Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
McProxy.exe
McAfee Proxy by McAfee (Signed)
| Version: | 3,11,100,0 |
| MD5: | 447fa93bb3e0ad783b1ad39b60c843e8 |
| SHA1: | 1f6b0446351245410345dbb1129d79c167f42601 |
| SHA256: | 77a09493933aa8bc4abc9e363ed00f30b2400c3ead52c71b4a404ba659525c58 |
Overview
McProxy.exe runs as a service under the name McAfee Proxy Service (McProxy) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by McAfee which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | McProxy.exe |
| Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
| Product name: | McAfee Proxy |
| Description: | McAfee Proxy Service Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\McProxy\McProxy.exe |
| File version: | 3,11,100,0 |
| Product version: | 3,11,0,0 |
| Size: | 351.52 KB (359,952 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | McAfee |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Friday, September 12, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, October 9, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'McProxy' (McAfee Proxy Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00013802% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008991% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004811% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 24,570 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 147,413/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 8.26 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.57 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 304 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 8.26 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 85.18 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 102.36 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.73 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 13.18 MB | |
| Page faults: | 34,125/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 96 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.4 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 43/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 18 | |
| Handles: | 384 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | C:\progra~1\common~1\mcafee\mcproxy\mcproxy.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | McProxy |
| Display name: | McAfee Proxy Service |
| Description: | “McAfee Proxy Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| mcproxy.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00167489% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00144855% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00022634% | |
| CPU cycles: | 26,950/sec | |
| Memory: | 360 KB | |
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006397% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004920% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001476% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,186/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.36 MB | |
| mps.dll (McAfee Parental Controls by McAfee) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006150% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002460% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003690% | |
| CPU cycles: | 996/sec | |
| Memory: | 684 KB | |
| mpscfg.dll (McAfee Parental Controls by McAfee) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002460% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001476% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000984% | |
| CPU cycles: | 368/sec | |
| Memory: | 548 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000492% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000492% | |
| CPU cycles: | 117/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 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 |
33.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of McAfee Proxy.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
50.00% |
|
| Sony |
50.00% |
|
