How to recover MacBook Air after receiving this message. The message appeared after performing a full scan using McAfee AV
unrecoverable error - Security Agent was unable to create requested mechanism MKAuthPlugin:prelogin
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unrecoverable error - Security Agent was unable to create requested mechanism MKAuthPlugin:prelogin
The first thing you need to do is uninstall any and all McAfee software. Macs do not need AV software and they are known to cause issues.
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How to recover MacBook Air after receiving this message. The message appeared after performing a full scan using McAfee AV