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So today it really ticked me off when my wife’s laptop was all bogged down by yet another program. Apparently UVSC/UVU/UVSUCK decided to force her to download and install their McAfee Enterprise virus protection instead of the AVG one we have been using. Well even after installing, clean access wouldn’t let her through. So all of this for nothing! Now for the fun part, trying to uninstall McAfee. I went online and looked on the official support website for McAfee and found nothing. I opened up a support chat and was told they couldn’t help and to call some 800 number. WHY!?!? Sooo then I found a website with specific helpful instructions which I would like to share with you. After all, you are reading this post because you too are interested in removing McAfee. If I can help one person, it was worth my time. Props to THIS website for the info.

Uninstall McAfee ePO Agent (3.6) and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5i
For installations prior to Mar. 5 2007 for faculty and staff for XP

Note: First you will need to remove the ePO Agent, otherwise it will continue to try to install. Then you can add/remove the McAfee
 program. Ensure you have administrator privileges.

1. Right-click on the McAfee shield in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen (the tray).
2. Left-click to select 'VirusScan Console' from the list.
3. In the console highlight 'Access Protection'. Right-click and select 'Disable' to disable Access Protection.
4. Go to 'Start' then select 'Run' from the start menu.
5. In the text area type 'cmd'
6. A black MS-DOS prompt will appear.
7. Enter the drive letter of the appropriate installation (typically c:)
8. Enter the command 'cd\' to navigate to the root folder
9. Navigate to the McAfee Directory, typically C:\Program Files\Network Associates\Common Framework or
C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework You can follow the steps below.
10. Type 'cd Pro[tab]' where [tab] denotes hitting the tab key. You should see cd "Program Files". Continue to hit the tab key
 if this is not displayed.
11. Now type '\netw[tab]'. You should see cd "Program Files\Network Associates". Continue to hit the tab key if this is not displayed.
12. Now type '\Com[tab]'. You should see cd "Program Files\Network Associates\Common Framework". Continue to hit the tab key if this
 is not displayed.
13. Hit the enter key to change the directory.
14. Now that you are in the proper directory type the following command to uninstall the ePO agent: 'FrmInst.exe /forceuninstall'.
15. A pop-up should be displayed and give you the status of the uninstall.
16. You should see a message similar to 'setup completed successfully'. Click 'OK'
17. Go back to the start menu and select 'Control Panel'
18. From the control panel window select 'Add/Remove Programs'.
19. In the list select 'McAfee VirusScan Enterprise'. Click 'Remove' to begin the uninstall process
20. Once the uninstall completes, you should reboot the computer.