Monday, 23 January 2017

Remove McAfee Agent

There are times when it is impossible to remove the McAfee agent from a machine when it is in "Managed Mode". You'll attempt to, but the appropriate error message will be displayed.

To get around this issue, the agent needs to be uninstalled via the trusty Command Line:

1) Open a command prompt
2) Change directory to the McAfee Framework directory:
   a) For 32-bit systems: cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\Common Framework"
   b) For 64-bit systems: cd "C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework"
3) Execute the Following Command: frminst.exe /remove=agent 

In most instances, this uninstalls the McAfee Agent.  However, at the very least, it will place the Agent in "Unmanaged Mode", meaning it can now be uninstalled via "Control Panel" / "Programs and Features".

If all else fails, and I do mean ALL ELSE, you can follow the steps in this McAfee KB Article:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB75902

4 comments:

  1. thanks brian I had tried to unistall the software to get an updated version I had such a difficult time thanks for sharing this information I will try it out hope it works

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