McAfee security app uses high cpu. My Samsung Galaxy FE 20 gives this notification all the time. what should I do?
Is there a way app can lower the cpu usage? That also drain less battery.
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Thanks!
Hi @Nsoni
As your Samsung phone is running with Android OS, which is vulnerable to virus and malware and hackers. It need protection 24/7 from a security point of view. Hence McAfee as a efficient security program run's 24/7 in your device to do background scan and protect and secure your data and device from threats and Malware.
However I understand your concern on battery life. I will have this checked with my development team. Meantime, i would prefer to do a clean re-installation of McAfee security program and observe the battery life and please keep us posted.
If you have any concerns, feel free to reply to the post or contact our support team using the link below.
www.mcafee.com/support/contact
Regards
Edward Franso
I reinstalled the app.
Now it says that my subscription (free trial) expired. I think it was not expired when I had older version of app few minutes back..... I don't understand...
I yet to check if high CPU usage issue persist or not!
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