McAfee Antivirus is a software that protects your device from unknown threats. Disabling the firewall on your McAfee Antivirus software makes your device vulnerable to threats. While you are installing a trusted third-party software, if the antivirus program blocks the installation process, you can turn off McAfee firewall using the below-mentioned steps.
For windows computers:
- Click the Start menu available at the bottom-left corner of the screen and type 'mcafee' in the search panel.
- Press the Enter key and give a double-click on the McAfee Antivirus app from the search result.
- Once the McAfee Antivirus software is launched, click the PC Security tab at the top-left corner of the screen.
- Navigate to the left-side panel and select Real-Time Scanning.
- On the right side of the window, click the Turn Off button in the Real-Time Scanning section.
- Select the time limit for the firewall to be disabled from the 'When do you want to resume Real-Time Scanning' drop-down menu.
- The firewall will be turned on automatically when the time limit gets over.
- If you wish to enable the McAfee firewall manually, select the Never option from the 'When do you want to resume Real-Time Scanning' drop-down menu?
- Using the same procedure, turn off McAfee firewall, Automatic Updates, and Scheduled scans features.