mcsacore.exe
McAfee SiteAdvisor by McAfee (Signed)
| Version: | 2,8,0,306 |
| MD5: | aac3b33ba020d2af530d694a5a920180 |
| SHA1: | 763650bfd2558ba7b8e7d29200710bf7cb0d8a48 |
| SHA256: | 004c66c3fe3d5b4d4412431601f646876d1f45851305948d953b63aeee95b004 |
What is mcsacore.exe?
SiteAdvisor is a service that reports on the safety of web sites by crawling the web and testing the sites it finds for malware and spam. The functionality of SiteAdvisor can be accessed either through a Browser Plugin or by submitting a URL to the website. SiteAdvisor only rates sites based on the risk of malware or spam.
About mcsacore.exe (from McAfee)
“McAfee SiteAdvisor software is a free browser plug-in that provides simple Web site safety ratings and a Secure Search box so you can surf, search and shop more safely. With SiteAdvisor software insta”
Details
| File name: | McSACore.exe |
| Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
| Product name: | McAfee SiteAdvisor |
| Description: | SiteAdvisor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\McSACore.exe |
| File version: | 2,8,0,306 |
| Product version: | 2,8,0,0 |
| Size: | 198.52 KB (203,280 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | McAfee |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
SiteAdvisor is a service that reports on the safety of web sites by crawling the web and testing the sites it finds for malware and spam. A paid version of McAfee SiteAdvisor, McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus, has extra features. The functionality of SiteAdvisor can be accessed either through a Browser Plugin or by submitting a URL to the website. In addition to selling to the end consumers, McAfee also sells to the web site owners with their Mc...
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'McAfee SiteAdvisor Service'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00019165% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004385% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014780% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 21,279 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 160,229/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 11.91 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 10.89 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 580 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 11.91 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 117.28 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 129.36 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.17 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 26.41 MB | |
| Page faults: | 822,796/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 9.12 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 1.64 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 310 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 7/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 9 | |
| Handles: | 480 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\mcafee\siteadvisor\mcsacore.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | McAfee SiteAdvisor Service |
| Description: | “McAfee SiteAdvisor Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| McSACore.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00166655% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00095302% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00071353% | |
| CPU cycles: | 26,717/sec | |
| Memory: | 208 KB | |
| ole32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006894% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005417% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001477% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,296/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.36 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005417% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004104% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001313% | |
| CPU cycles: | 814/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002953% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001968% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000984% | |
| CPU cycles: | 446/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 |
30.77% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.92% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
15.38% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.69% |
|
| Windows 8 |
6.15% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.62% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
4.62% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.08% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
3.08% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
1.54% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.54% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.54% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
1.54% |
|
| Windows 8 Release Preview |
1.54% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 51.56% of McAfee SiteAdvisor.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
38.96% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
|
| Sony |
15.58% |
|
| Lenovo |
10.39% |
|
| ASUS |
5.19% |
|
| Acer |
3.90% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.60% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.60% |
|
| NEC |
2.60% |
|
