Versions

12,8,957,0	13.95%
12,8,839,0	5.23%
12,8,737,0	0.58%
12,1,317,0	0.58%
12,1,317,0	0.58%
12,1,231,0	2.91%
12,0,610,0	0.58%
12,0,610,0	0.58%
11,6,505,0	16.28%
11,6,505,0	0.58%
11,6,476,0	16.86%
11,6,476,0	10.47%
11,6,434,0	20.35%
11,6,434,0	2.91%
11,6,385,0	0.58%
11,6,385,0	2.33%
11,0,669,0	0.58%
11,0,669,0	1.74%
11,0,644,0	0.58%
9,15,160,0	0.58%
9,11,123,0	0.58%
9,0,286,0	0.58%

There are 22 versions of mcagent.exe in the wild, the latest version being 12,8,957,0. mcagent.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 995.04 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to McAfee by VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program McAfee Internet Security from McAfee, Inc.. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0093% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 34.08 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 131.22 KB per minute for reads and 8.73 KB per minute for writes.

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