Preparing to Install the Client Software
The chapter explains how to prepare computers on your network before installing the client
software.
Contents
Uninstalling active virus protection software
Uninstalling active firewall software
Configuring your browser
Installing the standalone installation agent
Uninstalling active virus protection software
Other virus protection software might conflict with the advanced features of McAfee virus
protection. When multiple virus scanning engines try to access the same files on your computer,
they interfere with each other. Use this task to uninstall existing virus protection software before
installing the Total Protection Service virus and spyware protection. (There is no need to uninstall
an existing installation of Total Protection Service.)
Total Protection Service automatically detects some virus protection software during installation.
It can uninstall some of these products during installation, and it prompts you to uninstall other
products manually. If you are notified of existing virus protection software on a computer during
installation, you must uninstall it before installing Total Protection Service.
For a list of software that is detected and/or uninstalled during installation, visit
http://www.mcafeeasap.com/downloads/uninstallinfo/detected_software_list.html
.
Task
1
In the Windows Control Panel, open Add/Remove Programs.
2
From the list of programs, locate any virus protection software.
3
Click Remove.
Uninstalling active firewall software
Before installing firewall protection, we recommend that you uninstall any other firewall programs
on your computer. (There is no need to uninstall an existing installation of Total Protection
Service.) Follow your firewall program’s instructions for uninstalling or use the Windows Control
Panel.
Use this task to uninstall existing firewall software from the Windows Control Panel.
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McAfee Total Protection Service Installation Guide
