What is MMSSHOST.exe?

MMSSHOST.exe is part of McAfee Management Service Host and developed by McAfee, LLC according to the MMSSHOST.exe version information.

MMSSHOST.exe's description is "McAfee Management Service Host"

MMSSHOST.exe is digitally signed by McAfee, LLC.

MMSSHOST.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\MMSSHost\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on MMSSHOST.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMcAfee Management Service Host
Company nameMcAfee, LLC
File descriptionMcAfee Management Service Host
Internal nameMMSSHOST
Original filenameMMSSHOST.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2021 McAfee, LLC
Product version1,8,0,0
File version1,8,122,0

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

Product nameMcAfee Management Service Host
Company nameMcAfee, LLC
File descriptionMcAfee Management Service Host
Internal nameMMSSHOST
Original filenameMMSSHOST.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2021 McAfee, LLC
Product version1,8,0,0
File version1,8,122,0

Digital signatures [?]

MMSSHOST.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMcAfee, LLC
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3
Certificate serial number76a3c3d3ab0c3e9536c506ae

VirusTotal report

None of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the MMSSHOST.exe file.

None of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the MMSSHOST.exe file.

Other files also named MMSSHOST.exe

MMSSHOST.exe (63 votes)

TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

MMSSHOST.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
6646TCP v42

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5486dec08ae4a9c50b45c0613c7690297
SHA256fe8490d1a866922a402d6e35d07308254e7b93e331a557d90f8ac3a0f5589f9b

Error Messages

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

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

mmsshost.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 Management Service Host has stopped working.

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

mmsshost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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