combofix mcafee

Sorry but your best bet is to uninstall McAfee since they do not have the ability to stop their program from interferring with valid processes from running. On the ComboFix instructions site they explain that you need to shutdown protection software to prevent problems. That is the fix. You could try temporarily stopping all McAfee startup process and services from loading using MSconfig and then rebooting and try to run ComboFix. Or you could try running ComboFix in safe boot mode. The other solution is to uninstall the problem software (McAfee) when they do not give you the ability to terminate their program.

I suggest that you also complain to them about why they are detecting valid malware removal tools as problems. If ComboFix and other tools used the same methods as McAfee, they would be deleting McAfee as a potentially unwanted or dangeous program.


Why are you trying to run ComboFix anyway? What malware problems are you having?

 

Maybe and maybe not. However, if you restart McAfee, you still will not be able to run ComboFix because McAfee will still get in the way. If McAfee was able to properly detect and remove malware then tools like ComboFix and many others would not need to exist. Too bad we have to say this but it is just a plain fact.

Based on what you have stated in your other thread, it does no really sound like malware but the only way to really know for sure is by checking. svchost errors can be cause for many reasons, most of which are not malware. And random problems with your DNS server are also unlikely to be malware. Malware would more likely cause a constant problem not a random one.

 

Things change overtime. We used to prefer AVG but not anymore since their new program has too many false detections and is a resource hog. I would recommend trying either Avira or Avast and see how you like it. Only use one. You must uninstall, reboot and then install the other if you change your mind about the first one you choose. The free tools are quite good. I actually think they are better than paid programs like McAfee or Symantec.

 

You're welcome. Surf safely and be sure to check out the below:

How to Protect yourself from malware!

 

You're welcome. Surf safely!