Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

10.11.100.0	50.00%
10.0.185.0	50.00%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, CreateServiceW, ChangeServiceConfig2W, RegQueryValueExW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, SetServiceStatus, ControlService, QueryServiceStatus, DeleteService, OpenSCManagerW, OpenServiceW, CloseServiceHandle, RegOpenKeyExW, RegEnumValueW, RegCloseKey

kernel32.dll

SetCurrentDirectoryW, GetModuleFileNameW, HeapAlloc, IsBadReadPtr, Sleep, lstrlenW, FreeLibrary, IsBadCodePtr, GetProcessHeap, HeapFree, GetCommandLineW, ExitProcess, CreateEventW, CreateThread, GetProcAddress, WaitForSingleObject, SetEvent, LoadLibraryExW, OpenMutexW, GetLastError, CreateMutexW, CloseHandle, LoadLibraryW, WaitForMultipleObjects, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, RtlUnwind, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, IsDebuggerPresent

shell32.dll

SHGetFolderPathW

msksrver.exe

McAfee Anti-Spam by McAfee (Signed)

Remove msksrver.exe

Version:	10.11.100.0
MD5:	c75e30539519b83cd041f8f057269d5c
SHA1:	3a8e82351f6ef418bdf33b294983f0e9e56b377a
SHA256:	6df8e78c001455c497f537c1dcdc89aac20756ff147e226a236e0e0fe9c5b617

Overview

msksrver.exe runs as a service under the name McAfee Anti-Spam Service (MSK80Service) 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:	msksrver.exe
Publisher:	McAfee, Inc.
Product name:	McAfee Anti-Spam
Description:	McAfee Anti-Spam Server
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\mcafee\msk\msksrver.exe
Original name:	MskServe.exe
File version:	10.11.100.0
Product version:	10.11
Size:	26.02 KB (26,640 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)

'MSK80Service' (McAfee Anti-Spam Service)

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00013380%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00009262%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00004118%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	13,588 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	231,459/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	4.84 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	4.64 MB
Private (minimum):	96 KB
Non-paged memory:	4.84 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	74.02 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	89.32 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	21.34 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	373,258/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	67.12 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	32/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	9.35 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	3/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	633 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	4/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	11	12
Handles:	294	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\mcafee\msk\msksrver.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	MSK80Service
Display name:	McAfee Anti-Spam Service
Description:	“This service filters e-mail messages on your computer”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

MskSrver.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00130585%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00032318%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00098267%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	20,425/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	32 KB	1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00001231%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001231%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	85/sec
Memory:	1.23 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 Vista Home Premium	50.00%
Windows 7 Starter	50.00%

Distribution by country

Japan installs about 50.00% of McAfee Anti-Spam.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Sony	66.67%
Acer	33.33%

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