McSvHost.exe
McAfee Shared Service Host by McAfee (Signed)
Overview
mcsvhost.exe has 13 known versions, the most recent one is 3,8,703,0. It is started as a Windows Service called 'McAfee VirusScan Announcer' with the name 'McNaiAnn'. In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). This is executed as a shared service (which simply means that this service can share a process with other Win32 services). The average file size is about 206.41 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to McAfee by the certification authority VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0060% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 42.51 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 327.14 KB per minute for reads and 38.96 KB per minute for writes.
What is mcsvhost.exe?
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About mcsvhost.exe (from McAfee)
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Details |
File name: | mcsvhost.exe |
Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
Product name: | McAfee Shared Service Host |
Description: | McAfee Service Host |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\mcafee\mcsvchost\mcsvhost.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | McAfee |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
Windows Service |
Service name: | McNaiAnn |
Display name: | McAfee VirusScan Announcer |
Description: | “McAfee VirusScan Announcer” |
Type: | Win32ShareProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of McAfee Shared Service Host.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of mcsvhost.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' as a shared service by the Service Host (svchost.exe)
- 'McNaiAnn' (McAfee VirusScan Announcer)
- HomeNetSvc
- 'McOobeSv2' (McAfee OOBE Service2)
- 'McOobeSv' (McAfee OOBE Service)
- 'mcpltsvc' (McAfee Platform Services)
- 'McMPFSvc' (McAfee Personal Firewall)
- 'mcmscsvc' (McAfee Services)
- 'McProxy' (McAfee Proxy Service)
- 'HomeNetSvc' (McAfee Home Network)
- 'McAfee SiteAdvisor Service'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\McSvcHost\McSvHost.exe'
All file variations of mcsvhost.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
40.25% |
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Windows 8.1 |
18.00% |
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Windows 8 |
14.75% |
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Windows 8 Single Language |
7.75% |
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Windows 8.1 Single Language |
6.50% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.50% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
2.50% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
2.00% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.00% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
1.50% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
1.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 62.50% of McAfee Shared Service Host.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
ASUS |
26.22% |
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Dell |
24.33% |
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Acer |
10.58% |
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Toshiba |
10.43% |
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Sony |
10.11% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
8.21% |
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Lenovo |
7.27% |
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Intel |
1.90% |
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NEC |
0.95% |
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