How to Temporarily Disable McAfee Antivirus
Open your antivirus. Go to the bottom right corner of your screen. You will see a tiny arrow icon, click it. You will have a small red icon of the antivirus, right-click it. Go for Change Settings. You have 3 active options:
1. Real-time Scanning
2. Firewall
3. View all settings
Click on Real-time Scanning. Click on Turn off in the new window. Choose when do you want to resume Real-Time Scanning. It has 6 options:
1. In 15 minutes
2. In 30 minutes
3. In 45 minutes
4. In 60 minutes
5. When I restart my PC
6. Never
Choose the one you need. Click on Turn off. Close the window. As you can see, the guard is off now. It will say At risk.