Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Mozy publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
mobkbackup.exe
McAfee Online Backup by Mozy (Signed)
| Version: | 1.8.2.0 |
| MD5: | 8cc001c65c31633171991fa72a551d43 |
| SHA1: | 67f18836eebe7a6b0cfe929d0526c9c4609ea0d7 |
| SHA256: | f256eed72c712c2b5c1db6de31da52609ec0e47eb869e7bc0b70b286593a96db |
What is mobkbackup.exe?
McAfee Online Backup Service bootstrapper. Once installed, the McAfee Online Backup process is fully automated. Your files are encrypted and stored on a secure remote online server. Comes with 2 GB of online backup with the option to purchase unlimited online backup.
About mobkbackup.exe (from Mozy)
“Simple. Safe. Unlimited. McAfee Online Backup, powered by Mozy, takes the hassle out of manually backing up all of your valuable digital files—from Microsoft Outlook email and contacts to treasured fa”
Details
| File name: | mobkbackup.exe |
| Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
| Product name: | McAfee Online Backup |
| Description: | McAfee Online Backup Service bootstrapper |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe |
| File version: | 1.8.2.0 |
| Product version: | 1.16.4.0 |
| Size: | 225.8 KB (231,224 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Mozy |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“McAfee Online Backup, powered by Mozy, takes the hassle out of manually backing up all of your valuable digital files—from Microsoft Outlook email and contacts to treasured family photos. Once you've installed the software, the backup process is easy because it's fully automated. Your files are then encrypted and stored on a secure remote server online. There's no capacity limitation, so you can back up all of your precious files. Your ...”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'MOBKbackup' (1%)
- MOBKbackup
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00098637% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00055944% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00042693% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,924,028 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 553,220/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 6.47 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 13.04 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 9.14 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 6.47 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 118.55 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 128.38 MB | |
| Working set: | 9.58 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 13.27 MB | |
| Page faults: | 9,688/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 69.6 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 218 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 6.53 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 251/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 177 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe"
- "C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe" /wts 4068 532 536
- "C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe" /wts 264 488 492
- "C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe" /wts 3096 480 484
- "C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe" /wts 13652 508 512
- "C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe" /wts 4256 556 560
- "C:\Program Files\mcafee online backup\mobkbackup.exe" /wts 5868 488 492
- (9 more)
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | MOBKbackup |
| Display name: | McAfee Online Backup |
| Description: | “Erstellt Backupkopien von konfigurierten Dateien auf McAfee Online Backup Servern. Den Dienst bitte nicht stoppen oder neu starten: dies kann Ihre McAfee Online Backup Installation beschädigen.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| backup.dll (McAfee Online Backup by McAfee) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00607282% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00478122% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00129160% | |
| CPU cycles: | 371,175/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.16 MB | |
| MOBKbackup.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00105824% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00084990% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00020834% | |
| CPU cycles: | 89,493/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 240 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00018642% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00018642% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,647/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.74 MB | |
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 |
43.75% |
|
| Windows 8 |
21.88% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
9.38% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
9.38% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
9.38% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
3.13% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
3.13% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 34.38% of McAfee Online Backup.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
53.33% |
|
| ASUS |
26.67% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.78% |
|
| Acer |
2.22% |
|
