McAfee Anti-Virus won't stay on

[missyron]

I received an on screen alert last night that my McAfee "real time scanning" and "firewall" were off.  I immediately clicked on the program and clicked "on" for both.  Within a minute, both went to "off" again.

I have the paid version of Malwarebytes real time malware scanning.

I suspected something was turning my virus protection off and did a full scan with Malwarebytes.  It came up with no threats found.  I've done a second scan with Malwarebytes and again, no threats found.  But my anti-virus won't stay on. 

I need to resolve this.  What should I do?

[Firefox]

Hello and Welcome.

You could temporarily uninstall your MBAM and reboot your computer and see if your McAfee starts working correctly. If it does not then you probably need to do a repair install of your McAfee once you get it working correctly then re-install Malwarebytes. 

[Racerx]

Uninstall the McAfee its junk bloatware anyways. I have intentionally infected my computer with assorted viruses and Mcafee didnt do anything to stop it! It is bloatware. It is a resource hog and slows down your computer. All they want is your money. Malwarebytes caught every single one i threw at it. I run windows defender and Malwarebytes together. Never had a problem. I do the same thing on every customers computer I repair. First thing I do is remove Mcafee and symantec junk. First thing the customer says "Wow, it runs fast now!" Imagine that!

Edited December 31, 2016 by Racerx

[Styleanalyst]

Maybe it isn't compatible with MBAM. Try other AV like Panda, Kaspersky, etc.