Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

12,8,957,0	13.95%
12,8,839,0	5.23%
12,8,737,0	0.58%
12,1,317,0	0.58%
12,1,317,0	0.58%
12,1,231,0	2.91%
12,0,610,0	0.58%
12,0,610,0	0.58%
11,6,505,0	16.28%
11,6,505,0	0.58%
11,6,476,0	16.86%
11,6,476,0	10.47%
11,6,434,0	20.35%
11,6,434,0	2.91%
11,6,385,0	0.58%
11,6,385,0	2.33%
11,0,669,0	0.58%
11,0,669,0	1.74%
11,0,644,0	0.58%
9,15,160,0	0.58%
9,11,123,0	0.58%
9,0,286,0	0.58%

Relationships

Parent process

svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

mcagent.exe

McAfee SecurityCenter by McAfee (Signed)

Remove mcagent.exe

Version:	11,6,505,0
MD5:	c01d00095278a1ec35046eb0945ea371
SHA1:	41f59349301d31b38b78f8176836232be5066518
SHA256:	df78d686b266b91793963969ea0b022d6bae599d5f623e683b67631eba587dba

What is mcagent.exe?

McAfee SecurityCenter is a security solution that allows users to monitor their computer's security status and to know instantly whether their computer's virus, spyware, e-mail, and firewall protection services are up-to-date. Most McAfee SecurityCenter builds offer trial subscriptions to McAfee’s security software. The program generates security alerts which notify users about emergency virus outbreaks and other important security related messages.

About mcagent.exe (from McAfee)

“McAfee SecurityCenter is comprehensive security that will deliver proactive protection and has been designed for your PC, with over 6,000 new online threats discovered everyday your McAfee software is”

Details

File name:	mcagent.exe
Publisher:	McAfee, Inc.
Product name:	McAfee SecurityCenter
Description:	McAfee Security Center
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe
File version:	11,6,505,0
Product version:	11,6,0,0
Size:	1.46 MB (1,532,992 bytes)
Build date:	3/13/2013 6:33 PM
Certificate
Issued to:	McAfee
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Expiration date:	Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
Entropy:	5.906937
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'mcagent_exe' → C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe /runkey
'mcpltui_exe' → "C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe" /runkey
'mcui_exe' → "C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe" /runkey

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00837933%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00369262%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00468671%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	130,660 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,370,971/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	6/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	32 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	30.68 MB
Private (minimum):	1000 KB
Non-paged memory:	32 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	277.83 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	298.66 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	2.65 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	55.2 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	294,879/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	114.4 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	17/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	1.23 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	5/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	1.83 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	126/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	27	12
Handles:	601	600
GUI GDI count:	49	103
GUI GDI peak:	71	142
GUI USER count:	55	49
GUI USER peak:	71	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command lines:	"C:\Program Files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe" /shrequest "C:\progra~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe" /shrequest "C:\Program Files\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe" /runkey "C:\progra~1\mcafee.com\agent\mcagent.exe" -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

combase.dll
Total CPU:	0.15155657%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.09988501%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.05167157%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	2,122,484/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	2/sec	79/sec
Memory:	1.69 MB	1.16 MB
msvcr100.dll (Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.05199864%
Kernel CPU:	0.02208365%
User CPU:	0.02991499%
CPU cycles:	701,630/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	840 KB
ole32.dll
Total CPU:	0.03797264%
Kernel CPU:	0.02396822%
User CPU:	0.01400442%
CPU cycles:	970,138/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	2.01 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00615838%
Kernel CPU:	0.00005466%
User CPU:	0.00610373%
CPU cycles:	4,510/sec
Memory:	1.66 MB
mshtml.dll
Total CPU:	0.00567577%
Kernel CPU:	0.00081125%
User CPU:	0.00486452%
CPU cycles:	63,533/sec
Memory:	22.49 MB
mcagent.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00274854%
Kernel CPU:	0.00172286%
User CPU:	0.00102568%
CPU cycles:	63,694/sec
Memory:	1.5 MB
msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00061680%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00061680%
CPU cycles:	6,252/sec
Memory:	660 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	39.53%
Windows 8	18.60%
Windows 8.1	6.98%
Windows Vista Home Premium	5.23%
Microsoft Windows XP	5.23%
Windows 8 Single Language	4.07%
Windows 7 Ultimate	4.07%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	3.49%
Windows 7 Starter	3.49%
Windows 7 Professional	2.91%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	2.33%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	1.16%
Windows 8 Pro	1.16%
Windows 7 Home Basic	1.16%
Windows 7 Ultimate N	0.58%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 62.79% of McAfee SecurityCenter.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Dell	28.72%
ASUS	16.41%
Sony	14.36%
Acer	13.33%
Hewlett-Packard	10.77%
Toshiba	8.21%
Lenovo	3.08%
Intel	3.08%
Alienware	1.03%
Gateway	1.03%

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