The mcsvhost.exe process is also known as the SiteAdvisor which was created by the McAfee Inc. The SiteAdvisor is a program that reports and utilizes the safety of the websites by doing such things like crawling the web and testing the sites whether there is a presence of spam and malware. The SiteAdvisors functions can be accessible through either submitting a URL to the respective website or through Browser Plugin. SiteAdvisor is only capable of rating websites based on the probable risk of spam or malware. The McAfee SiteAdvisor is a software that offers free browser plug-in which supplies a simple website’s safety ratings and a Secure Search box in order for the user to be able to search, shop and surf safely on the Internet. Small site rating icons are available upon the installation of the SiteAdvisor software on the browser’s search results. A browser button and an optional search box are also available upon the installation of the SiteAdvisor.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as SiteAdvisor, 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 mcsvhost.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 mcsvhost.exe, belongs to, in this case SiteAdvisor