Uninstall Software Guides - How to Completely Remove Programs with Software Removal Tips: How to Uninstall Mcafee SiteAdvisor Windows 8 - Learn Software Removal Tips As Mcafee SiteAdvisor Toolbar Is not Working

Have you ever tried to uninstall Mcafee SiteAdvisor toolbar in Windows 8 because you install it by mistake?

Have you been disappointed to remove Mcafee SiteAdvisor toolbar through "Add or Remove Programs" in Windows Control Panel, but you failed?

Have you ever been confused that you have deleted Mcafee SiteAdvisor normally, but it is still there?

To avoid this trouble, you could learn and follow Mcafee SiteAdvisor toolbar uninstall tips in this article.

How to completely uninstall Mcafee SiteAdvisor from Windows 8?

Tips 1: Remove Mcafee SiteAdvisor in Control Panel

Tips 2: Uninstall Mcafee SiteAdvisor completely with program removal tool Perfect Uninstaller

Tips 1: How to delete Mcafee SiteAdvisor through Windows Uninstall applet

Most of you would like to get rid of program through Windows Control Panel. However, you might miss some steps so that you are not able to delete Mcafee SiteAdvisor. Fortunately you could follow the useful software removal instructions below.

You should reboot your PC and press F8 key on your keyboard. This will open up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Vista, or the Windows Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the option labeled Safe Mode with Networking. Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your keyboard.

Click “Start Menu” > Select Control Panel option > “Uninstall a Program” (Programs and Features) > Find Mcafee SiteAdvisor on the currently installed programs list and its related entries > Click “Uninstall or Change” to delete the application.

And then, you should go back and click “Start menu” button and select “Run.” > Type “regedit” into the box and click “OK” to open Registry Editor > search and locate all registry entries related to Mcafee SiteAdvisor.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

How to Manually Get Rid of Mcafee SiteAdvisor from your PC

Step 1: stop all the related processes in Task Manager

Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.

Disable all the unwanted processes

Step 2: show hidden files and folders and delete all the following files.

Guide: click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Delete all the following files related to Mcafee SiteAdvisor

%AppData%\.exe

%CommonAppData%\.exe

C:\Windows\Temp\.exe

%temp%\.exe

C:\Program Files\

Step 3: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries entries as below

Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )

Delete all the related registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe

After that, you should remove Mcafee SiteAdvisor Toolbar from browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and IE by manual

For Chrome:

1. Open Chrome.

2. Click on the Chrome menu and select Settings.

3. Click on Extensions in the left side menu.

4. Remove/Disable the Mcafee SiteAdvisor Toolbar.

5. In the Search section, click Manage search engines and remove Mcafee SiteAdvisor from the default search engines list.

6. Click OK to save the changes.

7. In the Chrome menu, select Settings.

8. In the On Startup section, Click on Set Pages and delete the Mcafee SiteAdvisor URL (you can set a different home page by entering a URL of your choice).

9. Click Ok to save the changes.

10. In the Appearance section, click on Change and delete the Mcafee SiteAdvisor URL (you can set a different home page).

11. Click Ok to save the changes.

For Internet Explorer

1. Click on “Tools” and select Manage add-ons.

2. Under Add-on Types, select Toolbars and Extensions.

3. In the right pane, select Mcafee SiteAdvisor Toolbar and click on the Disable button.

4. Under Add-on Types, select Search Providers.

5. Select Mcafee SiteAdvisor and click the Remove button.

6. In the General tab, delete the Mcafee SiteAdvisor URL from the Home page text box.

7. Click OK to save the changes

For Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox.

2. From the Firefox orange button (or from the standard Tools menu), click on Add-ons.

3. Make sure Extensions is selected in the Add-ons manager left side menu bar

4. Disable or remove the Mcafee SiteAdvisor Toolbar add-on

5. In the General tab, delete the Mcafee SiteAdvisor URL from the home page text box.

6. Click OK to save the changes.

If you open a new tab in Firefox and Mcafee SiteAdvisor as home page, do the following:

Type: about:config in the address bar and press enter

Confirm the message.

Type: browser.newtab.url in the Search text field

Right-click on the result and select Mcafee SiteAdvisor (or Reset in older versions)

After you finish steps, you should restart your pc to confirm the Mcafee SiteAdvisor removal. If you are not good at handling this method, you could try Tips 2 as following.

Tips 2: How to delete Mcafee SiteAdvisor with Perfect Uninstaller?

If you can not follow the removal guides above, it is advised you to get rid of Mcafee SiteAdvisor with Perfect Uninstaller as following.

1. Download Mcafee SiteAdvisor removal tool

2. Close all running processes including programs and browsers in the Task Manager before you run Perfect Uninstaller

3. Find and locate the program on the currently installed programs list

4. Click “Uninstall” button on the right side to remove Mcafee SiteAdvisor.

Alternatively, you could right-click the folder of the unwanted program (normally, in C:\Program Files) or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows 7 system 64 bits and then select “Force Uninstall with PU” to apply the “Force Uninstall” utility.

5. Follow the prompt “Next” steps to delete Mcafee SiteAdvisor.