I understand, the mcafee program references the registry to find the program's uninstaller, and uses the uninstaller specific to the security program being removed, to properly uninstall it. The Cox Security suite doesn't actually remove or uninstall other programs, it uses that program's specific uninstaller to perform that task.
Why would I want McAfee to remove my Norton program?
You are failing to comprehend what I have said. Mcafee doesn't remove it, it runs the NORTON uninstaller to remove it. The Norton uninstaller, as well as every other security software out there, has the uninstaller pointed to by it's registry entries. Mcafee looks it up, and run the uninstaller specifically pointed to by the registry. It cannot uninstall norton, avg, trend micro, and the dozens of other security software programs out there, it runs the software's associated uninstaller that on the computer, the SAME uninstaller you would run if you went to add/remove programs and clicked on "uninstall".
Is McAfee initiating the uninstaller? Yes. Again, why would I want McAfee to initiate uninstalling my security software?
When you click on uninstall, is the uninstaller initiating itself, or are YOU initiating it? Does it matter if it was called by the control panel, or if you went to the folder and manually clicked on 'uninstall'?
The bottom line, is there is no difference between your initiating it from the control panel, or allowing another piece of software you are WANTING to install, to call the uninstaller. A difference that makes no difference, is no different.
