turn off anti virus

[foresttodd]

hi all

anyone know how i can turn off my anti virus programe?its mcafee

 

[maranello]

right click tray icon and select exit / disable, then confirm it in the dialog box. double click tray icon again or restart to enable av

 

[mitchell65]

hi all

anyone know how i can turn off my anti virus programe?its mcafee

I wonder why you want to turn off your A/V? Just curious!

 

[alwinwinjoe]

Hello there! Why in the world would you turn off your AV? Well here it is.

1. Go to the Navigation Center in your McAfee product.

2. Scroll down and you will find the Real-Time Scanning Feature and click it.

3. Once there just click Turn Off. After you're done with what you're doing just do the process again to turn it back on.

 

[CarlTR6]

Hello there! Why in the world would you turn off your AV? Well here it is.

I sometimes turn mine off when I am installing (after I have downloaded).

 

[malexous]

Why? Has an install ever gone bad for you because of your av?

 

[CarlTR6]

Yes; but not in Win 7. Some software installations recommend disabling the AV prior to installation.

 

[foresttodd]

Hi All
Yeah, it gives me problems when I'm burning stuff, anyway, tries exiting the icon, but does not give me that option, also, I have no navigation centre option, I try accessing the settings, but, it won't allow me to!! Any other suggestions!! Thanks

 

[tw33k]

Open task manager, find the mcafee entries and end process

 

[foresttodd]

thanks for that, but how do i turn it back on?

 

[Corrine]

Hi, foresttodd.

Either navigate to the McAfee folder in Program Files and click the .exe file or simply do a shutdown/restart.

 

[alwinwinjoe]

thanks for that, but how do i turn it back on?

Did you try accessing your AV through the shortcut and enabling the Real-time protection again? What version of McAfee are you running anyway?

 

[CarlTR6]

It will come back on when you reboot.