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How to remove unwanted utilities from your Mac

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A reader who wishes to remain anonymous is attempting to help his helpmate. This person writes:</p>

My wife recently took her Mac to the company where she works as a contractor so that the IT department could install updates for some of the software she’s required to use. When she brought it back home we discovered that they’d installed McAfee Endpoint Protection. Since it’s returned her Mac is locking up and she’s having problems with her email. I have to think that it’s the McAfee product. Do you know how we can uninstall it?

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I do, but before I tell you how, a word of caution.</p><p>
While it would have been nice if the IT person had asked before installing this software on the Mac (as it belongs to your wife and not the company) it may be that the company requires some form of antivirus software for any computer that interacts with its email system or has remote access to its servers. Personally, I think this kind of antivirus software causes more problems for Macs than it solves, but then I don’t have to answer to the company’s CTO. So, my first suggestion would be to contact IT, explain the problems you’re having, and see if you can come to a mutually agreeable solution.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2369022/how-to-remove-unwanted-utilities-from-your-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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