McAfee antivirus vista

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I am using AVG 8.0 free antivirus on my Vista laptop...When I went to
the Vista Security center, it said that McAfee antivirus was on...I
uninstalled it when I 1st got my laptop so I could use AVG free(it was
version 7.5) then....how can McAfee antivirus be on if it's not
installed on my laptop??? I check the add/remove programs, and it
didn't show up...just wondering...doesn't seem like a big deal, but
just making sure..
 
mooky said:
I am using AVG 8.0 free antivirus on my Vista laptop...When I went to
the Vista Security center, it said that McAfee antivirus was on...I
uninstalled it when I 1st got my laptop so I could use AVG free(it was
version 7.5) then....how can McAfee antivirus be on if it's not
installed on my laptop??? I check the add/remove programs, and it
didn't show up...just wondering...doesn't seem like a big deal, but
just making sure..
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It is a common issue that Security Center thinks an older antivirus is still
installed. It is particularly common when the older antivirus is an
obnoxious invasive one such as McAfee or Norton. You just need to rebuild
the repository.

Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator. Type the following
command:

winmgmt /salvagerepository

The first time you run this it will fail. It will issue stop commands to
the services causing it to fail. It might take a couple minutes for the
services to shut down. Run the command again and reboot your system.

If the above doesn't work, do the following from an elevated cmd prompt:

net stop winmgmt [enter]
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter]
ren repository repository.old [enter]
net start winmgmt [enter]

Malke
 
mooky said:
I am using AVG 8.0 free antivirus on my Vista laptop...When I went to
the Vista Security center, it said that McAfee antivirus  was on...I
uninstalled it when I 1st got my laptop so I could use AVG free(it was
version 7.5) then....how can McAfee antivirus be on if it's not
installed on my laptop??? I check the add/remove programs, and it
didn't show up...just wondering...doesn't seem like a big deal, but
just making sure..
Click to expand...

It is a common issue that Security Center thinks an older antivirus is still
installed. It is particularly common when the older antivirus is an
obnoxious invasive one such as McAfee or Norton. You just need to rebuild
the repository.

Right-click Command Prompt and Run as Administrator.  Type the following
command:

winmgmt /salvagerepository

The first time you run this it will fail.  It will issue stop commands to
the services causing it to fail.  It might take a couple minutes for the
services to shut down.  Run the command again and reboot your system.

If the above doesn't work, do the following from an elevated cmd prompt:

net stop winmgmt [enter]
cd /d %windir%\system32\wbem [enter]
ren repository repository.old [enter]
net start winmgmt [enter]

Malke
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I did the 1st command you typed and the cmd prompt said WMI repository
is consistent....so did it work?
 
OK...I did the 2nd commands you posted and now on the cmd prompt it
says the windows management service is started and that it started
successfully..the security center says no antivirus found...so I
clicked on I have an antivirus that I'll monitor myself...I am
assuming all is working right...
 
mooky said:
I did the 1st command you typed and the cmd prompt said WMI repository
is consistent....so did it work?
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No. Do the second part of the process.

Malke
 
No. Do the second part of the process.

Malke
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Oh wait...just noticed after posting a few secs ago that it did show
up with me telling you I did the 2nd part of the process in the post
above yours..thanks for the help.
 
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