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MpfTray.exe file information

The process McAfee Personal Firewall Tray Monitor belongs to the software McAfee Personal Firewall (MPF) or MPFTray.exe" by McAfee Security (www.mcafee.com).

Description: File MpfTray.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" (mainly C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\personal firewall\). Known file sizes on Windows XP are 1,005,096 bytes (38% of all occurrence), 950,272 bytes, 999,424 bytes, 1,380,352 bytes, 1,343,488 bytes, 992,808 bytes, 1,327,104 bytes, 988,712 bytes, 1,048,576 bytes, 1,187,899 bytes, 1,003,520 bytes.
File MpfTray.exe is not a Windows core file. The program has no visible window. The process starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). MpfTray.exe is able to record inputs, monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 45% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:

• "MPFTray" must run at start up. McAfee Personal Firewall

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as MpfTray.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the MpfTray.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

It uses 100% of my cpu and therefore even answering e mail becomes a chore. Yes, my machine is old but only five years. It's frustrating
  LaRubia  

I got rid of McAfee 6 months ago and I am still getting this error message! I can't seem to get rid of it and it is driving me crazy!
  Barbara  

MpfTray is part of McAfee Personal Firewall. This is not a threat. I work for a Helpdesk which takes various McAfee calls. This call has come up many times and it simply needs to be restarted.
  Phillip J. Rolley   (further information)

as soon as I enabled my McAfee firewall, the CPU usage became 100% and 98% for this MpfTray.exe, i am not sure wheather this is good or not. My system became very slow ....
  sri  

Mcafee personal firewall tray. Mcafee has tonnes of issues. Uninstall it.
   

MpfTray.exe IS the firewall. If you disable the firewall, the exe disappears. It was using 100% of my processor, so I disabled the firewall. It's annoying - does anyone know how to fix it?
  steve  

On startup this exe uses 100% of CPU resources, Not Good
  samuel kay  

McAfee.com privacy service is part of McAfee internet suite
  Shalianahe  

It is said to be for Mcfree and used to run fine but I closed it because it caused my CPU to stay at 100% O.o
  Amy  

its OFTEN using 100% of my cpu, this is a BIG problem for me.
  Moen  

verursacht 100% Systemauslastung von Zeit zu Zeit
  Eggi  

it massively slows down older machines
  wasn  

I use Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. (not Outlook Express)
  Martha Owen  

uses 50% CPU time on a 3GHz PC
  Eberhard  

MpfTray is part of McAfee Personal Firewall. When says not responding there is no problem and only needs to be restarted in the event viewer, which is allocated in Admin Tools
  Roscoe Khan   (further information)

MpfTray.exe is not a virus, trojan, it's a minor problem that Mcafee are currently having.It's simply a matter of the McAfee Firewall icon on the task bar not loading up correctly after a computer restart. McAfee are aware of this problem and there engineers are trying to rectify the error.
  Dave Loveless  

It is part of My McAfee Firewall
  Gregg Holbert  

TurboTax Deluxe 2004 wont run if mpftray is running
   

it is a system tray icon that allows for easy access to mcafee settings
  nick  

McAfee Personal Firewall Tray Monitor
   

macaffee tray-icon
  jack renèe  

part of your McAfee Firewall! no harm can do
   

called mcafee
   

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