McAfee was installed on this PC

Hi Bob,
I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 2-Year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

Yes, We recommend using Windows Defender only. 3rd party Antiviruses can have issues as newer feature updates are released sometimes.

You can consider keeping malwarebytes free as an on-demand scanner if you need(not necessary)

Hi Bob. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 9 year Windows MVP and Independent Advisor, here to help you.

No expert in Forums where we see the most cases (by the thousands) recommends Avast, AVG. Norton or McAfee, but we have solved many problems over the years by having them uninstalled.

I would uninstall any 3rd party antivirus and try running only built-in Defender which gives adequate protection, least issues, and is from Microsoft who knows how to protect their OS best.

If you want the best on-demand scanner install and run a full scan with Malwarebytes free scanner: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/
You can turn off the free trial at any time in the app's Settings > Accounts.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Hi Bob

Yes, absolutely you should remove McAfee, it gets in everywhere in your PC and will slow your new PC down a lot . . .

Use the official McAfee Removal Tool to get that off your PC, it is very hard to remove correctly - http://us.mcafee.com/apps/supporttools/mcpr/mcp...


Windows 10 now contains a full and competent Security Suite . . .

Windows Defender has, over the last few years become a fully featured Security solution

It is on a par with paid for Anti-virus software, the virus definitions are updated regularly, it will not slow our PC down, works well with Edge and it is Free

Defender now has a new feature - Controlled Folder Access, which protects against a ransomware attack

Honestly, you do not need more protection than Defender can supply . ..

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Thank you for your reply. I’ve uninstalled the McAfee suite that came with the Dell laptop I bought and am only using Windows 10 security now.

Thank you for your reply. I’ve uninstalled the McAfee suite that came with the Dell laptop I bought and am only using Windows 10 security now.

Thank you for your reply. I’ve uninstalled the McAfee suite that came with the Dell laptop I bought and am only using Windows 10 security now.

Thank you for your reply. I’ve uninstalled the McAfee suite that came with the Dell laptop I bought and am only using Windows 10 security now.