How to disable the Host Intrusion Prevention client locally
Technical Articles ID:
KB58629
Last Modified: 10/30/2020
Last Modified: 10/30/2020
How to disable the Host Intrusion Prevention client locally
Technical Articles ID:
KB58629
Last Modified: 10/30/2020 Environment
McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention (Host IPS) 8.0
Summary
Because of agent self-protection, the Host IPS client can't be uninstalled while IPS protection is enabled. This situation is true whether you try to uninstall using Add or Remove programs or by manually stopping the McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention service.
Solution
If the Host IPS clientUI default unlock password has not yet been changed, disable the Host IPS client manually by unlocking the Host IPS client UI tray:
SolutionIf the default unlock password has been changed, start the client in Windows Safe Mode and disable the Host IPS agent service.
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