Your Mac is no more or less vulnerable with McAfee installed than without. McAfee does not do well at detecting Mac malware, while in contrast, the anti-malware features built into Mac OS X currently block all known Mac malware. So, really, McAfee is not offering you any improvements at all.
In contrast, your Mac is more vulnerable to having performance and stability issues with McAfee installed. You're also looking at potential data loss issues caused directly by McAfee's interference with your backups. Uninstall McAfee immediately. You should find a McAfee uninstaller in your Applications folder. Once you have gotten rid of McAfee, read my for more information on protecting yourself against malware. (Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com.). I also had this problem.
I had to open up the McAfee preferences, select the Anti-malware tab, and click on the Exclusions panel. This presents a list of items to be excluded from scanning. Click on the lock icon at the bottom left of the window to allow changes to be made.
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The exclusion list uses a regex (regular expression pattern) to exclude items. Unfortunately, there's no way to directly select the time machine backup.
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However, a work around is to click the '+' icon to add an exclusion and select any file or directory for exclusion. Once selected, the text for the regular expression can be edited. To exclude time machine backups, use this pattern: /Volumes/./Backups.backupdb/. This will exclude all Time Machine backup directories on remote Time Machine devices and should work on any local external hard drive used for Time Machine backups as well (though I have not tested external hard drive as a backup). The technical issue occurring is the virus scanner is finding a virus within the time machine backup and is moving it while Time Machine is backing up which stops the backup process.
In my case, the ' Quarantine' folder was being backed up and the virus scanner was finding the virus in the backup. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site. All postings and use of the content on this site are subject to the.