#Is this safe to delete?

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wary coral
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@crisp solar why not just uninstall it from settings or control panel?

crisp solar
wary coral
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McAfee is many things, virus probably not...

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Your on Windows 11 correct?

crisp solar
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Yes

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It just randomly appeared one day

wary coral
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You running a prebuilt?

crisp solar
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no

wary coral
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ok. So do the keyboard shortcut Windows + i

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this will open settings. Click on "Apps"

crisp solar
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ok

wary coral
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Then "Installed Apps"

crisp solar
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installed apps?

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ok

wary coral
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yeah search for mcafee there

crisp solar
wary coral
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yup typically it installs 2-3 modules

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thats one of them

crisp solar
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ok

wary coral
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click the meatballs and uninstall

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check for any other modules installed and then reboot

crisp solar
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I uninstalled it

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how do I check for different modules will they all be named mcafee?

wary coral
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Once you verify and reboot, we can open task manager to verify no McAfee processes are running

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yes all are named that

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or contain mcafee

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its typically Mcafee internet security and the webadvisor

crisp solar
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that was the only app but I still have a file named mcafee

wary coral
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reboot

crisp solar
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thank you

wary coral
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If still there, delete the folder

crisp solar
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its not there anymore thank you for your help

wary coral
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sweet

grim bobcat
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youd be better off with a virus than mcafee

wary coral
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Well according to quantum mechanics its both a virus and not a virus