Need assistance with Mcafee antivirus

[mdelleum]

I'm pretty sure I had Mcafee antivirus or virus scan 8.6. I've uninstalled it following the procedures, typing my password into Terminal when it asked for it. After I did this, the icon on the menubar went from the "M" to an M with an exclamation point and when I click it, it states "Your mac is at risk." I assume this means it was uninstalled, but I can't drag and get rid of the Mcafee icon on the menubar. This is so annoying. Is it fully uninstalled? Can anyone help me? I think this is destroying my computer and making it run EXTREMELY SLOW!!!
THANKS!

 

[deus_ex_machina]

if you followed the procedures, do a Spotlight search to seek out any remaining McAfee preferences and such.

 

[m4cs]

Yes I had this problem also, all now resolved!!

 

[bobtomay]

You're pretty sure? That is, you don't know if that link in the menu bar is for McAfee or not?

Followed what procedures?

You used the McAfee uninstaller?

If not, I would re-install and then use the uninstaller provided by McAfee.

 

[deus_ex_machina]

Yes I had this problem also, all now resolved!!

Post how you resolved it, might save the OP some time.

 

[harryb2448]

G'day and welcome to the forums.

As bobtomay states, you do need to run the Mcafee uninstaller to rid your machine of this menace!

Have a read of this, whilst a couple of years old, is still topical as there are no viri for OS X:-

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10331147-263.html?tag=mfiredir