webscanx.exe
What is webscanx.exe?
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Windows Process Description:
The webscnx.exe file is a part of the WebScanX process. The webscanx.exe process is a part of the McAfee VirusScan program.
The webscanx.exe file is not a core system file. There are currently no reports of malicious activity by the webscanx.exe process. The user needs to manually download and install the webscanx.exe software for it to be present in the system. It is ultimately the user's decision to download, remove or change the webscanx.exe application. The user can install an up-to-date system monitoring and anti virus program to check the activities of the webscanx.exe process. Some malicious files may pretend to be the webscanx.exe file to gain access into the system.
The file size of the webscanx.exe process on a system running on a Windows XP operating system is 143377 bytes. The webscanx.exe software runs invisibly and is hidden from the user. The webscanx.exe application has the ability to record keyboard inputs. It is recommended that the user retain the WebScanX process to ensure the proper function of the McAfee VirusScan program. Should the user wish to do so, he or she can uninstall the process in the Add/Remove function in the system's Control Panel.
The process is found in several of the McAfee VirusScan programs until version 4.x. The process enables functionality for VShield Download Scan and Internet Filter modules. The process makes internet scanning possible. The WebScanX process guards against malicious ActiveX programs and other harmful files.
Antivirus programs such as these are considered security programs that protect the user's system from viruses, trojans, spyware, adware and other malicious files. Malicious files can do a variety of harmful activities on the user's system such as hogging resources to slow down the processes of the system to stealing pertinent user information and even crippling the system by wiping out all data.
McAfee is a company that specializes in security software, creating a line of products that provides protections for all kinds of users from the home and home office category of 1 to 10 computers, to small business category with 10 to 100 computers, to the medium business category with 100 to 1000 computers to the large enterprise with 1000 or more computers.
Author: Network Associates Technologies, Inc..
Author URL: www.mcafee.com
Part Of: McAfee VirusScan WebScanX
Memory Usage: Low uses about 168 KB of RAM.
System Process: No
Application: Yes
Background Process: Yes
Uses Network: No
Uses Internet: No
Hardware Related: Yes, the process has the ability to log keyboard inputs by the user.
Common Path: C:\Program Files
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