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How to temporarily disable McAfee antivirus on Win11

LBC1733 Posted messages 7 Status Membre -  
LBC1733 Posted messages 7 Status Membre -

Hello,

I just got an Asus VivoBox running Windows 11, and it’s driving me a bit crazy ????

Would you be able to tell me how to temporarily disable MacAfee antivirus?

It wasn’t a problem on Windows 10... but now I’m stuck!

Thank you for your help

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bazfile Posted messages 58428 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   20 245
 

Hello.

No need for antivirus on Windows 11 since it has its own antivirus that is effective and free; it activates automatically as soon as no other antivirus is installed on the PC.

New computers sometimes come with trial version antivirus; all of that is marketing, so uninstall McAfee using the McAfee removal tool.

If you just want to disable it Google is there to find your answer.

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LBC1733 Posted messages 7 Status Membre 1
 

thank you bazfile :-)

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Panth33ra Posted messages 22994 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   Ambassadeur 2 335
 

Hello,

With Windows 11 (I discovered this since I don’t use this new OS), you have Microsoft's default antivirus called Windows Security (formerly Microsoft Defender). You can therefore uninstall McAfee which is useless.
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LBC1733 Posted messages 7 Status Membre 1
 

thank you for your quick response; I will uninstall it

however... how do I just "disable" (temporarily) the antivirus in place?...

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