>The goal is to fix your problem. Don't think for one second I'm joking or being facetious. I solve problems like this for a living, and the fastest way to fix your issue is to get rid of McAfee.

Yes, there are ways to solve it. But, before uninstalling it, I need to make sure it is really needed, which means if it really bothers me that much, and to verify if there is a setting to turn it off. For me, I have licensing of that software on several PCs and the expiration is not due yet. So, there are issues changing software just like that. This context is one of the most custom views there could exist. First of all, because there are so many. Secondly, because if someone reports something about one, it is too easy to just say buy a new one. I also face situation like these and also resolve some of these on a regular basis. But, in this case, I only got it twice in the last two weeks. And, it is not as if I would be on the road all the time. Thsi is just a notification. So, I thought I would ask to see if someone would know right away if there is a setting while I do research on my own.

>If you pay good money for an AV product you should expect it to make your life easier, not more difficult. Figure out how much time you've already wasted on this issue with that product, at your hourly rate.

I find this one to be really good so far.

>If AV software screws up even once for me or my clients I immediately get rid of it and de-recommend it. McAfee has done that multiple times IME. Then there's the fact a McAfee utility is a common drive-by installation when installing things like Adobe Reader. MSE has never gotten in my way, even once and is hard to beat for price.
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>Now that McAfee is owned by Intel, Intel is talking about baking McAfee "technology" into the BIOS < shudder >

Oh, interesting comment, we'll have to see how it evolves. This reminds me when MS wanted to integrate IE in the OS and they couldn't. I wonder if this could be a similar situation.

>AV products hook deep into your file system and network stack. They need to be reliable, but sadly all too often are not. When you install AV you're installing a parasite, in the hopes it will stay out of your way and stop other parasites. The initial issue you reported (network scanning) is virus-like behaviour itself. Why would you spend money for a product that has that kind of attitude? Who knows what it will update itself with in the future?

Thanks for the comment