Is McAfee Security for your devices any good ? Has anyone had any trouble with it ?

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dsuemurp Author

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Is McAfee Security for your devices any good ? Has anyone had any trouble with it ?

Is McAfee Security any good ? Has anyone had any trouble with it ?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 2, 2021 10:47 PM

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Jack-19

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Dec 2, 2021 10:55 PM in response to dsuemurp

Do NOT install McAfee! Anti-virus and other cleaners have no place on a Mac. They cause performance issues, cause security issues, and makes macOS appear buggy. macOS has built-in security:

Jack

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dsuemurp Author

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Dec 2, 2021 11:13 PM in response to Jack-19

I bought a McAfee security card good for 3 devices. I put it on my desktop computer, my iPhone an my iPad. I’m having trouble with all 3. But I don’t understand why a internet company would try to sell it to customers. I have tried to uninstall it but it comes back on. What should I do ?

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Mal-S

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Dec 3, 2021 12:42 AM in response to dsuemurp

Uninstalling McAfee is problematic and is part of the reason anti-virus app shouldn’t be installed.

This link describes removal from a Mac. I’ve never needed to use it so I can’t validate it. There are other methods to be found but do not install any cleanup apps if told to do so.

https://nektony.com/how-to/uninstall-mcafee-on-mac

This is an earlier discussion on the subject.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6314249

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