Why does CC show Adobe Reader 8 and McAfee Antivirus ,in applications, when neither of them are installed programs?
Either you have a left over program file for them, or a left over registry entry in either HKCU/Software or HKLM/Software.
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.
%commonappdata%\McAfee
so I think win7 win8 and vista it's c:\program data
HKCU\Adobe\acrobat reader\8.0
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
@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.
again Mcafee is NOT detected by a registry entry it's detected by %commonappdata%\McAfee