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What is mcshield.exe? McAfee Antivirus?

Vendor:      Inc.
Product:     
Vendor Website:      http://www.mcafee.com
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Mcshield.exe - Mcshield.exe represents McAfee Antivirus.

mcshield.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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mcshield.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 1.19%
Average CPU use for this program: 11%
Average RAM for this program: 60 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mcshield.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xe30103a209e0e0316e9b12b9c43f8063 3/8/2021 9:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 640 KB
2 Status 0x1f0f4b564bffd1e5c319f39dc3eea17f 10/15/2017 10:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 624 KB
3 Status 0x85db8ddd2d664716bb5b2d3405f9ef92 3/20/2017 4:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 162 KB
4 Status 0x5c4260ca6b57f18ecfa6522b745d1129 1/25/2017 8:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 141 KB
5 Status 0xfe7985dae11fa70829762c5af39dbb27 1/7/2017 4:52:00 AM Unknown 8.0.0.251 McAfee Antivirus 216 KB
6 Status 0xf2390ca991f8111d08cb5d5fe56eaee1 12/17/2016 5:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 640 KB
7 Status 0xf2861f8954d464f84c407a06a8d41d2f 10/18/2016 3:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 167 KB
8 Status 0x54ebfeeea8a86328c7f0238fc1675008 7/18/2016 4:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 141 KB
9 Status 0x6d7e4fd4262df716dd4a80ff3e902ba6 2/15/2016 9:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 199 KB
10 Status 0x3b26ec4190c52dea7489302da526b0c7 1/21/2016 3:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 143 KB
11 Status 0xe0ce4bd33b108b07e92ce3e399d0e81e 1/5/2016 5:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 163 KB
12 Status 0xe36380699de374a52f7cf0bb2a09dc05 11/17/2015 3:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 144 KB
13 Status 0x283aa915917b621940b1434578a58e97 10/11/2015 5:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 640 KB
14 Status 0x16767b4cb7ae8f388e091717db34ff6c 9/24/2015 5:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 162 KB
15 Status 0x775a0516b843c56b247fc33d0c796ab3 8/12/2015 7:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 141 KB
16 Status 0xd075df11c65f1d370fcc5d3b976e6e72 7/18/2015 4:48:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 141 KB
17 Status 0x023c3b3b5369ea36ba65674b330e66b9 7/8/2015 10:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 141 KB
18 Status 0x6e35c41de0faa9889238c21be445b61c 6/18/2015 5:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 640 KB
19 Status 0xfae84a2f9c11b7c532950bf0ae1ec26a 6/12/2015 8:40:00 PM Unknown 11.0.0.151 McAfee Antivirus 216 KB
20 Status 0x151f3ca25b739b9cb0066abd1523f064 6/7/2015 7:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 162 KB
21 Status 0x593fa4c378818ece76ba64a11ad56cf2 4/28/2015 7:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 162 KB
22 Status 0x3a7c04588e0a4b3af8d932ee660acfde 4/12/2015 8:52:00 PM Unknown VSCORE.13.3.2.125.x86 McAfee Antivirus 141 KB
23 Status 0xa88c0e2b549734349dc6152b4fe07397 1/27/2015 2:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 144 KB
24 Status 0xc0c3bdd1f6bf86d2b61c00d806030414 1/21/2015 5:24:00 PM Unknown 11.1.0.111 McAfee Antivirus 216 KB
25 Status 0xba3c435e9d1a7bf921c56013f26ae9e6 1/19/2015 1:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Antivirus 628 KB


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