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# 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

![](/files/-M4oNFJWVjefkuQsW-mc)

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

![](/files/-M4oNFJYeaLbY_NlOIBN)

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

![](/files/-M4oNFJ_aD4R0aJbyJAQ)

### 4. Click Turn Off button

![](/files/-M4oNFJb4kcEfd3dGwV6)

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

![](/files/-M4oNFJdHN8mut0-unyC)

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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