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Vilis Veritas

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8. McAfee is the worst. They are actually tagged as malicious in my book.

Reply to JenniferJuniper (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 06:52 AM

Mar 2017

McAfee will leave some traces (.dll) that are not removed during uninstall of OEM installs of McAfee and which sometimes prevents the install of other virus protection programs, until that piece is removed.

You have to get the removal tool from McAfee.

Just Google McAfee MCPR and it should bring up the page as first hit.

Peace

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