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McAfee Allow Us To Continue Your Setup

On my 2011 iMac McAfee keeps saying allow us to continue your setup. I clicked allow and it didnt bother me for a few weeks. Now it's bothering me again. Did I install a malware mcafee? Because I haven't had this issue before, and I've had McAfee on this mac for almost 3 years.

My macOS version is High Sierra if it helps. pls help lol

Posted on Sep 4, 2023 5:58 PM

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Sep 5, 2023 11:29 AM in response to LegoWasTaken

First, there is no reason to ever install or run any 3rd party "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up", anti-virus, VPN or security apps on your Mac, MacAfee included.  This documents describe what you need to know and do in order to protect your Mac: Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community and Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support.  


There are no known viruses, i.e. self propagating, for Macs.  There are, however, adware and malware which require the user to install although unwittingly most of the time thru sneaky links, etc.   


Anti Virus developers try to group all types as viruses into their ad campaigns of fear.  They do a poor job of the detecting and isolating the adware and malware.  Since there are no viruses these apps use up a lot of system resources searching for what is non-existent and adversely affect system and app performance.


There is one app, Malwarebytes, which was developed by a long time contributor to these forums and a highly respected member of the computer security community, that is designed solely to seek out adware and known malware and remove it.  The free version is more than adequate for most users.  


So as you've already been wisely advised of uninstall MacAfee according to the developer's instructions and use the shareware app Find Any File to search for any leftover files with the application's or the developer's name in the file name.  For MacAfee software you'd do the following search(es): 


1 - Name contains macaque


Any files that are found can be dragged from the search results window to the Desktop or Trash bin in the Dock for deletion.


FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, system folders and packages.  


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