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I don't know if you've already solved your problem but I just now solved the
same one you are having. You can stop Mcafee by going into the internet
option on your internet and turning off the phishing filter. That should stop
it. Sorry if this came too late for you!

"technerd" wrote:

> McAfee doesn't give option of disabling it; maybe it did in the good old days.
>
> "BurrWalnut" wrote:
>
> > It's a long time since I used it so my terminology may be wrong but I'm sure
> > you'll get my drift!
> >
> > Right-click the icon in the system tray, which should open the security
> > center (or similar wording). Now stop/exit/disable any of the modules that
> > are running.
> >
> > "technerd" wrote:
> >
> > > How do I stop McAfee from running? By removing it with 'Remove Programs'? And
> > > how do I disable email integration?
> > >
> > > "Peter Foldes" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Make sure MacAfee is not running and the email integration is disabled. Also try deleting in Safe mode using the tool they supplied
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> > > > Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
> > > >
> > > > "technerd" <technerd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0B04C412-EC91-4992-B62B-BCE4FF32B722@microsoft.com...
> > > > > McAfee security system, which came with my computer, is causing all kinds of
> > > > > problems with my email, so I am trying to uninstall it to replace it with
> > > > > something else, like Avast or AVG. However, after using computer's Add/remove
> > > > > program, followed by the removal tool from McAfee, I get an error message
> > > > > saying, 'Cleanup Failed. Cleanup is already running.'
> > > > > Initially, McAfee's helpline told me to uninstall and reinstall McAfee and
> > > > > that would solve my problems but it only made them worse. (This was after
> > > > > walking me thru a zillion other steps, wasting my entire morning and ruining
> > > > > my day!)
> > > > > McAfee told me I should just use their removal tool, not Add/Remove to
> > > > > uninstall and they also sent me a link to reinstall.
> > > > > So now I am trying to get rid of McAfee altogether and have not tried
> > > > > Add/Remove, only the removal tool they sent me, but I get that 'cleanup
> > > > > failed' error message. Help! What should I do now?
> > > >