#Mcafee mac os big sur update#
#Mcafee mac os big sur upgrade#

The moderator also promised that there would be a new version later that same day (BT Virus Protect version 4.10.00), which should rectify the problem. On 16th November 2020 a BT forum moderator, DavidM, finally responded to acknowledge and apologise for the problem.

#Mcafee mac os big sur upgrade#

If this canвЂ™t be sorted out quickly I may resort to switching supplier when my contract ends.вЂќДЄ quick look on the McAfee website reveals a message, which confirms that: вЂњ Real-Time Scanning, and the Firewall in your McAfee software will stop working if you upgrade to macOS Big Sur while still running McAfee security software version 4.9 or earlier.вЂќ The security firm actually released a new version (4.10) to fix this in October, but at the time BTвЂ™s own implementation was still based off an older release. BT passed the buck to McAfee but when calling their office in Swindon I hit a brick wall getting a garbled American accent telling me to call back later.ДЄ message was sent by BT several weeks ago warning of this problem but after calling both them and McAfee they both claimed to have no knowledge of this. вЂњI have had exactly the same problem with similar outcomes. The software tells me everything has installed successfully, all checks passed ok but then this pop up window keeps appearing asking me to make the allow action.вЂќ IвЂ™ve reinstalled BT Virus Protect/Mcafee but the issue is the same. I canвЂ™t see an option to actually allow Mcafee, other than the general choice to allow downloads from approved sources etc.

вЂњIвЂ™ve upgraded to Big Sur on my MacBook Pro and Mcafee keeps asking me to allow it to upgrade the software in Security & Privacy. Raise a complaint, the more who do this the BT may actually listen.вЂќ

Trying to find somebody in BT who understands this and will take responsibility has so far been impossible. Mcafee wouldnвЂ™t help as SW is via BT not direct from them, but the did say the only Mcafee version that will work with Big Sur is 4.10.

Various posts can be found about this on social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) and thereвЂ™s a long thread on BTвЂ™s Community Forum.

#Mcafee mac os big sur update#

The issues range from users being unable to update the software, to repetitive pop-up messages, or finding that the firewall and real time scanning features donвЂ™t function properly.