No, Microsoft does not offer McAfee Virus protection for free. Microsoft and McAfee are two different companies. Microsoft provides its own free antivirus software, Microsoft Defender Antivirus, which comes with Windows. McAfee, on the other hand, is a separate company that offers paid antivirus software and security services., Defender is better than AVG. AVG used to be one of the better anti-virus programs, but, although it isn't bad, it's no longer one of the better ones. Among the worst are the most popular: Norton and McAfee. For an anti-virus program, I recommend eSet NOD32 or Kaspersky, if you are willing to pay for it., original title: how to disable anti virus software, can't find how to disable my mcfee anti virus, so I can download a software program, hp compaq presario, vista home premium 32, Uninstall McAfee from Programs and Features; Then go to the McAfee web site and download and run their removal tool, restart. Done. I would recommend after the uninstall you turn on and update Windows Defender and not reinstall McAfee., Windows Defender v McAfee I'm using Windows 10 (1607 edition) with McAfee anti-virus software "BT Virus Protect" which comes free from my broadband provider (BT Mail). I run Windows Offline Defender from time to time (with Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit on all the time), but the main Defender program is disabled. McAfee has kept us protected so far., I am attempting to install a new security program on my computer and came across incompatible software "McAfee Anti-Virus File System Filter Driver", once I found the McAfee folder I was given the message "folder access denied" "you need permission to preform this action" You require permission from Administrators to make changes to this folder"..