- Step 1:On your Windows computer, give a double-click on the McAfee Antivirus icon available at the system tray to launch the McAfee Antivirus software.
- Step 2:Alternatively, click the Start menu and type “mcafee” in the search panel.
- Step 3:Press the Enter key and give a double-click on the McAfee Antivirus program from the search result.
- Step 4:Once the McAfee Antivirus program launches, click the PC Security tab or Navigation link at the top-right corner of the screen.
- Step 5:Now, go to the left-side panel and click the Real-Time Scanning tab.
- Step 6:Navigate to the right-side window and click the Turn Off button beneath Real-Time Scanning.
- Step 7:Next, you have to select the time limit for disabling the antivirus program.
- Step 8:Under the “When do you want to resume Real-Time Scanning?” section, you can specify the time limit.
- Step 9:Even you can choose the Never option from the displayed list.
- Step 10:Selecting this option will disable the McAfee virus protection feature until you manually enable it.
- Step 11:Again, click the Turn Off button to exit the Real-Time Scanning page.
- Step 12:Navigate to the left-side panel, click the Firewall tab, and go to the right side of the window.
- Step 13:Under Firewall, click the Turn Off button and specify the time limit for disabling the firewall protection.
- Step 14:This procedure is similar to the steps carried out for disabling the Real-Time Scanning option.
- Step 15:Follow the same method to turn off the Automatic Updates and Scheduled Scans features.
- Step 16:You can verify whether you have turned off all the virus protection features by directly looking at the left-side panel of the McAfee Antivirus window.
- Step 17:All the features will be notified with the Off button.
- Step 18:Now, the MacAfee Antivirus is disabled temporarily on your Windows 8.1 desktop.
- Step 19:By using these above steps we can execute that how to disable McAfee Antivirus in Windows 8.1 temporarily.