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What is mctray.exe? mctray.exe?

Vendor:      McAfee
Product:     
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: McTray.exe - McAfee Security Agent Taskbar Extension.

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


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mctray.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: 0.24%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mctray.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd90a9028e7db2617b20c61ebb813eed9 7/18/2016 4:21:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.127 mctray.exe 84 KB
2 Status 0x39da15b313f798372da59f53355e8477 1/21/2016 3:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
3 Status 0xf01de4e2d6df141628bab697b7b43057 1/13/2015 5:36:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.125 mctray.exe 84 KB
4 Status 0x8aed38ad5a3242ab6ac2741168f76e48 11/7/2014 3:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
5 Status 0x92503eb7c89889ab3c76387dc0c7a0d6 11/7/2014 1:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
6 Status 0x6717876c6f8a3fbf77171b4b4572b3da 9/24/2014 9:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 112 KB
7 Status 0x7a2fab25eddc6b2c6aa19ba3eb5e0a04 9/2/2014 10:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
8 Status 0xd6c609ce92d7be4a5dedc5bf6c86a684 8/16/2014 10:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
9 Status 0x017f58141024f5c83c332e0b8ddc3c6f 3/15/2012 6:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 73 KB
10 Status 0x776f3c6ac6bae606cafd84e33072cdd0 2/5/2012 5:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
11 Status 0x45a521af90168aac534a95d678471095 1/20/2012 12:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 152 KB
12 Status 0xb4799baf963bba53bb2d57840efc5461 8/22/2011 8:48:00 AM Unknown 1.0.0.124 mctray.exe 84 KB
13 Status 0x7b02fe97cf45bb5a0c57145660e7c164 7/30/2011 5:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
14 Status 0xea18a8ff732f27c6d7b54d03121daed8 6/23/2011 12:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 73 KB
15 Status 0x47f4d60c30abb63a2f983b4cadaff4d8 5/14/2011 4:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 112 KB
16 Status 0xe58fc2468262cd818f73615891637afc 2/22/2011 8:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
17 Status 0xc68277e1adf7178f612a4c41b9ea732f 9/17/2010 8:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
18 Status 0xf132ddefd30fa4db527fa10df6190a01 3/31/2010 12:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
19 Status 0x8cee5d16eb32a162cf815dac162fe39a 3/26/2010 1:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
20 Status 0xf783991df86f3d4314321e48f4cd50a4 3/9/2010 5:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 84 KB
21 Status 0x19570d6cd2b3766b60da0040477f2d6b 2/23/2010 5:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
22 Status 0x716b608e77abfe3f186234ebf8d75fb0 2/2/2010 7:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
23 Status 0xbfbb0404fc2f01f5d65e7112fa612c79 1/19/2010 1:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 84 KB
24 Status 0x6ed96fe387f7b5a8496ed8d011cadd03 11/13/2009 11:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 89 KB
25 Status 0xe25de56a28e57f623c350122e1443d71 9/9/2009 9:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown mctray.exe 84 KB


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