and he did not know how to do it but
>> suggested horrible way to uninstall the program. He suggested just delete
>> the McAfee folder from your computer. Amazing!
>>
>> Sorry of the long post. Also will appreciate some suggestions about
>> unistalling AOL. Heard some scary stories about it. What cautions should
>> I take?
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Mian
>>
>>
>
>


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