Disable McAfee AV programmatically

[AlexBeet]

I have a relatively simple Excel macro that runs extremely slowly when McAfee AV software is enabled.
I want to be able to disable McAfee AV at the begining of the macro and then re-enable it at the end. Is there a Windows API or command line function that can perform these functions?
The macro is used on about 50 clients every day and it would obviously be easier to get the macro to disable and re-enable the software - The clients need a password to disable Mcafee and , if possible, I need this password to be held in the macro.

 

[AVChap]

If you're using 9x or XP, you can use these commands to stop and start VShield:

NET STOP AVSYNMGR
NET START AVSYNMGR

HTH,
AVChap