When I check the Activity Monitor utility I find multiple instances of VShield Scanner running usually using about 250 MB of RAM, or sometimes up to 400 MB or more each. I often in the past 6 mo or so have been noticing slowdowns and near-freezes of the computer,even though I have had McAfee All Access security installed for several years. Running MacBook Air (late 2014 model) using OS 10.12.6. If all else fails, you'll have to use the online chat or email option and ask for help from tech support. You really need someone who understands the product better than I do. If Jai Prakash comes back with something relevant to your question, I'll hand over the thread to him. I've found lots of references to VShield, a product from VMware, but the name seems to have been around a lot longer than that in connection with McAfee (I've found instructions and user guides from as far back as 2002). We don't get too many Mac questions on the forum, so this is an interesting one. Your post says this is a MacBookAir and gives us the OS version, but what is the actual McAfee product that you're running? Is it "McAfee VirusScan for Mac"? And is it a home consumer, or an enterprise version? I've seen a similar question to yours in the corporate area, posted last year. Try uninstalling and reinstalling it and then run MVT again and see what it says. ![]() Well, that looks pretty much like a defective McAfee installation.
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