What do I do?

[Doclector]

My mcafee needs to be renewed soon, and I'm certain it's going to go wrong. I googled about it, and it seems like it will involve re-installing. Whenever it tries to remove older versions, also known through google, it blue screens. It'll never work. That means I can never have antivirus on this computer again. Which means I can't use my computer.

Which means I can't respond to important emails, I can't talk to my friends, I can't look at my uni timetable or pay my bills.

I'm fucked. By the end of the month, several things will have gone wrong, and I can't do anything about it. Nobody cares, nobody will help. The government always hated me, they and the police won't help. My friends say I'm aparanoid, they won't help. Mcafeee wanted this, they certainly won't help. I' completely fucking alone, and it's all going to go wrong. Nobody thought enough, they didn't think this would happen. I can't use any other computers, they're all unsecure. Anyone could have been using it, anything could be on it. I use any other computers, I'm as good as fucked.

I'm going to run out of money, and then I'll have to go back to my parents and quit uni, which I would have failed anyway without access to a safe computer. I won't even be able to get a job. I can't afford a new computer, I can't a job for money, need a computer to even apply.

I just don't know what to do. I feel like just giving up and chucking myself off a cliff now. They were all always aginst me. All of them. THe fucking government, the fucking big companies. They all hate me, and they're not going to stop until they've killed me. I can't fucking cope anymore.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

This seems to have...err...escalated quickly? I'm not sure what you really need advice on.
If Antivirus is your problem, you can use AVG and/or Avast. They're free, and they've protected my computer for a year or so now with no hitches.
You might need some other anti-malware programs too, but I'm sure someone else will jump in and mention other stuff.

I really think you need to step back, take a nice walk, meditate, listen to some music; whatever makes you feel calm...because really, it seems that you're blowing things out of proportion.

....sorry if I'm completely misunderstanding the situation...but just use those free antivirus things and uninstall McAfee.
Sounds like you're really stressed at something. If you need anyone to vent at, feel free to drop me a PM. I'm on the site at least once a day and I'll try reply as quick as I can.

Take it easy mate.

 

[SnowyGamester]

Google for a Mcaffee uninstaller and try that, or try perfect uninstaller which works well for removing general programs that won't uninstall properly. I'm not sure you'll find help for the rest of your problems here...

 

[Doclector]

This seems to have...err...escalated quickly? I'm not sure what you really need advice on.
If Antivirus is your problem, you can use AVG and/or Avast. They're free, and they've protected my computer for a year or so now with no hitches.
You might need some other anti-malware programs too, but I'm sure someone else will jump in and mention other stuff.

I really think you need to step back, take a nice walk, meditate, listen to some music; whatever makes you feel calm...because really, it seems that you're blowing things out of proportion.

....sorry if I'm completely misunderstanding the situation...but just use those free antivirus things and uninstall McAfee.
Sounds like you're really stressed at something. If you need anyone to vent at, feel free to drop me a PM. I'm on the site at least once a day and I'll try reply as quick as I can.

Take it easy mate.

I'm sorry, it just seems like nobody's thought of the possibility of not having a safe computer to log onto stuff with. They all expect it, and they've never made any preparations for if somebody didn't have a safe computer.

THe problem is, that according to some people on google, mcafee blue screens the computer when you try to uninstall it. It did that when my mum tried to give me one of her three user subcriptions from her account, got to removing old software, and blue screened.

Seems like a measure to essentially hold someone's computer to ransom to me. Of course, if an expired mcafee won't stop free anti-viruses working, then I don't have to uninstall it. Sure, it'll use up space, but I've got a ton of it to spare. I would prefer to renew mcafee sucessfully, however. Some of it's features are a godsend to somebody as paranoid as me.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

Is this only some people who have this problem, or everyone?
I've managed to uninstall mcafee before without having this issue, but if you really don't want to risk the blue screen,
like xXSnowyXx says, try to find an uninstaller on Google.
I'm sure if the problem is common, people have found a workaround for it.

Also use Avast and Malwarebytes,
those two programs should take care of all your antivirus needs without you having to spend money.

 

[Doclector]

Is this only some people who have this problem, or everyone?
I've managed to uninstall mcafee before without having this issue, but if you really don't want to risk the blue screen,
like xXSnowyXx says, try to find an uninstaller on Google.
I'm sure if the problem is common, people have found a workaround for it.

Also use Avast and Malwarebytes,
those two programs should take care of all your antivirus needs without you having to spend money.

I've heard of Avast, but what is malwarebytes, exactly?

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

I've heard of Avast, but what is malwarebytes, exactly?

It's just another reliable anti-malware program.
It doesn't interfere with Avast, so they work well together.
If for any reason there's something Avast misses, malwarebytes will get it.

It's a one two punch for extra security.

 

[Doclector]

I've heard of Avast, but what is malwarebytes, exactly?

It's just another reliable anti-malware program.
It doesn't interfere with Avast, so they work well together.
If for any reason there's something Avast misses, malwarebytes will get it.

It's a one two punch for extra security.

Well, I'd still prefer mcafee, but if for some reason it doesn't work, I'll try that out. Just one thing, would it work with Mcafee still on the computer, but expired? In case Mcafee simply doesn't leave. I believe they could stick themselves on a computer permanently. Hell, they're rich, and the law kind of just ignores you if you're rich these days.

And the problem seems to happen to some people, but I just know that nobody who can help's gonna be willing if it does go wrong.