Called as McAfee VirusScan ActiveShield Resource or McAfee VirusScan ActiveShield or McAfee ActiveShield or McAfee.com ActiveShield, the process mcvsshld.exe is an instance of an executable or EXE file, and is a component of the software product branded as McAfee VirusScan or McAfee VirusScan Online or McAfee.com VirusScan Online or Acoustica Effects Pack or MicroStaff WINASPI or McAfee VirusScan ActiveShield or DDWE Soap Client Components or Virtual Moon Altas Image, which is created by McAfee, Inc., or Networks Associates Technology. The mcvsshld.exe file is technically the active shield process of the security program, which is used to scan files during access, like when they are uploaded or used by other security, and detect downloaded files, too. In addition, mcvsshld.exe has a digital signature by McAfee, Inc. - Symantec Time Stamping Services Signer - G3, and a Windows process, so it works in some versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems,including Wi

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. mcvsshld.exe. is used by McAfee VirusScan or McAfee VirusScan Online or McAfee.com VirusScan Online or Acoustica Effects Pack or MicroStaff WINASPI or McAfee VirusScan ActiveShield or DDWE Soap Client Components or Virtual Moon Altas Image, If you shut down mcvsshld.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop mcvsshld.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is McAfee VirusScan or McAfee VirusScan Online or McAfee.com VirusScan Online or Acoustica Effects Pack or MicroStaff WINASPI or McAfee VirusScan ActiveShield or DDWE Soap Client Components or Virtual Moon Altas Image, 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 mcvsshld.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as McAfee VirusScan or McAfee VirusScan Online or McAfee.com VirusScan Online or Acoustica Effects Pack or MicroStaff WINASPI or McAfee VirusScan ActiveShield or DDWE Soap Client Components or Virtual Moon Altas Image, 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 mcvsshld.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 mcvsshld.exe, belongs to, in this case McAfee VirusScan or McAfee VirusScan Online or McAfee.com VirusScan Online or Acoustica Effects Pack or MicroStaff WINASPI or McAfee VirusScan ActiveShield or DDWE Soap Client Components or Virtual Moon Altas Image