# Disable McAfee virus scan

McAfee Real Time Virus Scan prevents the required R packages from being installed correctly. Please disable the real time scanning temporarily during the installation of the R packages with Exploratory Desktop.

## Steps to disable it temporarily

### 1. Open McAfee Windows

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### 2. Click the panel for “Virus and Spyware Protections"

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2F-M4oMvCUDQwHTJ0eWi_f%2F-M4oNFJYeaLbY_NlOIBN%2Fimage-1.png?generation=1586795489393433\&alt=media)

### 3. Click the panel for “Real-Time Scanning”

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2F-M4oMvCUDQwHTJ0eWi_f%2F-M4oNFJ_aD4R0aJbyJAQ%2Fimage-2.png?generation=1586795488903696\&alt=media)

### 4. Click Turn Off button

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2F-M4oMvCUDQwHTJ0eWi_f%2F-M4oNFJb4kcEfd3dGwV6%2Fimage-3.png?generation=1586795489119011\&alt=media)

### 5. Click Turn Off button on the dialog

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2F-M4oMvCUDQwHTJ0eWi_f%2F-M4oNFJdHN8mut0-unyC%2Fimage-4.png?generation=1586795488907642\&alt=media)

Now 'Real-Time' scanning should be turned off. You can click on 'Start Setup' button in Exploratory Desktop's setup UI or restart Exploratory Desktop, which will show you the setup UI.