Note: With Adaptive Threat Protection installed, to uninstall Endpoint Security Threat Prevention, you must first uninstall Adaptive Threat Protection, then. Re: Uninstall 10.5 from Mac OS X High Sierra On page 12 of Installation Guide, link below, explains how to uninstall McAfee Endpoint Security for Mac 10.5.0 - Installation Guide.
Upgrade from macOS El Capitan and macOS Sierra, running ENSM 10.2.3 and later, to macOS High Sierra or later: If the McAfee kernel extensions are present on the Mac system before you upgrade to macOS High Sierra or later, no end-user consent is required. In this case I think it's quite justified to have endpoint security disabled because it's not adding anything and is simply slowing down a build. At times however, I find myself needing to disable it (temporarily) - for example when doing large deployments/builds that compile vast amounts of code. It's typically deployed in a corporate setting which makes it impossible for you as the user to disable it temporarily. McAfee Endpoint Security is an anti-virus / malware protection utility and a tool that can significantly slow down your Mac. Uninstall Mcafee Endpoint Security For Mac High Sierra Vista.
