arejfour Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Why does CC show Adobe Reader 8 and McAfee Antivirus ,in applications, when neither of them are installed programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted October 26, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 26, 2012 Either you have a left over program file for them, or a left over registry entry in either HKCU/Software or HKLM/Software. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camille tao Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I was wondering the same thing in regards to McAfee. It shows up under "Applications". I never installed it. After running a regedit search for McAfee it turns out it's a backup script in Acronis True Image 2013. It seems to me that it shouldn't show up at all in ccleaner in this case since it's not and never was installed. Thoughts? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 27, 2012 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2012 (edited) %commonappdata%\McAfee so I think win7 win8 and vista it's c:\program data HKCU\Adobe\acrobat reader\8.0 Edited October 27, 2012 by Nergal added reader ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arejfour Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have an idea where the Mcafee came from. When you install Flash Player, Adobe Reader, and/or Java you are given the option of installing a McAfee security item. Eventhough, you can uncheck that option so as not to install it, somehow a registry entry gets in, at least, thats what I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted November 8, 2012 Moderators Share Posted November 8, 2012 @arejfour your theory was promising but having very recently reinstalled Win7, and then all the usuaul support stuff like java, flash, adobe, shockwave, ccleaner, defraggler and all those other programs that pre-tick the box for "don't you also want to install this software too?" i can vouch that no registry entry for McAfee has been created on my machine. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted November 8, 2012 Moderators Share Posted November 8, 2012 again Mcafee is NOT detected by a registry entry it's detected by %commonappdata%\McAfee ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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