What is MpfTray.exe? Is MpfTray.exe spyware or a virus?

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Process name: McAfee Personal Firewall Tray Monitor

Product: McAfee Personal Firewall (MPF)

Company: McAfee Security (www.mcafee.com)

File: MpfTray.exe

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Users Opinions

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166 users ask for this file. 2 users didn't rate it ("don't know"). 11 users rated it as not dangerous. 3 users rated it as not so dangerous. 6 users rated it as neutral. 2 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 2 users rated it as dangerous.

All comments about MpfTray.exe: called mcafee part of your McAfee Firewall! no harm can do jack renèe macaffee tray-icon McAfee Personal Firewall Tray Monitor nick it is a system tray icon that allows for easy access to mcafee settings TurboTax Deluxe 2004 wont run if mpftray is running Gregg Holbert It is part of My McAfee Firewall Dave Loveless 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. Roscoe Khan 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  See also: Link Eberhard uses 50% CPU time on a 3GHz PC Martha Owen I use Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. (not Outlook Express) wasn it massively slows down older machines Eggi verursacht 100% Systemauslastung von Zeit zu Zeit Moen its OFTEN using 100% of my cpu, this is a BIG problem for me. Amy 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 Shalianahe McAfee.com privacy service is part of McAfee internet suite samuel kay On startup this exe uses 100% of CPU resources, Not Good Mcafee personal firewall tray. Mcafee has tonnes of issues. Uninstall it. steve 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? If you know more about MpfTray.exe, share your knowledge and help other users. Security Rating:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

More process information

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