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  • #1

    Raaagh! Irv smash!

    I am so freaking pissed right now. I am ready to chuck my laptop out the window, run it over with my car, smash it with a sledgehammer, and light the pieces on fire for good measure.

    I purchased a copy of McAfee VirusScan Plus with SiteAdvisor for my laptop. I spent close to 4 hours downloading all the needed information (47 MB or so over a dial-up connection).

    Then when that was finished I went to install it and was told I had to remove an incompatible program. I have a Trend Micro PC-cillin firewall that evidently needs to be removed.

    AND THIS GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING SON OF A BITCH COMPUTER WILL NOT UNINSTALL IT!!!

    I mean, the uninstaller program makes it look like it's doing something, but when I restart the computer it's still there.

    So basically, I've wasted the money I spent on the McAfee program and the time spent to download everything. If I finally do figure out to get rid of the PC-cillin program I'll have to download McAfee all over again.

    Would anybody have any idea why a program would not uninstall when asked to? I've tried about 5 times already and I have no more patience left.
    Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

    "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily
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  • #2
    My wild ass guess would be it's not uninstalling because it's not compatible with McAffee...

    A light attack of google-fu suggests

    http://esupport.trendmicro.com/suppo...2&id=EN-121942
    ludo ergo sum

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    • #3
      All I can say is I'm suprised you bought McAfee...
      A PSA, if I may, as well as another.

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      • #4
        I used the PCCTool as described in rvdammit's link and it uninstalled. Evrything is working fine now. Thank you.

        All I can say is I'm suprised you bought McAfee...
        Yeah, it may not be much, but it's better than nothing, which was what I had for too long.
        Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

        "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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        • #5
          Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
          Yeah, it may not be much, but it's better than nothing, which was what I had for too long.
          You could have got AVG for free, I use it (and know a fair few others here do too) and it's not let a single virus in yet (touches wood)
          A PSA, if I may, as well as another.

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          • #6
            Quoth crazylegs View Post
            You could have got AVG for free, I use it (and know a fair few others here do too) and it's not let a single virus in yet (touches wood)
            i too use avg, and install it on all the machines i build, repair, resurrect.and some just to see if it will work on the ancient pos. ive had a total of 72 viri try to hit me and got snagged by avg, had norton for a while, tried mcafee, ultimately went with avg because of that exact issue. the big ones are a pita to get rid of completely. norton leaves registry hooks that have to be cleaned up, mcafee is a resource hog on top of being clunky (to me). avg is thin and prety ok, enough glad you got it working,
            This is a drama-free zone; violators will be slapped. -Irving Patrick Freleigh
            my blog:http://steeledragon.wordpress.com/

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            • #7
              AVG let couple of virus's in on mine. But it was not updated. Now I run for updates once a day
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              • #8
                Quoth crazylegs View Post
                All I can say is I'm suprised you bought McAfee...
                I agree. It used to be a good product, but now it's so damned bloated that I refuse to use it, even though I could get it for free from Comcast.

                I use Avast myself, although I hear AVG is also good.
                Sometimes life is altered.
                Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
                Uneasy with confrontation.
                Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

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