McAfee Anti-Theft
What is McAfee Anti-Theft? (from McAfee)
McAfee Anti-Theft protects your personal documents, financial records and other important files on your PC against thieves, hackers and others. Using powerful industry-standard encryption technology, McAfee Anti-Theft provides you the simple way to secure your sensitive files.
Overview
McAfee Anti-Theft is a software program developed by McAfee. The most common release is 2.1.170.2, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The setup package generally installs about 44 files and is usually about 25.17 MB (26,396,924 bytes). The installed file McUpdater.dll is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 64% of users of McAfee Anti-Theft come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.
Program details
URL: home.mcafee.com/store/mat-eol
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\mcafeeantitheft\2.2.220.1
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\McAfeeAntiTheft\2.2.220.1\uninstall.exe" /S
Estimated size: 25.17 MB
Files installed by McAfee Anti-Theft
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sqlite3.dll - Sqlite3 Database Module
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mcbrwsr2.dll - McAfee SecurityCenter (McAfee Web Browser Control)
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McUICfg.dll - McAfee Integrated Security Platform
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mcutil.dll - McAfee Utility DLL
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mcutil2.dll
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misplf.dll - MISP Look-and-Feel Library
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mcuicnt.exe - McAfee UI Container (McAfee)
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LogCntrl.dll - ETW Log Controller (Log Controller Module)
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McATClient.dll - McAfee Anti-Theft (AT Client Module)
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McATCrypto.dll - EEFFEncryptDecrypt
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McATEEProvider.dll - EEFF Provider plugin
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McATInstrumentation.dll - Instrumentation
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McATJSRes.dll - ATJSRes
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McATLauncher.exe - AT Screen Launcher
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McATLocation.dll - Location Tracking
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McATMetroAlert.exe - McATMetroAlert
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McATMetroAppScheduler.dll - McATMetroAppScheduler
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McATPostInst.dll - PostInstall
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McATPreInst.dll - PreInstall
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McATProductConfig.dll - ProductConfig
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McATSchedulerSvc.dll - McATSchedulerSvc
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McATSingletonApp.exe - McATSingletonApp
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McATStartUp.dll - StartUp
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McATSync.dll - SyncCheck
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McATSysTrayPlugin.dll - AT Systray Plugin
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McATUIhost.exe - McUIhost
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McATUISchim.dll - UISchim
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McATUninstall.dll - McATUninstall
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McATUpdateCheck.dll - UpdateCheck
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McATWebInterface.dll - ATWebInterface
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McATWebProxy.dll - Web Proxy
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McATXmlRes.dll - McAfee Anti-Theft common xml resource
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McRtMui.dll - RTMUI
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McUpdater.dll - Updater
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McInst.exe - McAfee Installer
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atesclient.dll (by Intel(R)) - Intel(R) Anti-Theft Essential Services Client Library
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atescheck.dll (by Intel(R)) - Intel(R) Anti-Theft Essential Services Check Library
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libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
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ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
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TdtClientsdk-3.0.dll (by Intel) - Intel Anti Theft
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TdtClientsdk-5.0.dll (by Intel) - Intel(R) Anti Theft Client SDK
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McATRes.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- mcuicnt.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A732ED2D-5AC1-474B-98CC-27BC811EEA65}' (runs on registration).
2 Startup Files (All Users Run)
- McATUIhost.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'MetroTileShortcut' which loads as "C:\Program Files\McAfeeAntiTheft\2.2.220.1\McATUIHost.exe" /IMAT_SHORTCUTS.
- mcuicnt.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'mcpltui_exe' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\Platform\mcuicnt.exe" /platui.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| mcuicnt.exe |
| Memory: | 26.09 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0115820078% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00964452% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00193749% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 473,073 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 64.95 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 300 Bytes | |
How do I remove McAfee Anti-Theft?
You can uninstall McAfee Anti-Theft from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program McAfee Anti-Theft, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove McAfee Anti-Theft.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 99%
Win 7 (SP1) 1%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 12%
Keep it 88%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
99.39% |
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| Windows 7 |
0.61% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 8.1 |
60.74% |
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| Windows 8 |
22.09% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
6.13% |
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| Windows 8.1 Single Langua... |
4.29% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
2.45% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
1.23% |
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Geography
63.87% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
63.87% |
| Canada |
7.85% |
| United Kingdom |
5.24% |
| Brazil |
2.62% |
| Germany |
2.62% |
| France |
2.09% |
| Ireland |
2.09% |
| Hungary |
1.57% |
| Colombia |
1.05% |
| Netherlands |
1.05% |
| Italy |
1.05% |
| Korea |
1.05% |
| Singapore |
1.05% |
| DK |
0.52% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Dell |
85.71% |
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| Toshiba |
12.34% |
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| ASUS |
1.95% |
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Common models |
| Dell Inspiron 7537 |
32.92% |
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| Dell Inspiron 7737 |
18.01% |
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| Dell Dell System Inspir... |
12.42% |
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| TOSHIBA SATELLITE Z930 |
5.59% |
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| Dell Dell System Inspir... |
5.59% |
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| Dell Vostro 5470 |
4.97% |
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About McAfee
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Publisher URL: www.mcafee.com