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<blockquote data-quote="jv16" data-source="post: 1078328" data-attributes="member: 98343">This is to be expected. Antivirus and other similar system security related software are typically protected against automated uninstallations - otherwise any malware that got into the computer could simply just run an uninstallation process and uninstall such protective layers. However, Uninstalr should show you an additional message about this. If it detects you are about to uninstall something of this sort, it should display an additional message saying that uninstalling this type of software might not work.This is what the message says:&quot;Warning: You are attempting uninstall software &quot;{1}&quot; which seems to be an antivirus or similar type of software. Software like this are usually protected against automatic uninstallation. It is recommended that you uninstall this software manually and then you can use Uninstalr to remove any leftovers that it might leave.Are you sure you wish to continue?&quot;I think I can assume that since you brought this issue up, you didn&#039;t see such message? If that is the case, then Uninstalr failed to recognize McAfee LiveSafe as such software.Could there be any non-standard Windows settings in use in this system? By that I mean something like PowerShell missing from the system or disabled? Or anything similar to that?Edit: On that note, I shall add a warning to the program, letting the user know in case PowerShell seems to be missing or it is disabled. The warning message says that while Uninstalr can run without PowerShell, its performance will not be optimal.Thank you for this very detailed feedback!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jv16, post: 1078328, member: 98343"] This is to be expected. Antivirus and other similar system security related software are typically protected against automated uninstallations - otherwise any malware that got into the computer could simply just run an uninstallation process and uninstall such protective layers. However, Uninstalr should show you an additional message about this. If it detects you are about to uninstall something of this sort, it should display an additional message saying that uninstalling this type of software might not work. This is what the message says: "Warning: You are attempting uninstall software "{1}" which seems to be an antivirus or similar type of software. Software like this are usually protected against automatic uninstallation. It is recommended that you uninstall this software manually and then you can use Uninstalr to remove any leftovers that it might leave.Are you sure you wish to continue?" I think I can assume that since you brought this issue up, you didn't see such message? If that is the case, then Uninstalr failed to recognize McAfee LiveSafe as such software. Could there be any non-standard Windows settings in use in this system? By that I mean something like PowerShell missing from the system or disabled? Or anything similar to that? Edit: On that note, I shall add a warning to the program, letting the user know in case PowerShell seems to be missing or it is disabled. The warning message says that while Uninstalr can run without PowerShell, its performance will not be optimal. Thank you for this very detailed feedback! [/QUOTE]

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