Solution Work Environment :
McAfee Agent 5.x.
Virus Scan Enterprise 8.x.
Solution :
Perform the below steps to forcefully remove McAfee Agent and all McAfee product from your computer.
1. Login with administrator credential in client machine.
2. Open command prompt in Elevated mode. Start > cmd > Run as administrator
3. Run the frminst.exe inside the McAfee Agent installed directory with the forceuninstall switch.
Type command in CMD
“c:\Program Files\McAfee\Agent\FrmInst.exe” /forceuninstall
OR
“c:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework” /FrmInst.exe” /forceuninstall
4. If getting any error while uninstalling mcafee agent. Disable all mcafee services as like
If service will not be disable then login with safe mode and disable service and perform next step in safe mode only.
Go to Service.MSc
Remove all the registry :
HKEY_LCOAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
mfeaack,mfeaacsk,mfeapfk,mfeavfk,mfeavfk01,mfeavfk02,mfeelamk,mfefire,mfefirek,mfehidk,mfemms,mfeplk,mferkdet,mfectp,mfewfpk (Delete all services which started from mf……names in registry path only)
5. Remove McAfee folder from following path also.
C:\ProgramData\McAfee
C:\Program Files\McAfee
6. Repeat step 3 and remove all mcafee product from machine. VSE can also remove from control panel also.
7. Reboot workstation after remove McAfee product.
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