McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool

I always used to shy away from companies that provided customers with tools to completely remove their products from a computer system. Two notorious companies that provide those tools are Symantec / Norton with their Norton Removal Tool and McAfee with their Consumer Product Removal Tool. These tools are indispensable when removing Norton or McAfee software products from a computer system.

The last time I used one was when I bought a new laptop which had all kinds of trialware installed. The McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool removes all 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 versions of McAfee consumer products including trial versions.

The tool works on all Windows NT systems including Windows XP and Windows Vista. The interesting aspect is that McAfee recommends to remove the product from the Remove Programs option in Windows before running the cleanup tool.

After removing the McAfee product from the Remove Programs option in Windows the McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool has to be used to remove any files, folders and Registry keys that have not been removed by the default Windows uninstallation process.

Windows Vista users have to start MCPR.exe as administrators by right-clicking the file and selecting Run As Administrator from the menu.

If the cleanup fails a Cleanup Unsuccessful notification appears that provides access to a detailed log file. A simple text document that can be analyzed or send to McAfee support for further details.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Wednesday August 20, 2008 -
Tags:cleanup, mcafee, MCPR.exe, symantec, uninstall mcafee, uninstall norton, Windows

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1. Dante says:

   August 20, 2008 at 5:54 pm

   I wouldn’t worry too much over left over registries from McAfee. They’re harmless based on my experience. But left over programs from Norton is a pisser. Especially since Norton has a history of leaving open back doors so that they may update your product easier, for your own good.

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2. garbanzo says:

   August 21, 2008 at 11:41 am

   this is good to know, thanks a lot!

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3. max says:

   December 2, 2008 at 5:20 pm

   ok

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4. Anonymous says:

   June 29, 2009 at 11:34 am

   rimuovere il mcafree

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