"QcShm.exe" Process on Windows 7
What is the "QcShm.exe" process on windows 7? Is the "QcShm.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "QcShm.exe" process?
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"QcShm.exe" process
represents "McAfee QuickClean EXE" program.
"QcShm.exe" process seems to be created by a service.
"QcShm.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "svchost" as shown in the process tree below:
Boot
wininit
services
svchost
QcShm
On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", multiple "QcShm.exe" processes may be listed. Don't panic. This seems to be a known issue with McAfee software. See this discussion Multiple copies of Quick CLean (Qcshm.exe) running in the McAfee forum.
Image Name Memory Description -------------------- ---------- ----------- QcShm.exe 2,228 K McAfee QuickClean EXE QcShm.exe 8,268 K QcShm.exe 10,564 K QcShm.exe 3,456 K QcShm.exe 9,656 K QcShm.exe 1,036 K QcShm.exe 1,304 K QcShm.exe 1,336 K QcShm.exe 7,568 K QcShm.exe 1,392 K QcShm.exe 7,580 K QcShm.exe 9,672 K QcShm.exe 1,340 K QcShm.exe 1,048 K QcShm.exe 6,860 K QcShm.exe 1,240 K QcShm.exe 7,400 K QcShm.exe 3,864 K QcShm.exe 1,384 K QcShm.exe 3,320 K QcShm.exe 9,436 K QcShm.exe 7,128 K QcShm.exe 7,168 K QcShm.exe 1,088 K QcShm.exe 9,416 K QcShm.exe 1,196 K QcShm.exe 6,984 K QcShm.exe 8,636 K QcShm.exe 10,144 K QcShm.exe 12,136 K QcShm.exe 3,132 K QcShm.exe 3,988 K QcShm.exe 11,320 K QcShm.exe 3,088 K QcShm.exe 7,524 K QcShm.exe 8,836 K QcShm.exe 7,980 K QcShm.exe 12,176 K QcShm.exe 11,660 K QcShm.exe 11,092 K QcShm.exe 11,876 K
Additional information about "QcShm.exe" process:
Command line: "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\mqs\qcshm.exe" -Embedding Programe file information: Name: QcShm.exe Location: c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\mqs\qcshm.exe Description: McAfee QuickClean EXE Version: 15,0,2049,0 Size: 1820264 bytes Last modified: 10/14/2016 3:43:40 AM Company Name: McAfee, Inc. Some data files used: C:\Windows\System32 C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My C:\Windows\System32\en-US\KernelBase.dll.mui Some registry keys used: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\crypt32 HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\CA Some DLL libraries used: C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll C:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll C:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll C:\windows\system32\WINTRUST.dll C:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll C:\windows\system32\CRYPT32.dll C:\windows\system32\MSASN1.dll C:\windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll C:\windows\system32\PSAPI.DLL C:\windows\system32\USER32.dll
"QcShm.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "QcShm.exe" process.
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