Windows 10: Turning off Firewall &/or McAfee Anti-Virus temporarily

Discus and support Turning off Firewall &/or McAfee Anti-Virus temporarily in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; I've been having a problem with the 4k YouTube to MP3 program, and this is one of support's suggestions: Turn off firewall, antivirus or any other... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by Steve Mc209, Jun 17, 2020.

  1. STEVE MC209
    Steve Mc209 Win User

    Turning off Firewall &/or McAfee Anti-Virus temporarily


    I've been having a problem with the 4k YouTube to MP3 program, and this is one of support's suggestions:


    Turn off firewall, antivirus or any other program that may interfere with 4K YouTube to MP3's working at least for the time of downloading. If it has solved the issue for you, please add 4K YouTube to MP3 into the white list of that program in order to download with no interruptions and to stay safe while browsing the net.


    This Windows 10 is very new to me, and came with McAfee installed, and I have absolutely no idea how to go about this.


    Any help would be appreciated.


    Thanks,





    :)
     
    Steve Mc209, Jun 17, 2020
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  2. KATHERINEGAMBACINI
    KatherineGambacini Win User

    multiple anti-virus and firewalls

    I got a message from my Microsoft application "Support Assist" saying "You have more than 1 antivirus software enabled. This can lead to conflicts that may impact performance." This is on my Dell Inspiron AMD 3655 Desktop, with Windows 10 Home OS.

    When I click on "details" in the message, Support Assist shows that I have:

    2 "McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware" products enabled,

    1 "McAfee Firewall" enabled and

    1 "Windows Firewall" enabled.

    Under Support Assist's "security" tab, "Windows Defender" is "disabled."

    I can't find a way to disable the Windows Firewall, however, or 1 of the McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware products.

    How do I disable any of these security programs? Or enable them in the future? Also, which Firewall protects my Dell Inspiron better, the McAfee or Windows Firewall? Is McAfee Anti-Virus/Spyware a better protector or Windows Defender?

    Alternatively, is it worth it to keep the double anti-virus/spyware programs and firewall programs for my data's safety, even if it slows my computer's performance?
     
    KatherineGambacini, Jun 17, 2020
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  3. HOOKEYSTREET
    HookeyStreet Win User
    Suggest Firewall/AntiVir

    Anti-Virus = NOD32 (theres nothing better!)

    FireWall = Zone Alarm or McAfee

    SpyWare = SpyBot S & D or Ad-Aware
     
    HookeyStreet, Jun 17, 2020
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  4. 1BDS
    1BDS Win User

    Turning off Firewall &/or McAfee Anti-Virus temporarily

    uninstalling McAfee anti virus and turning on defender in Windows 10

    I purchased a new computerwith windows 10 pre installed and it came with 30 day free trial of McAfee anti virus. 30 days is up and I want to run Microsoft defender anti virus but it says it is turned off and McAfee is runing my security program and I cant
    turn it on. how do I uninstall the McAfee and run the defender?
     
    1BDS, Jun 17, 2020
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