The process msscli.exe is a background program from the security application McAfee Anti Spyware. It is most commonly known as McAfee Real Time Client, and is located at the local drive directory inside Program Files folder. The size of this executable file ranges from 110 KB to 160 KB and runs during the start of the operating system. Though not considered a system file, this process has access to other programs and files of the computer as it monitors other applications to support McAfee Anti Spyware tasks in actively filtering programs and activities that can be deemed harmful to the user's computer. The main task of this executable file is to have the main application, which is the McAfee Anti Spyware, to run during start-up when abled by the user. It does not pull up a window of its own when running.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as McAfee AntiSpyware, 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 msscli.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 msscli.exe, belongs to, in this case McAfee AntiSpyware