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myLot reputation of 69/100. miamilady (2490)   ranked 3,160 out of 6,370 in computer 3 years ago

This thing friggin pops up on my computer every few months and hangs around for several days. It doesn't seem to be doing anything other than cause my computer to SLOW DOWN. It's been here for two days now. When I move my cursor over to the little green box it says 0% complete. It really seems to be accomplishing NOTHING but irritating me!

Do you have this on your computer?
Does it actually DO anything?
Is there a way to make it go away??

 

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1. rikiluna (47)   ranked 2,122 out of 6,370 in computer   3 years ago

Yes Yes

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2. myLot reputation of 92/100. ORyansBelt2012 (2111)   3 years ago

Try right clicking on it maybe and see if there's an EXIT prompt. I get that with the AOL updates. I don't get the McAfee thing anymore - used to though. It just stopped coming after awhile. Yes sir... I'm getting pretty good at tarping up in the rain. Got it up and tied down in about a minute.


myLot reputation of 92/100. ORyansBelt2012 (2111)  3 years ago

Try this...

Removal through the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel

In many cases, you can simply remove McAfee products through the Add/Remove Control Panel.

1) Click on Start, Click on Control Panel
2) Double-click on Add or Remove Programs
3) Find the Network Associates or McAfee product listed and click on it. It should look similar to the following
4) Click on Change/Remove
5) You'll see a screen similar to the one below. Place a checkmark next to each McAfee product you wish to remove and click Remove
6) You'll see a warning message, click on the Remove button
7) .The removal process will start showing each program being removed, then it will ask to restart the computer. Go ahead and reboot after the removal process is finished.
8) After rebooting McAfee should be removed from your system.
Here's the link to the site if this doesn't do it.
http://www.pchell.com/virus/uninstallmcafee.shtml
Hope this helps.


myLot reputation of 92/100. ORyansBelt2012 (2111)  3 years ago

Just curious. Did it work?


myLot reputation of 69/100. miamilady (2490)   ranked 3,160 out of 6,370 in computer  3 years ago

It did work. Thank you!!!
Of course, you could have just said "go to 'remove programs'". I think I could have figured out the rest myself. I SHOULD have figured it ALL out by myself. I can't believe I've been dealing with this for the past three years. It popped up about every 3 months, I think.


myLot reputation of 92/100. ORyansBelt2012 (2111)  3 years ago

(Tips white Cowboy hat and climbs on horse) That's what I'm here for m'am. Now I must ride off into the sunset until the whenever that time comes where I'm needed again.

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3. ctais_phoenix (54)   ranked 580 out of 6,370 in computer   3 years ago

Sorry to hear this.I don't have any McAfee products.I have the home edition of Avast antivirus.If it dose nothing but slow down your computer,I think you can get it out of your computer.

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4. myLot reputation of 76/100. DavidReedy (1739)   ranked 5,544 out of 6,370 in computer   3 years ago

Never had that, look forward to the responses, though. I bought some stuff from Pareto, was supposed to boost performance, add security, all kinds of stuff... Well, it highjacked my computer, and after having a Norton guy help me out, and removing all kinds of stuff on my own, my pc is still jacked--be careful what you use, caveat emptor or something, that's the lesson we all learn.


myLot reputation of 69/100. miamilady (2490)   ranked 3,160 out of 6,370 in computer  3 years ago

Thanks for the post. I know what you mean about your computer being hijacked. That's kind of how this felt. Something similar happened to me at work a few years back. I was a new employee, I was online for some reason and I had a pesky "pop-up"
I finally clicked on it and it sort of took over for a while. I was in a mild panic (being new and just back into the work force) . Somehow I mananged to get rid of it.

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5. myLot reputation of 95/100. zeloguy (2397)   ranked 918 out of 6,370 in computer   3 years ago

First thing you can do is to go into your Control Panel and then see if the program is listed in programs to Uninstall. If not then you can at least go into the running programs (right-click the taskbar and choose Task Manager then choose Porcesses) and then click press DEL on your computer and that will at least stop it while the computer is on.

Otherwise you need to get into the registry to take it out and that is something I do not recommend a novice do.

Thanks

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