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I'm trying to install chocolatey package manager on my local machine as administrator using instructions given on https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/setup#install-with-powershell.exe I opened powershell as administrator and with ExecutionPolicy set as bypass I pasted the command given on the website. I get the following error: At line:1 char:1

+ Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.Service ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This script contains malicious content and has been blocked by your antivirus software.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ScriptContainedMaliciousContent

I have McAfee installed and turned on. which setting should I turn off in McAfee and windows defender so as to be able to install chocolatey on my system.

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  • McAfee enterprise? Or a local install? You should be able to disable real-time detection on a local install, but if it's enterprise you might need to get an exception added.
    – spikey_richie
    Commented Feb 8, 2021 at 8:42
  • @spikey_richie thanks I got it
    – tachyon
    Commented Feb 9, 2021 at 7:34

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I was able to update Chocolatey using the Windows PowerShell script by temporarily turning off McAfee Real-Time scanning and then running PowerShell (as an admin) and using the documented script.

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