McOds.exe
McAfee VirusScan by McAfee (Signed)
Version: | 16,1,134,0 |
MD5: | 93432faea699f7a2b4f4ac5949d0b6ab |
SHA1: | 8bfaf19d5ce664857647a8eed65afe5e21a95946 |
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 Internet Security published by McAfee, Inc., McAfee All Access – AntiVirus Plus from McAfee, Inc. and McAfee All Access – 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: | 16,1,134,0 |
Product version: | 16,1,0,0 |
Size: | 370.07 KB (378,952 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
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.
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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: | 0.00018018% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00009749% | |
User CPU: | 0.00008269% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 55,719 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 5,492,894/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 8.82 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 24.1 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 2.5 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 8.82 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 123.55 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 137.45 MB | |
Working set: | 3.03 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 27.49 MB | |
Page faults: | 35,881/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 608.88 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1,403/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 2.74 KB/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 702/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 160.77 KB/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 464/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 12 | |
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 (by Microsoft) |
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% |
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