What is mcsvhost.exe?

mcsvhost.exe is part of McAfee Shared Service Host and developed by McAfee, Inc. according to the mcsvhost.exe version information.

mcsvhost.exe's description is "McAfee Service Host"

mcsvhost.exe is digitally signed by McAfee, Inc..

mcsvhost.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\common files\mcafee\platform\mcsvchost\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about mcsvhost.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mcsvhost.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMcAfee Shared Service Host
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionMcAfee Service Host
Internal nameMcSvHost
Original filenameMcSvHost.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2013 McAfee, Inc.
Product version4,6,0,0
File version4,6,360,0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMcAfee Shared Service Host
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionMcAfee Service Host
Internal nameMcSvHost
Original filenameMcSvHost.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2013 McAfee, Inc.
Product version4,6,0,0
File version4,6,360,0

Digital signatures [?]

mcsvhost.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMcAfee, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number5dc98b9add1b30090983cbe53b9e6406

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mcsvhost.exe file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the mcsvhost.exe file.

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b2c832bbf64964f755d39174bc49f7b9
SHA256324088f2a8b88ac2fdbbc7a0b49239e32f87980cca1a97e86a828813b5c637c8

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to mcsvhost.exe:

mcsvhost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

mcsvhost.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

McAfee Service Host has stopped working.

End Program - mcsvhost.exe. This program is not responding.

mcsvhost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

mcsvhost.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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