I was so sick of the damn pop ups, notifications, and banners (even after turning them all off) that I switched to another service.

Despite uninstalling McAfee and anything listed in Windows with that name AND removing all plugins in my browser, I'm STILL getting goddamn McAfee popups.

Any ideas how to nuke McAfee and go all scorched earth on this? I'm in Windows 11.

They have there own removal tool (MCPR) that has worked for me.
https://www.mcafee.com/support...l&shell=article-view

A concise solution in 25 min! This place rocks.

I just used it; we'll see how it goes now!

Thanks!

You would have found the solution quicker if you would have just searched for "completely remove McAfee" in any search engine.

Norton and Mcaffee, in my experience, are malware themselves. I’d sooner take my chances with viruses in the wild than install one of these two.

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Originally posted by Paten:
You would have found the solution quicker if you would have just searched for "completely remove McAfee" in any search engine.

And only another 90 minutes for the only-too-predictable useless response!

Good thing I’m not a complete retard and spent at least 30 minutes Googling this without ever seeing the removal tool mentioned and unsuccessfully trying other internet-posted solutions instead!

Keep on trucking, SIG Forum!

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Originally posted by konata88:
Norton and Mcaffee, in my experience, are malware themselves. I’d sooner take my chances with viruses in the wild than install one of these two.

I know, it was a last minute discounted decision. I went with Bit Defender. Happy so far.

I've only run Windows Security or whatever they call the built-in stuff for probably 4-5 years now. If you're careful about what you click and where you visit I think it isn't worth it. They steal your money and most are absolute resource hogs.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
Good thing I’m not a complete retard and spent at least 30 minutes Googling this without ever seeing the removal tool mentioned and unsuccessfully trying other internet-posted solutions instead!

It was in the very first link for me when I searched in Duck Duck Go.

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Originally posted by MikeNH:
I've only run Windows Security or whatever they call the built-in stuff for probably 4-5 years now. If you're careful about what you click and where you visit I think it isn't worth it. They steal your money and most are absolute resource hogs.

That's been my solution for several years now. Zero virus-related problems.

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Originally posted by konata88:
Norton and Mcaffee, in my experience, are malware themselves.

I could not agree MORE, konata!!

In one of my previous lives, I worked in IT back in the mid-90's into the early 2000's. My buddy and I supported the Network (Novell NetWare...remember that??) and the desktop applications for the company for whom we worked. Most office systems were Windows 3.1 with a spattering of a few Apple products.

We surmised even back then that Norton, McAfee, Malware Bytes, et. al., were the source of the malware and viruses themselves so they could justify and support their own product for being on the market in the first place.

When I upgraded to Windows 10 on my home system, I researched and decided I would just stick with Windows Defender for virus/malware detection; I don't think I've EVER had a notice or pop-up that a virus was found...been on this system for YEARS. Of course I'm pretty good about not clicking on shady links and I don't open e-mails from people I don't know or from whom I was not expecting an e-mail. So there's that...

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My buddy and I supported the Network (Novell NetWare...remember that??)

{shudder} 802.3 10base2 cabling nightmares.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
In one of my previous lives, I worked in IT back in the mid-90's into the early 2000's. My buddy and I supported the Network (Novell NetWare...remember that??) ...

Heh. I remember it. I avoided it.

Had a development group from a company we bought try to force me to support it when we brought them into our main facility. I refused.

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Originally posted by smschulz:
{shudder} 802.3 10base2 cabling nightmares.

I remember 10base2. What a PITA. All it would take is for somebody rearranging things in their office or cubical to remove the connector from their network card to trash an entire 10base2 segment.

That would occasionally trigger broadcast storms that would bring the entire LAN to its knees. (You should've seen what those looked like on a network traffic analyzer. Wow.)

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
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We surmised even back then that Norton, McAfee, Malware Bytes, et. al., were the source of the malware and viruses themselves so they could justify and support their own product for being on the market in the first place.
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I have to disagree about Malware Bytes. At least the free version I use on my MacBook. First I don’t use real time protection. Instead, I do this once a day:
* Disconnect from the Internet.
* Run a Malware Bytes scan.
* After a clean report, I connect my backup disk and command a backup.
* Eject my backup disk.
* Reconnect to the Internet.
That way I have good confidence that all of my backups are clean. And no resources are consumed by Malware Bytes other than the space it occupies on my disk.