McAfee firewall still active after uninstall?

My Dell laptop came loaded with McAfee Personal Firewall. After uninstalling, Vista Security Center is still showing it as installed and on in addition to Norton 360 which I installed. How can I get Vista to recognize that McAfee Firewall is not on?

Hi John and Welcome to VistaX64.com!

Here are the removal instructions direct from McAfee when Add/Remove programs fails to remove Personal Firewall Plus.Manual Uninstall of Personal Firewall Plus

Please follow the instructions below to run the Personal Firewall Plus removal tool. This will completely remove Personal Firewall Plus from your computer.

1. Download and save the MPFCleanupTool.exe to your desktop. Download Here: http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MPFCleanupTool.exe

2. Locate MPFCleanupTool.exe on your desktop and right-click and select "Run as Administrator" to launch.

3. The removal tool will schedule and display a time when the removal process will begin.
Note: The displayed time should be within one minute of the current system time shown in the bottom right side of the screen.

-Removal will begin at the displayed time.

4. During this process, several icons will be created on your desktop. All of these new icons, except one, will be removed when the uninstall is complete and the computer has been restarted. The file mccleanup.log will remain on the desktop. Once you have verified the removal was successful, you can delete this file.

6. When finished, the following message will be displayed: ""The machine must reboot to complete the uninstallation. Reboot now?""

7. Press "Y" on your keyboard to restart your computer and complete the removal process.

If Personal Firewall Plus is the only McAfee service installed on your computer, uninstall SecurityCenter. Guide Here: Default PLESK Page

If all else fails your best bet would be to try and reinstall the application and then remove it.