How To Disable Mcafee Antivirus In Windows 8-1

The McAfee antivirus program might sometimes interrupt the installation of other software on your computer. In such a scenario, you have to disable McAfee. The step-by-step guidelines to disable the McAfee antivirus program on your Windows 8.1 computer are given below.

McAfee Security Center:

Step 1 - Disabling the Real-time Scan feature

On the desktop of your Windows 8.1 computer, go to the system tray and right-click the McAfee icon.

Select the Change Settings option followed by the Real-time Scanning option.

When a new window opens, click the Turn Off button at the bottom of the screen.

Choose any one of the following options from the ‘When do you want to resume Real-time Scanning’ drop-down menu and click Turn Off.

In 15 minutes

In 30 minutes

In 45 minutes

In 60 minutes

When I restart my PC

Never

This will disable the Real-time Scanning feature in the McAfee Security Center program.

Step 2 - Disabling McAfee Firewall

Right-click the McAfee icon at the bottom of the Windows desktop.
Choose the Change Settings option from the context menu.
Once you select the Firewall option, a new status window appears on the screen.

Select the Turn Off option and choose your preferred time duration from the ‘When do you want to resume Firewall’ drop-down menu.
Click the Turn Off option in the Turn Off Firewall window.

McAfee Total Protection:

Step 1 - Disabling Real-time scan

Navigate to the Windows search bar, type McAfee, and select the McAfee Total Protection application from the results.
Go to the PC Security tab and select the Real-Time Scanning option on the left panel.

Click Turn Off, specify a time duration, and select the Turn Off option.

Step 2 - Disabling Firewall

Navigate back to the previous window of the McAfee Total Protection program.
Click the Firewall tab on the left-hand side of the screen and select Turn Off.
Once you select the Turn Off option, the Turn Off Firewall dialog box will appear.

Set a time limit and click the Turn Off button.
If needed, disable the Automatic Updates and Scheduled Scans features.