Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

5,9,2,0	50.00%
5,8,710,2	7.81%
5,1,187,0	1.56%
5,1,169,0	9.38%
5,1,169,0	1.56%
5,0,262,0	1.56%
5,0,262,0	1.56%
4,6,255,0	3.13%
4,0,228,0	12.50%
4,0,228,0	1.56%
2,15,101,0	9.38%

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McUICnt.exe

McAfee UI Container by McAfee (Signed)

Remove McUICnt.exe

Version:	5,1,187,0
MD5:	f3e6ca3b8fb9db6174d5e75c57046278
SHA1:	dc1b9af2faef2a6cf954be79a5dc9a24ee7518ca
SHA256:	a6e2c20da3241e737834f565f478fcf027b34bd8aa33eb5432157da273d9c15e

What is McUICnt.exe?

McAfee HTML UI Container is part of McAfee SecurityCenter, 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.

About McUICnt.exe (from McAfee)

“Essential security software so you can surf, shop, and socialize online while our anti-virus software, anti-malware, and firewall keep you safe. Relentless security software scans and blocks dangerous”

Details

File name:	McUICnt.exe
Publisher:	McAfee, Inc.
Product name:	McAfee UI Container
Description:	McAfee HTML UI Container
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\mcafee security scan\2.0.181\mcuicnt.exe
File version:	5,1,187,0
Product version:	5,1,0,0
Size:	297.55 KB (304,696 bytes)
Build date:	5/9/2013 10:33 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	McAfee
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Friday, September 12, 2008
Expiration date:	Sunday, October 9, 2011
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
Entropy:	6.415739
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Scheduled tasks

The task '{BDEFFA08-89B0-4058-A4B1-64FA9EA8055A}' runs on registration in the path '\{BDEFFA08-89B0-4058-A4B1-64FA9EA8055A}'
The job '{A732ED2D-5AC1-474B-98CC-27BC811EEA65}' runs on registration in the path '\{A732ED2D-5AC1-474B-98CC-27BC811EEA65}'
The task '{5AB9972E-4FC5-4F0A-94D1-37AA8198F6DA}' runs on registration in the path '\{5AB9972E-4FC5-4F0A-94D1-37AA8198F6DA}'

Startup files (all users) run

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

'mcpltui_exe' → "C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\Platform\mcuicnt.exe" /platui

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00408398%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00228787%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00179612%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	2,656 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,072,854/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	25.86 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	35.17 MB
Private (minimum):	8.51 MB
Non-paged memory:	25.86 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	286.16 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	306.38 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	21.41 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	60.21 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	105,976/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	439.09 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	9/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	43 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	3.93 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	129/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	25	12
Handles:	632	600
GUI GDI count:	48	103
GUI GDI peak:	49	142
GUI USER count:	54	49
GUI USER peak:	61	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\common files\mcafee\platform\mcuicnt.exe" /platui /shrequest
Owner:	User

Threads

Averages

combase.dll
Total CPU:	0.01536457%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00828161%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00708296%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	325,850/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.69 MB	1.16 MB
mcmscui.dll (McAfee SecurityCenter by McAfee)
Total CPU:	0.00419525%
Kernel CPU:	0.00163451%
User CPU:	0.00256074%
CPU cycles:	90,121/sec
Memory:	920 KB
mcuicnt.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00272415%
Kernel CPU:	0.00141656%
User CPU:	0.00130759%
CPU cycles:	63,459/sec
Memory:	300 KB
msvcr100.dll (Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00201591%
Kernel CPU:	0.00122589%
User CPU:	0.00079002%
CPU cycles:	45,786/sec
Memory:	840 KB
mcuifw.dll (Platform by McAfee)
Total CPU:	0.00038141%
Kernel CPU:	0.00021795%
User CPU:	0.00016346%
CPU cycles:	8,554/sec
Memory:	624 KB
mcupdui.dll (McAfee SecurityCenter by McAfee)
Total CPU:	0.00032691%
Kernel CPU:	0.00010897%
User CPU:	0.00021794%
CPU cycles:	5,690/sec
Memory:	360 KB
mshtml.dll
Total CPU:	0.00010897%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00010897%
CPU cycles:	3,175/sec
Memory:	18.37 MB
mcagent.dll (McAfee SecurityCenter by McAfee)
Total CPU:	0.00010897%
Kernel CPU:	0.00010897%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	1,957/sec
Memory:	788 KB
msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00010897%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00010897%
CPU cycles:	1,173/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	23.81%
Windows 8.1	20.63%
Windows 8	12.70%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	11.11%
Windows 7 Professional	6.35%
Windows Vista Home Premium	6.35%
Windows 8 Pro	4.76%
Windows 7 Ultimate	4.76%
Windows 8 Single Language	3.17%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	1.59%
Windows XP Professional	1.59%
Microsoft Windows XP	1.59%
Windows 7 Starter	1.59%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 50.00% of McAfee UI Container.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
ASUS	35.29%
Dell	21.18%
Sony	14.12%
Hewlett-Packard	10.59%
Acer	9.41%
Lenovo	4.71%
Toshiba	2.35%
NEC	2.35%

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