McAfee SiteAdvisor scans and tests various web sites and reports on which web sites are safe to browse and which are infected with malware and spyware. Although the software promotes safe browsing, there can be many reasons for you to want to uninstall McAfee SiteAdvisor.
- The program is known to raise several false positives that might frustrate users.
- The software might slow down your Internet access speed.
- The installation files of the software may get corrupted and start generating errors.
- You would like to use some other similar software.
There are many ways in which you can remove McAfee SiteAdvisor from your computer. Let’s have a look at some of them.
Method 1: Uninstall Using Add or Remove Programs
This is the most common method to uninstall any software in Windows.
- Launch the Add or Remove Programs utility from the Control Panel. You can also launch it quickly by running the appwiz.cpl command.
- Here, search for McAfee Site Advisor and select it.
- Click Remove.
- Follow the instructions to complete the removal process.
Method 2: Uninstall Using McAfee Consumer Products Removal
McAfee Consumer Products Removal or MCPR.exe is a removal tool developed by McAfee to ensure complete removal of their products from user computers. You may use this tool, if the McAfee SiteAdvisor fails to uninstall using the Add or Remove Programs utility.
- Download the MCPR.exe tool from McAfee Web site.
- Save it on your Desktop for easy accessibility.
- Double-click MCPR.exe to start the removal process. In case you are on a Windows Vista computer, right-click the MCPR.exe file and then choose Run ad Administrator.
- The tool will automatically detect all McAfee installations on your computer and remove them.
- After the Cleanup Successful message displays, restart your PC to complete the removal process.
In case removal using the MCPR.exe process fails, the Cleanup Unsuccessful message may be displayed on your computer. In this case, on the Cleanup Unsuccessful dialog box, click View Logs. Save this file as MCPR_currentDate.txt. Where currentDate is the date on the day you view and save the MCPR log. Send this log to McAfee Technical Support for resolution.
If the message Cleanup Unsuccessful is displayed, follow the steps below to view and save your MCPR log files for analysis by Technical Support.
Method 3: Uninstall McAfee SiteAdvisor Using Perfect Uninstaller
Perfect Uninstaller is a third-party program removal utility that facilitates complete removal of software from Windows computer. You can easily download and install this tool on your computer and then use it to uninstall McAfee SiteAdvisor in just a few mouse clicks.
One advantage of this tool is that it enables you to remove half-installed or half-uninstalled software from your computer. Now suppose your McAfee SiteAdvisor installation or uninstallation process fails. You may use the Perfect Uninstaller tool in the following way to get rid of the McAfee SiteAdvisor files on your computer:
- Run Perfect Uninstaller.
- Navigate to one of the following directories where McAfee files are stored:
- C:\Program Files\McAfee
- C:\Program Files\McAfee.com
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee
- Right-click the folder you select, and then click Force Uninstall.
- Follow the displayed instructions to complete the removal process.
- Repeat the steps for the other two McAfee directories.
Remember that you need to perform a forced uninstall only if the installation files of the software on your computer are incomplete or corrupt. If there is no such issue, you just need to select the program you want to remove, and click Uninstall to remove it from your computer.
You may follow up your software removal tasks with a thorough registry scan using a reliable registry tool, such as RegGenie. This tool will weed out any orphaned registry entries and ensure complete software removal.