The file mctray.exe is part of McAfee Security Agent and Taskbar Extension, and this software was developed by McAfee. This program was designed to guard the user's PC from infiltration by malicious programs that may be capable of destroying data stored in the computer or may have functionalities that can steal private, confidential data from the user. These malicious applications may gather user details or Web browser cash data, for automatic transmission to a designated set of Web servers. The file can be usually found in the C: drive, under the Program Files folder, and the file could sometimes be found in the C: \ Program Files\Common Files directory. The file usually has the size of 86,016 bytes, and file sizes may vary in different versions of Microsoft Windows, such as in Windows XP and Windows 7. The file mctray.exe does not belong to the set of Windows core system files and is not integrated with any visible window or GUI (Graphical User Interface). The user may still have the option to remove the file by uninstalling the main program that is associated to this executable process. This removal process can be done by using the Add/Remove program utility of the Windows Control Panel.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. mctray.exe. is used by McAfee , If you shut down mctray.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop mctray.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is McAfee , from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed mctray.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as McAfee , or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if mctray.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that mctray.exe, belongs to, in this case McAfee