How to Disable Dell mcafee Alert System

[Aloke]

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Hello All , I Have New dell laptop and There is a Free McAfee antivirus and firewall that is Shipped With my Dell computer and it is Having problem with my Internet Connection , But When I tried to Disable the Firewall , it Cannot be Disable , it remain active in my System Tray , I Found there is a program called NotifyAlert.exe it checks for updates.and slow down my computer i also dont want that to remain active , please tell me How to Disable Dell Mcafee Alert System? thanks in advance for your help

[Marco-D]

McAfee products are enabled by default when you start your computer.

To disable a McAfee Product in Dell

• Right-click on the McAfee icon beside the system clock.
• Click the program you want to disable and click Disable.
• Click Yes to confirm your choice.
• The McAfee icon is black until the program is not reactivated.

[Zachary]

Hello , Well if you are Having problem with the Firewall then you can try disabling it only , to Disable Mcafee Personal Firewall

Uninstalling Personal Firewall / Plus:

• Click the Start button
• then click Control Panel. The panel. Appears.
• Double-click Add / Remove Programs. The dialog option appears.
• Locate McAfee Personal Firewall Plus in the list of installed programs and click once to select it.
• Click modify / Remove.
• then McAfee Personal Firewall Plus will be removed from your computer.
• Note: If at any time you are prompted to remove shared files, answer Yes every time.
• Restart your computer if prompted.

[Snake08]

Step 1 - Uninstall your McAfee consumer products using Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel

• Windows 2000/XP
  • Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
  • Double-click Add or Remove Programs.
  • Select the McAfee SecurityCenter product.
  • Click Remove and follow the steps provided
  .
  
• Windows Vista
  • Click Start, Search, type Programs and Features, and click Go.
  • Double-click Programs and Features.
  • Select the McAfee SecurityCenter product.
  • Click Uninstall and follow the steps provided.

Step 2 - Download and run MCPR.exe

1. Download the removal tool from:
   
   
   http://download.mcafee.com/products/...tches/MCPR.exe
   
   
2. Click Save and save the file to a folder on your computer.
3. Navigate to the folder where the file was saved.
4. Make sure all McAfee windows are closed.
5. Double-click MCPR.exe to run the removal tool.
   
   Note: Windows Vista users must right-click MCPR.exe and select Run as Administrator.
   
6. Restart your computer after receiving the message CleanUp Successful.
   Your McAfee product will not be fully removed until the system is restarted.