About 3 months ago I de-installed McAfee entirely. Aside from renewing subscription without authorization, it was consuming up to 180 meg a day “downloading updates” even though I had automatic updates turned off. I also noticed that it was apparently asking permission from the mothership whenever I tried to create a new folder, or to just delete a file. Delay of 10 to 15 seconds unless I disabled my LAN connection.
Enough. No more McAfee, no more problems.
The backtalk I got from phone support when I called to cancel was epic.
McAfee is spyware..........................
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/89a0c5/when_you_realize_that_mcafee_is_pure_malware/
https://www.quora.com/Does-McAfee-spy-on-you-Detail-in-comment