mfefire.exe
SYSCORE by McAfee (Signed)
| Version: | SYSCORE.15.1.0.631 |
| MD5: | 89a8491264921184753b472f96a68e2f |
| SHA1: | bc92f2508a082c2639347b19e9ca9d397113e54c |
| SHA256: | 4fc0acf8023c6324789f6300b4646c23edcda6b6409b277da3c7b000ec94c4d4 |
What is mfefire.exe?
McAfee Core Firewall Service is part of McAfee's core security products. This is a common modules that is shared between a number of McAfee progams.
Overview
mfefire.exe runs as a service under the name McAfee Firewall Core Service (mfefire) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including McAfee Parental Controls published by McAfee, Inc., McAfee Parental Controls from McAfee, Inc. and McAfee Parental Controls by McAfee, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by McAfee which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | mfefire.exe |
| Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
| Product name: | SYSCORE |
| Description: | McAfee Core Firewall Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\mcafee\systemcore\mfefire.exe |
| File version: | SYSCORE.15.1.0.631 |
| Size: | 214.13 KB (219,272 bytes) |
| Build date: | 8/1/2013 5:42 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | McAfee |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“With Parental Controls you can ensure that your children view only age-appropriate websites on a schedule that lets you determine when they can access the web, and when they cannot. Make sure that your child can view only age-appropriate websites, and review or change the type of content available to your children. Ensure that the safety filters of some popular search engines are turned on to automatically exclude potentially inappropri...”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'mfefire' (McAfee Firewall Core Service)
- mfefire
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00173110% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00099306% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00073804% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,803 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 130,810/sec | |
| Context switches: | 7/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.68 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.42 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.19 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 39.29 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 41.81 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.11 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.51 MB | |
| Page faults: | 76,236/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.59 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 24/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 127 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\mcafee\systemcore\\mfefire.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | mfefire |
| Display name: | McAfee Firewall Core Service |
| Description: | “Provides firewall services to McAfee products” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| mfefire.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00420407% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00272423% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00147984% | |
| CPU cycles: | 84,986/sec | |
| Memory: | 224 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00024654% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00024654% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 8,596/sec | |
| Memory: | 348 KB | |
| mfehida.dll (SYSCORE by McAfee) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004325% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004325% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 70/sec | |
| Memory: | 92 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 |
39.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
19.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
8.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
5.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
3.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 60.50% of SYSCORE.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
27.83% |
|
| ASUS |
18.26% |
|
| Acer |
12.61% |
|
| Sony |
11.30% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
10.87% |
|
| Toshiba |
8.70% |
|
| Lenovo |
6.09% |
|
| Intel |
1.74% |
|
| Gateway |
1.74% |
|
| Alienware |
0.87% |
|
