It adds red, yellow and green icons to your browser and search engines results. Just push through their scare tactics when it informs you that you will no longer be protected.McAfee Site Advisor is a web safety tool that identifies websites that are linked to spyware, adware, spam, viruses, browser-based attacks, phishing, or online fraud. You shouldn’t have any trouble getting rid of it. It’s as simple as uninstalling the program the normal way, through Programs and Features in the Control Panel (or Add/Remove Programs for Windows XP). Do yourself a favor and keep your computer clean. As long as you have a good antivirus running and your firewall is enabled, you’re mostly fine, regardless of whatever marketing-speak they throw at you when you try to uninstall it. Windows has all the same alerts already built in. Should I Uninstall McAfee Security Scan?Īs much as I despise products like McAfee Security Scan, I can’t tell you it’s bad for your computer. Really, it’s just a form of advertising, and a very effective one I’d guess. It’s a halfhearted pseudo-security solution that’s used as an excuse to put McAfee products in front of your eyes. It won’t even remove any malware should it find any. It’s not antivirus, nor does it really protect your computer from anything. McAfee Security Scan is what we in the know like to call “bloatware” or “junkware” or “crapware” or any other number of technical-sounding terms. Windows performs most of these functions already, but McAfee Security Scan makes these alerts more prominent. It checks the status of your firewall, antivirus, and scans your web history and objects currently running in memory for malware. It’s official purpose is to “analyze” your defenses and tell you if your computer is vulnerable. You should read every window before clicking the Next button so that stuff like this doesn’t happen. The problem is, most people don’t read what the instructions say when they install a program and just click Next until the program is installed. When you install one of these programs that has McAfee Security Scan included, it gives you the ability to opt out. Programs like Java and Adobe Flashplayer frequently come with extra “bloatware” like McAfee Security Scan because they typically get paid nicely for it. Most likely it came bundled with other software you installed. You probably didn’t install it on purpose. So who did put it on there and why do they think you need it? How Did McAfee Security Scan Get On My Computer? Chances are that you’ve had this installed on your computer once or twice and wondered where in the world-wide-web it came from. More than likely, this desktop icon looks familiar to you.

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