Mcafee reinstall activeshield

Hi there, I have read your query about the error you are getting whenever you try to run McAfee VirusScan. I have encountered the same problem before and it was solved by uninstalling the previous version of McAfee that was installed in your PC.

After doing this, you can now install the different or updated version of McAfee found on their website. Restart PC for changes to take place. It seems like the McAfee antivirus may have had a problem during installation and therefore it did not install properly. What you will therefore need to do resolve the issue you are getting is the following:. Hi expert, I need to solve the following error message. Please help me. This error message can be occurred due to a number of factors: McAfee VirusScan Some component of ActiveShield are either missing or might not have been installed properly.

Go To Solution. I hope this helps. About Tuhin Albert. Did you mean:. Last reply by RKinner Unsolved. Every time I exit IE V6. The memory could not be "read". I also cannot enable my McAfee Antivirus software. I get an error message that reads Some components of ActiveShield are either missing or might not have been installed properly.

Logfile of HijackThis v1. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Reply 1. Now I could see a menu with the Virus Scan options but all of them led to a dialog stating that The feature is not install, please reinstall! This led med to uninstall McAfee Security Center. After uninstalling some of the components and restarting again not everything could be removed at once I tried to uninstall the last bits, the Security Center, it stated Legacy programs must be removed first.

What the heck! Sixth annoynace : Uninstall programs should be able to uninstall and requiring at the most one reboot and should not include any manual removal not mentioned anywhere!!

So I downloaded it once more and proceded with the installation. This time it went fine! I feel sorry for all people trying to install an Anti-Virus program and are not that experienced with computers…. Here goes a post, in which I am really upset!

After a few blocked pop-ups and ActiveX control warnings it started downloading.