The mcupdate.exe process is also known as the McAfee Update Launcher which was owned by the McAfee, Inc. The McAfee Update Launcher belongs to the McAfee Security Center and it is a security solution that enables users to follow through their respective computer’s security status, so that they will be able to know in an instant whether their computer system’s virus, e-mail, spyware and firewall protection services are working properly and up to date. The McAfee Security Center typically offer trial subscriptions to security software that are owned by McAfee. The program produces security alerts which lets the users know about any emergency outbreaks of viruses and other significant security related messages. The McAfee Security Center has an understandable security which delivers sizable protection and has been created for the user’s computer system, preventing and protecting users from over 6,000 new threats that are discovered every day by the McAfee software. This program can be vital to keep security alerts for the user’s computer system.

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

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