Disable Access
Protection from the McAfee Antivirus Virus Scan Console
Access Protection
has to be disabled in the McAfee Antivirus Scan Console before installing
VMware Tools in a Windows guest operating system. For more information, see the
VMware Knowledge Base article https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1009965
- Power on the virtual machine
- Use McAfee Antivirus in Standard Mode
- Install VMware Tools before installing McAfee Antivirus on the Windows guest operating system.McAfee Antivirus will, however, prevent VMware Tools upgrade if run in Maximum Protection mode.
- DisableAccess Protectionfrom the McAfee Antivirus Virus Scan Console when either installing or upgrading VMware Tools.
- Select.
- Right-click theAccess Protectionicon in theTaskswindow and selectDisablefrom the pop-up menu.
- Install VMware Tools.
- Re-activateAccess Protectionwhen your VMware Tools upgrade or installation is complete.