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What is mcdetect.exe? McAfee SecurityCenter?

Vendor:      McAfee
Product:     McAfee SecurityCenter
Vendor Website:      http://www.mcafee.com/us/
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: mcdetect.exe is a legitimate component of the McAfee Security Center.

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


mcdetect.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
mcdetect.exe could be a harmful process. Learn more about protecging your PC from these potential harmful processes with PC Matic.
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mcdetect.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mcdetect.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x920848f7b932b9cd543720f376e02a30 7/16/2015 3:18:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 7 McAfee SecurityCenter 124 KB
2 Status 0xf73b0f3ebd90b1c87a3b93be94e831c7 2/7/2015 12:05:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 19 McAfee SecurityCenter 124 KB
3 Status 0xb45a6d53a0b463fc14853d7d3c09f3e2 8/11/2009 1:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 144 KB
4 Status 0x946571303cdf82510f8e22e12840ba64 7/25/2009 3:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 144 KB
5 Status 0xa5b97b5ccbc1c37fc8e229382ef24dc5 7/2/2009 4:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 144 KB
6 Status 0x0ff043e8687ba31a5fbe911fb95a0ebd 6/5/2009 8:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 144 KB
7 Status 0x576cf6955b98eb0526e5e34987c6d6a5 3/20/2009 5:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 144 KB
8 Status 0xe9f9b8b78ea7c1e2be72966976689364 2/5/2009 9:02:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 17 McAfee SecurityCenter 124 KB
9 Status 0xd6e28617201dba184bb1de05b59a38ef 9/16/2008 8:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 124 KB
10 Status 0x377ac51adf1d730e645e810af41e36ed 9/13/2008 11:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 132 KB
11 Status 0x0a27a7fa226eb7615e93084f3483154d 5/28/2008 3:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee SecurityCenter 136 KB


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