McAfee AntiVirus
- Network Associates
- Dawson College
- Uninstalling McAfee
- Warning!!! McAfee makes it very difficult to uninstall. McAfee has files scattered all over the hard disk.
- Error: "The specified resource language ID cannot be found in the image file" C:\WINNT\System32\...\avsmcpa.dll
- Solution: delete C:\WINNT\System32\avsmcpa.dll
- Installation & Setup
- Trial Versions
- Danger: If you install an evaluation version (e.g. v98i402e.zip), you will notice the e at the end of the filename. McAfee will not allow you to update the DAT file which includes the latest data required to detect and kill the latest viruses. McAfee hides this in the small print: "You may not, however, update VirusScan evaluation copies ... You will not be able to update your DAT files with the evaluation release." The licensed version has an l (letter L) at the end of the filename (e.g. v98402l.zip).
- McAfee.com (30-day trial, then US$50)
- Patches & Updates & Downloads
- ActiveX
- The Internet filter function of McAfee 5.x (ActiveX filter) is not compatible with the new ActiveX functionality of MSIE6.
Solutions:
1. Revert to MSIE 5.5
- 2. Switch off the AciveX filter function in the Internet Filter of McAfee.
- Comments:
- May not catch all viruses (e.g. Klez)
- "We have found that the reason that McAfee runs slow is that there are versions conflicts. Old software remaining McAfee software remaining on the system interfered with the new version. Uninstalling the old software was no easy task. It required manually deleting files and making registry changes. McAfee knows about this. They are the ones who told me what to delete and the new version automatically uninstalls any old software before installing the new." - Lee Trucks - Posted At: 13:45 GMT 10/25/200
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