“If you are still unable to remove ENSM, try to add the following command before you try the removal command:” sudo /usr/local/McAfee/fmp/bin/fmp stop Step 4 of McAfee’s solution ( is it really a step 4 if step 3 isn’t an option?): No password, no removal… Next best option, stop the process. This requires “the administrator password set by the ePolicy Orchestrator”. McAfee’s Knowledge Center on this issue, Solution Step 3 recommends removing the trouble modules. Browser freeze, pages stopped loading – even after disconnecting from WiFi.Ĭhecking Activity Monitor ( can be found here: Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor), I saw McAfee ATP (Adaptive Threat Protection) was spinning up the % CPU - so to Google I go and find a similar solution to the Scan Manager freezes. While that article addresses an issues with Scan Manager, a new problem popped up this morning after updating a Mac OS Catalina patch.

In August I wrote a post on Stopping McAfee Scan Manager freezes on Mac OS via Terminal (2 minutes - Level Easy) after experiencing a lot of the aforementioned. If you are working on a managed Mac operating system with Mcafee installed, chances are you’ve likely experienced a slow-down or freeze with your Mac getting hot and fan sounds equal to a small plane taking off. Stopping McAfee ATP freezes on Mac OS via Terminal (2 minutes - Level Easy)

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