Help me remove adaware se personal (temporarily)

Customer

• October 11, 1163 03:00

I love ad-aware. I am trying to upgrade my McAfee protection and it does not like Ad-aware and it is hiding on my computer some where. I have reomved Ad-aware from the control panel and searched thru the c drive and the registry but the McAfee install disc is still finding it somewhere on my computer. I need an uninstall tool for ad-aware. Does anyone know where to find such a thing?

LariHHP

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  Customer

  • June 08, 2021 13:50

  
  

  @LariHHP ...

   

  This LS forum post may help

  http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=28

   

  This topic gives more background

  http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=4157

   

  Edit by Admin: unrelated comment removed. You may contact me privately if needed, but please stay ON TOPIC

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  Customer

  • June 08, 2021 13:50

  
  

  Hi LariHHP,

   

  Those are good links that normmork gave you.

   

  However, this is an issue with McAfee that has been going on since June - see this (long) Topic: McAfee recommends removal of SE Plus

   

  McAfee's new scanning engine was (is?) forcing the removal of both ZoneAlarm and Ad-Aware. In September a patch was released that was supposed to correct the problem.

  Contained in the above Topic are links to various posts:

   

  - New "upgrade" questions

   

  - I want ad-aware back! (This one contains regedit instructions to enable the removal of all traces of Ad-Aware. As always, be very careful when using regedit).

   

  - McAffee Update wants to remove Ad-Aware? (this one is from www.dslreports.com)

   

  Check through those posts - particularly the one with the registry modification instructions (just back up the registry before making any changes to it !) - you may then be able to remove enough traces of Ad-Aware to enable installation of McAfee.

   

  A question that a lot of those posters had - why should you have to remove a perfectly legitimate product with which McAfee co-existed so well with, for such a long period?

   

  Regards,

   

  Spike

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  Customer

  • June 08, 2021 13:50

  
  

  My original suggestion seems to have disappeared into Cyberspace, so I'll try again ...

   

  @LariHHP ...

   

  The McAfee/Lavasoft situation is quite vexing for users who wish to have BOTH programs installed on their computers.

   

  I'd suggest you post a thread at McAfee (or search their forum) to see if anyone over there has any ideas:

  http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php

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