How to remove McAfee Virus Scan! - Motorola Q Forum

iam99x · 05-12-2008, 12:21 AM

I just figured it out...

I've been trying to get this thing off of here for WEEKS, as well as many others.

This is the most simple way to do it, without even having to reboot your phone or do a Master Reset.

What you have to do is, go to File Manager>Program Files. Highlight the McAfee folder and press Menu>Move To, then select somewhere else to move it to. (Somewhere you know you can access easily)

After you move it, kill it on your Task Manager.

Finally, go to wherever you moved it to, and delete it.

That should be the last of the battery killing, RAM hogging McAfee Virus Scan.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

SueK · 06-04-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by iam99x

I just figured it out...

I've been trying to get this thing off of here for WEEKS, as well as many others.

This is the most simple way to do it, without even having to reboot your phone or do a Master Reset.

What you have to do is, go to File Manager>Program Files. Highlight the McAfee folder and press Menu>Move To, then select somewhere else to move it to. (Somewhere you know you can access easily)

After you move it, kill it on your Task Manager.

Finally, go to wherever you moved it to, and delete it.

That should be the last of the battery killing, RAM hogging McAfee Virus Scan.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

You are officially my hero! Thanks so much. Did you, in any of your literature see any warning about this battery eating file? Just curious

iam99x · 06-04-2008, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SueK

You are officially my hero! Thanks so much. Did you, in any of your literature see any warning about this battery eating file? Just curious

Haha you are very welcome! I didn't see any warnings at all. Everything I listed is exactly what happened if I remember correctly.

PortedMetal · 06-11-2008, 03:47 PM

whenever i try to move to folder it tells me it can't because its being used by another process. i tried killing it in the task manager first but that still didn't help. any ideas?

iam99x · 06-11-2008, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PortedMetal

whenever i try to move to folder it tells me it can't because its being used by another process. i tried killing it in the task manager first but that still didn't help. any ideas?

Try killing it, then quickly moving it.

n99hockey · 06-11-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by PortedMetal

whenever i try to move to folder it tells me it can't because its being used by another process. i tried killing it in the task manager first but that still didn't help. any ideas?

when i did it for my co-worker
i rebooted
killed it
then moved it

it wouldnt move after i killed it so i restarted and did it that way

PortedMetal · 06-12-2008, 06:40 AM

i figured out what i was doing wrong. i kept tryin to move it to my storage card and thats why i kept getting that message. whenever i moved it to another spot on my phone memory it worked perfectly! this helps alot now my phone is faster i can really notice a difference when i play pocketnester. thanks for the great find!

iam99x · 06-12-2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by PortedMetal

i figured out what i was doing wrong. i kept tryin to move it to my storage card and thats why i kept getting that message. whenever i moved it to another spot on my phone memory it worked perfectly! this helps alot now my phone is faster i can really notice a difference when i play pocketnester. thanks for the great find!

Glad you got it working! And you're welcome!

n99hockey · 06-12-2008, 10:47 PM

great glad you got it

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