McOds.exe
McAfee VirusScan by McAfee (Signed)
| Version: | 15,0,262,0 |
| MD5: | 44d0da102fa7a1be22fd7499e80dcf9b |
| SHA1: | 8be30c255e06d380c923a48c7d49a3f4e0ef88b5 |
| SHA256: | 8448a6aebc1cfdc588062182858ce1d842b98a6f287e76d3c775af398e57183e |
What is McOds.exe?
McAfee VirusScan is an antivirus program created and maintained by McAfee Inc. The program is not available as a standalone package, but is included in the McAfee VirusScan Plus package or as part of McAfee Internet Security Suite.
About McOds.exe (from McAfee)
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Overview
mcods.exe runs as a service under the name McAfee Scanner (McODS) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including McAfee SecurityCenter published by McAfee, Inc., McAfee AntiVirus Plus from McAfee, Inc. and McAfee AntiVirus Plus by McAfee, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by McAfee which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | mcods.exe |
| Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
| Product name: | McAfee VirusScan |
| Description: | McAfee VirusScan On-Demand Scan |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\mcafee\virusscan\mcods.exe |
| File version: | 15,0,262,0 |
| Product version: | 15,0,0,0 |
| Size: | 490.3 KB (502,064 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | McAfee |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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McAfee VirusScan is an antivirus program created and maintained by McAfee Inc. McAfee markets VirusScan to home and home-office users; McAfee also develops VirusScan Enterprise for use in corporate environments. The product is not available as a standalone package, but is included in the McAfee VirusScan Plus package or as part of McAfee Internet Security Suite.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'McODS' (McAfee Scanner)
- McODS
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003044% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001410% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001634% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 104,474 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,420,070/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 20.58 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.3 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.22 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 20.58 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 154.29 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 168.8 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.2 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 31.7 MB | |
| Page faults: | 61,059/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 260 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 8 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 41.19 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 595/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 13 | |
| Handles: | 433 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\mcafee\virusscan\mcods.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | McODS |
| Display name: | McAfee Scanner |
| Description: | “McAfee Scanner” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001116% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000744% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000372% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,352/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.01 MB | |
| mcods.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000496% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000372% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000124% | |
| CPU cycles: | 137/sec | |
| Memory: | 504 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.05% |
|
| Windows 8 |
20.45% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.95% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
4.55% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.55% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
4.55% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
4.55% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.41% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
2.27% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
2.27% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.27% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
1.14% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 63.64% of McAfee VirusScan.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
31.46% |
|
| Sony |
17.98% |
|
| Acer |
15.73% |
|
| ASUS |
11.24% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
11.24% |
|
| Toshiba |
6.74% |
|
| Intel |
2.25% |
|
| Gateway |
2.25% |
|
| Alienware |
1.12% |
|
