The antivirus software that we provide to University staff and students has been rebranded from ‘McAfee’ to ‘Trellix’.
McAfee EndPoint Protection has been retired and won’t be receiving updates, so we recommend that all users upgrade to Trellix. The functionality of Trellix is the same as McAfee, and it supports macOS Ventura.
- Download the Trellix installation software
- Open your ‘Downloads’ folder and double click the downloaded file to open it.
- Open the ‘Trellix Endpoint Security’ installer package inside the downloaded file.
- When prompted to run a program to determine if the software can be installed, select ‘Allow’.
- Select ‘Continue’ when you see the installer’s ‘Welcome’ screen.
- Select ‘Continue’ on the ‘What’s new’ screen.
- Select ‘Continue’ and then ‘Agree’ on the ‘Software Licence Agreement’ screen.
- Select ‘Install’ on the ‘Install’ screen. You’ll be asked to enter an administrator’s username and password or use Touch ID to allow this.
- When installation is complete, you may be prompted to move the installer to the bin. Choose ‘Move to Bin’.
- If your computer’s operating system is macOS Ventura (follow Apple’s instructions on how to check your operating system), you will see a notification that FireEye Security Holdings has installed background software:
- Open ‘System Preferences’ (on macOS 12 Monterey) or ‘System Settings’ (on macOS 13 Ventura or later) from the Apple menu.
- Choose ‘Privacy & Security’ then ‘Full Disk Access’.
- Select each of the following items in the list and click the '–' at the bottom of the window to remove it:
- fmpd
- VShieldScanManager
- VShieldScanner
- You will be prompted to enter an administrator’s password to confirm the changes.
- Choose the ‘+’ icon.
- Press ‘Command’ and ‘Shift’ and ‘G’ at the same time.
- In the window that appears, type the following path and then press ‘OK’:
/usr/local/McAfee/fmp/bin64/fmpd - Repeat steps 15–17, but enter the path: /usr/local/McAfee/AntiMalware/VShieldScanner
- Repeat steps 15–17, but enter the path: /usr/local/McAfee/AntiMalware/VShieldScanManager.app
- Close ‘System Settings’ or ‘System Preferences’.
- Open ‘Trellix Endpoint Security for Mac' from the ‘Applications’ folder.
- Choose ‘Settings’ from the application menu.
- Select the padlock to unlock the settings. You’ll be asked to enter an administrator’s password.
- Set ‘Threat Prevention’ to ‘On’.
- Close ‘Settings’ and ‘Trellix Endpoint Security’.
