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Topic subjectRE: McAfee Security Center??
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400219, RE: McAfee Security Center??
Posted by Grogan, Fri Feb-17-06 08:06 PM
I still call it McCrappy :-)

Has it improved? Yes, the uninstall is more reliable and doesn't leave behind a corrupted mess requiring a witch doctor to remove. Does it still piss me off? Yes, I still remove it at the first signs of annoyance.

For one example, people get quite tired of having to change their incoming email server to mail.their_isp.com from 127.0.0.1 at every session when the email scanning invariably malfunctions. I disable it, and disable the spam filtering and it still keeps getting changed. Off it comes, the whole kit and kaboodle.

The only thing I seem to have trouble removing, is the McAfee Security Center itself, when it thinks that it still has components installed. If it won't uninstall after uninstalling all the individual components, you have to go to c:\program files\mcrappy.com\agent\app directory and delete any remaining .adf files. Then the McAfee Security Center will uninstall. That in itself isn't a big deal, it doesn't harm the system if people can't get that removed (you can still install another antivirus program).