Steps to Temporarily Turn-Off McAfee Antivirus Security

Sometimes the need arises to turn-off the antivirus program. Usually, this situation occurs due to the need of running an unauthorized program, game, file or web link. You better know that the unauthorized programs are the main source of virus infection and critically damage the system files. Like always, the officials at the McAfee Number for Customer Support +61-283206056 advice to never install unauthorized program or install such software only by temporarily turning off the antivirus program.

Several users uninstall the McAfee antivirus program if it does not allow accessing the unauthorized files/attachment/program. There’s no need to uninstall the PC security program, you spent good amount to buy the full version or good amount of MB for the trial version. As an alternative, try to temporarily disable the McAfee program for downloading any interrupted file.

For the convenience of the users, here’s the solution to temporarily disable the antivirus program. Simply, follow the steps mentioned below and accomplish what you wish.

Steps to turn-off the McAfee Antivirus security on temporary basis:

Step 1: Locate the Windows Taskbar and choose the Start option to search the PC icon and select the Properties from the list of options appearing on the screen. Next, you will find the main system configuration properties appearing on the screen.

Step 2: In the next step, tap the option Device Manager. It gets displayed under the option Hardware and Settings.

Step 3: Click on the option View Menu and choose display Hidden Devices option. This will open all hidden drivers including the antivirus program drivers.

Step 4: Right click the antivirus driver and choose disable from the list of options appearing on the screen. Once you have clicked the Disable button, and then stop the drivers from downloading/installing.

Step 5: In the last step, reboot the PC and you are ready to enjoy working for sometime without antivirus security.

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