What is mclsp.dll?

mclsp.dll is part of McAfee Privacy Service and developed by McAfee, Inc. according to the mclsp.dll version information.

mclsp.dll's description is "McAfee Layered Service Provider"

mclsp.dll is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about mclsp.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mclsp.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameMcAfee Privacy Service
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionMcAfee Layered Service Provider
Internal namemclsp
Original filenamemclsp.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2005 McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved
Product version8.1.0.133
File version8.1.0.133

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

Product nameMcAfee Privacy Service
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionMcAfee Layered Service Provider
Internal namemclsp
Original filenamemclsp.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2005 McAfee, Inc. All ..
Product version8.1.0.133
File version8.1.0.133

Digital signatures [?]

mclsp.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 41 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mclsp.dll file.

None of the 41 anti-virus programs detected the mclsp.dll file.

Folder name variants

mclsp.dll may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\system32\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named mclsp.dll

mclsp.dll (2 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD573833d48481516df029c4531c016fb9b
SHA256045f5eaaf1a1c5db38e987cc14f7c7d3fd389ed2bab80f4143b88a3d091c154f

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What did other users do?

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User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with mclsp.dll. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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