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mcsysmon.exe (McAfee SystemGuards realtime)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 1.18%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


In addition to the file name, mcsysmon.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:McAfee
Product contains:McAfee VirusScan API

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.mcafee.com/us/



Win Patrol

mcsysmon.exe is the McAfee SystemGuards realtime monitoring service.

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

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called mcsysmon.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
mcsysmon.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x4f60ccc90bc3a05e9d8cda4cd1e58795 643664 bytes
2 0x9770a8706bba3c4cbea998d2a6bf2d08 643664 bytes
3 0x65ff2f0b0aafca4720186c4c2f4822ce 695624 bytes
4 0x41eb33167df079b41de0566216bba77a 622160 bytes
5 0xa02b837b4b3edbbd295065a41d93214f 625232 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x2d3c3211f325091ef8973ca6576de547 624208 bytes
7 0xfd47df2bcc3544df65b01ad6b6062430 695624 bytes
8 0xea4ba78efd7da2117c2ed64a5b9afdbe 695624 bytes
9 0x5882defce95235bafe6d91a2ddc0ea6e 624720 bytes
10 0xa3a7008202bcfff183aa821dbde46ce8 695624 bytes


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Tips from the PitCrew

Tips from the Pit Crew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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