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

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

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

4. Click Turn Off button

5. Click Turn Off button on the dialog

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.

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