The mcsysmon.exe process is an executable component file of the McAfee Virtual Technician application, which is a system maintenance and optimization tool. The mcsysmon.exe process is particularly deployed into the McAfee Virtual Technician as the McAfee SystemGuards Service module, which is an applet that facilitates the monitoring and safeguarding of the system during application runtime, and the McAfee SystemGuards Service module implements its associated integrated features while actively running in the background of the system. The mcsysmon.exe process is activated by the system or the user via the McAfee Virtual Technician application, and upon execution, the mcsysmon.exe process calls on other associated program files and references required modules in order to load and implement the functionalities of the McAfee SystemGuards Service module into the system.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as McAfee Virtual Technician and McAfee SystemGuards Service Module, 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 mcsysmon.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 mcsysmon.exe, belongs to, in this case McAfee Virtual Technician and McAfee SystemGuards Service Module