McAfee virus how to get rid if it?

[ericmark]

I accidentally have it seems down loaded McAfee which is now popping up all the time, any ideas how to get rid of this virus?

 

[Jurassicspark]

Mcafee is not a virus it is an antivirus software. You might have downloaded a free version or you could have installed a fake 'virus' one.
If your willing to uninstall it click on start, search control panel and you will see an option where you can uninstall all apps. Select Mcafee and click on uninstall.

 

[ericmark]

That's what I thought, but not in the app list, it may be intended as an antivirus but since unwanted and was downloaded with camera software now deleted, this is what I get, click on it and then full screen, then there is a close option, but can't find any way to remove the advert popping up, so it is a virus, but my virus checker does not see it as a virus so will not remove it. This is is the screen I get before I can turn it off, I would never buy a virus checker which does that. It is a virus in its self.

 

[Jurassicspark]

Click on Don't show this again.
On the bottom of the second picture.

It's probably bloatware - apps which have been pre installed by the manufacturer.

 

[Odds]

That's a blast from the past. I thought McAfee was extinct - is AOL still around, i wonder? That was always a pest to remove in the days of yore.

 

[Jurassicspark]

That's a blast from the past. I thought McAfee was extinct

McAfee is now owned by Windows Defender.
Norton bought McAfee back in circa 2017, now Microsoft bought it a couple of months back.

 

[old duffer]

move over to a linux distro

 

[flameport]

That's what I thought, but not in the app list,

The app you want to remove is 'PC App Store'.
Not McAfee.

 

[ericmark]

Thank you, after repeated attempts finally got it to stop coming up. Although still shows as being there.

 

[ericmark]

Spoke too soon, found it shown corner here

by clicking close down it allows the removal of PC_App_Store folder in the C:\Users\User\AppData\Local folder, but still shows as being installed with the apps

and an attempt to delete comes up with

and says I have a virus, all seems to work OK for a time, then it returns.

 

[IT Minion]

Mcafee is not a virus

You've clearly never tried to uninstall it.

Redirecting

 

[opps]

Download MCPR.exe (it is the official McAfee removal tool)- https://download.mcafee.com/molbin/iss-loc/SupportTools/MCPR/MCPR.exe

More info

https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS101331&page=shell&shell=article-view

 

[footprints]

As said go to the official McAfee site and download their removal tool.