kaspersky installation troubles

[fux96]

i tried to install kaspersky internet security 2007. setup wizard said there is still some anti virus software installed, i should remove that first. it says Mc Afee Bonus Pack is there. i never had Mc Afee, anyway, i checked and rechecked a few times, found some old symantec files, had regcleaner running, which also found some old keys, restarted a few times and had it run again to make sure... now i am absolutely sure there is NO McAfee Bonus Pack, but still the installation terminates with this message. Can't i skip that? For a temporary solution i installed NOD32 without troubles, but i d like to try Kaspersky... do I have a chance?

[BLiZZaRD]

Start>> Search >> search for "McAfee" (no quotes) and check the "look in hidden files and folders"

let the search run the entire HDD and see what comes up.

[fux96]

i did that, even with only MC or MCA to be sure that the file is not strangely named, but NOTHING..
i had the registry searched, manually and automatically, nothing...

[BLiZZaRD]

Found it..

Open regedit and delete this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MSC

Should do the trick.

[fux96]

thanks, will do so... MCS.. MCafee Security or waht should that mean? anyway... will let u know if it worked... thanks

[Ryan Fitton]

there might have been a trial edition of McAffe on your pc when you bought it

[BLiZZaRD]

Not sure what MSC stands for exactly, just know that's what they publish the security suite under.

[fux96]

searched with regedit and regseeker, MSC file is not there...
there is something in HOT_KEY_LOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES which is a folder called .msc but i guess thats not what i am supposed to delete...
and when i bought laptop, it was not McAfee but Etrust that was preinstalled. as far as i know my laptop has never seen McAfee... can it be a problem of faulty kaspersky software?

[BLiZZaRD]

Well, something from McAfee is there. It is a bothersome problem with Kaspersky 6.0.1(.411)

The other option is to get CCleaner (http://ccleaner.com) and run it's registry cleaner to see if there are remnants around. CCLeaner is the best I have come across.

Or see if you can get an older version of kaspersky to install and update through that way to 6.0.1

[fux96]

tried kaspersky pro 5.0... it would install without minding this McAfee Bonus Pack, but i wanted the other.. internet security 2007 as it provides also antispyware etc in one pack which 5.0 doesnt offer... and my 5.0 is not an original whereas i had bought the kaspersky internet security 2007....

why is McAfee doing such strange things which no one can find later? i have gone through other forums with same troubles and no real solution.. the funniest is: take your computer to a shop and have them straighten it out... haha

a day ago i found something how to skip this step... i didnt follow it as i thought i might find something easier - it included changing some initial files to tell the installation wizard to skip the step of checking other antivirus software on the PC and sounded rather complicated... anyway, it was in a kaspersky forum, but now this page is not opening again.. as matter of fact, maybe kaspersky has a prob today as none of their pages are opening... its supposed to be here i believe
http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208279498

anyone knows how to do that?