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What is mcods.exe? McAfee VirusScan?

Vendor:      McAfee
Product:     McAfee VirusScan
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: mcods.exe - On Demand Scan component of McAfee VirusScan.

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


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mcods.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 4%
Average RAM for this program: 21 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mcods.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xf86c81ceac145bc440ba18b55d88605b 11/10/2017 12:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 461 KB
2 Status 0x542322e122238dcbb6cea34cb78617cd 10/26/2015 8:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 461 KB
3 Status 0x3a01047fff666d33ebde3513d20da1f5 6/18/2015 5:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 460 KB
4 Status 0x35180c22036174b76b448ee42747f6f0 2/1/2015 5:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 356 KB
5 Status 0xbc33cdc1d2cde3cf1eb1ad583911b3f3 9/30/2014 10:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 460 KB
6 Status 0xd984faf698966aa360c1702ef623c3f9 9/12/2014 9:36:00 AM Unknown 11,2,121,0 McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
7 Status 0x790f30f2386be8416d8a82fc8f51a7c8 9/2/2013 5:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 281 KB
8 Status 0xad31d68463c7b9f2afa45bf1a1763fc9 8/8/2013 4:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 281 KB
9 Status 0x02a1b24273643b3f3542e73c12540599 4/22/2013 6:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 281 KB
10 Status 0xe352cc1723b3b69a7bb1e81dbc9d9d78 3/6/2013 4:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 272 KB
11 Status 0x2d5ba691b249789e70ed787b8c769a53 1/18/2013 9:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 272 KB
12 Status 0xb3cd9ade1c2665124ca34125b331b0b4 9/10/2012 2:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
13 Status 0x135aa9e9e7047b7dc1f753205d421a26 6/11/2012 12:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
14 Status 0x42117cbc4849a5cf11129912dabbdeca 5/4/2012 11:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
15 Status 0x5379a996f953da65f40cc4e848dc7590 2/5/2012 10:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
16 Status 0xe8c5aae17e8332f5f4f57935238cd5eb 2/5/2012 7:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
17 Status 0x1d97a89e4c1917d7c7ac3a27a45ef87e 1/28/2012 7:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
18 Status 0x21456f3051cbefd1f2d60d8b9ab9c6ee 1/28/2012 1:01:00 AM Unknown 12,0,172,0 McAfee VirusScan 369 KB
19 Status 0xe9dbdf6beb9f7c34b0bd608aca0680c7 9/7/2011 2:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 355 KB
20 Status 0x1df62cf5a8ff714503659624d0e38c88 5/1/2011 11:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 356 KB
21 Status 0xc9e381557669a3120de3df88fb288784 4/14/2011 11:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 353 KB
22 Status 0xcac3e067cad78234d081cf57e3850ae0 3/14/2011 9:46:00 AM Unknown 11,0,201,0 McAfee VirusScan 345 KB
23 Status 0x3c5dd4d4aba2f38b317da058ee3cabde 2/15/2011 10:30:00 PM Unknown 11,0,210,0 McAfee VirusScan 337 KB
24 Status 0x0944b976b4ca6a5db827d22350c86664 2/14/2011 5:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 341 KB
25 Status 0xa56ddc19c16a0d9b67f43dc092539c7f 10/25/2010 4:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee VirusScan 356 KB


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