What is mcafee.exe?

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The table below includes any processes that may be associated with mcafee.exe, from which further information can be found by clicking on the process title. The icon beside the information can be used to quickly determine if this is a safe file in combination with the key below:


This file is normally safe to leave running.	In most cases, this file is not required to run on startup and can be run manually.	Warning, this file may be a virus, spyware, resource hog and running it is not recommended.	This file may or may not be necessary to load on startup, depending on your circumstances.	No information is available for this item.

mcafee.exe Processes:

File Type	Process Name and Information
	(Default) Detected by Kaspersky as the AGENT.AY TROJAN! See here. Note - this is not a valid McAfee program and is located in %System%. This malware actually changes the value data of the "(Default)" key in HKLM\Run and HKLM\RunServices in order to force Windows to launch it at boot. The name field in MSConfig may be blank
	mcafee Software Intrenet Added by the RBOT-ATR WORM! Note - this is not a valid McAfee program
	start extracting Detected by Kaspersky as the RBOT.FO BACKDOOR! See here. Note - this is not a valid McAfee program and is located in %System%
	Windows Update Added by a variant of the IRCBOT BACKDOOR! See here. Note - this is not a valid McAfee program

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