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What is mctskshd.exe? McAfee Task Scheduler?

Vendor:      McAfee
Product:     Security
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.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Mctskshd.exe is the task scheduling service for the McAfee Security Center.

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


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mctskshd.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: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mctskshd.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xa214e217784d1002411dca8e9793d4a4 7/16/2015 3:18:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 13 McAfee Task Scheduler 119 KB
2 Status 0xb6099c152a5049880370eb4a24a8d5c2 8/22/2011 8:01:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 9 McAfee Task Scheduler 118 KB
3 Status 0x74caec7538cebd544b28de2adebf9423 3/14/2011 9:46:00 AM Unknown 7,0,317,0 McAfee Task Scheduler 185 KB
4 Status 0xd7df93ed136581b9e7573b63b27f6f3c 2/14/2011 5:58:00 AM Unknown 7,0,327,0 McAfee Task Scheduler 183 KB
5 Status 0xa4ec548d7f9f1619fb2730d61913d84f 8/11/2009 1:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 139 KB
6 Status 0xbaa2210909a0265b1b18139556319c8f 7/25/2009 3:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 139 KB
7 Status 0xc922323b137315929fcfbd3b0920d236 7/2/2009 4:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 136 KB
8 Status 0xd083d36032dbff74b62d75854f7c8d9e 6/18/2009 3:00:00 AM Unknown 7,1,133,0 McAfee Task Scheduler 185 KB
9 Status 0x3658fea5ba92895f22562a50e5dde92c 6/5/2009 8:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 139 KB
10 Status 0x503aa1df6d2f90a5b76674c312cb66ca 3/20/2009 5:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 136 KB
11 Status 0xe494bfd3942b49370bb908d1c9ab2f09 9/16/2008 8:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 119 KB
12 Status 0x6d76909e4a82dfb473e6ed182a949a4f 9/13/2008 11:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 126 KB
13 Status 0x83810d2afe65fd9823904cc8601b4361 8/5/2008 1:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown McAfee Task Scheduler 118 KB
14 Status 0x97389b6eeed61feb093a27185cbd7722 12/31/2007 Unknown 6, 0, 0, 1 McAfee Task Scheduler 118 KB


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