EntDrv51.sys Blue Screen Please Help!

[jpw2ch]

Hey Guys, asking for your help one more time. I have a Gateway Laptop 7426 running XP Home SP2. I had a version of Mcafee running on the computer. Went to school and techs wanted to install their own Mcafee Enterprise. School is over and tried to use my version and now I get BSOD:

Stop: 0x0000008E(0x00000005,0xB76A65CD,0xB770DB94,0x00000000)

EntDrv51.sys - Address B76A65CD base at B76A6000, DateStamp 42f7a3fb

I did some research EntDrv51.sys is definitely a Mcafee file that has something to do with firewalls. Everything I have read says it is conflicting with some other firewall so I decided to uninstall all Mcafee software altogether. Rebooted and still get the same message. I can boot into Safe Mode no problem and when I search for EntDrv51.sys it shows up in C:\Program Files\Mcafee.com\antivirus and C:\Windows\system32\drivers.

What do you think is starting this up if Mcafee is gone? Can I just delete the two files? Do I need them?

[jpw2ch]

Okay, here is an update. I renamed the two files to EntDrv51.old and rebooted. No more BSOD. Can I just delete the EntDrv51.old file in the drivers folder and delete the whole Mcafee.com folder? I am not going to use Mcafee again.

[dunedin]

Hello jpw2ch

It should be safe to delete them as they are just Mcafee files. If you want to take precautions leave them in the Recycle Bin for a while.

Also search the registry for Mcafee. Back up the keys and then delete them.

Elaine