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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
I'm trying to remove McAfee Security Centre from my PC, which I no longer need. When I try to delete it, I get a message that "legacy program must be removed first." What does this mean and how do I do this?
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Programs like Norton and McAfee are notorious for being impossible to remove. This is the primary reason I tell people to avoid these two products (and the one from Telus... ick).
You can remove McAfee manually, but it's a little messy:
- Run "msconfig"
- In the Startup and Service tabs, un-check any entries dealing with McAfee. Don't reboot yet.
- Delete any entries from your startup folder (in Programs on the Start Bar)
- Reboot. McAfee should not be running at this point.
- Delete the McAfee application directory on your computer. I don't know the exact path but it's likely it's in C:\Program Files\...
- Run the Uninstall from the Add/Remove Programs portion of Control Panel. It should error out, but allow you to remove the link.
That *should* clean it off the system, but I know it will leave some stuff behind in the windows directory.
Keep in mind though that I advise this for older (> 2 years) versions of McAfee/Norton. I don't have much experience with the newer ones which may do some more advanced stuff involving root kits and driver installations.