How to remove an MpfTray error

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MpfTray.exe file information

The process known as McAfee Personal Firewall Tray Monitor belongs to software McAfee Personal Firewall (MPF) by McAfee Security (www.mcafee.com).

Description: MpfTray.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" (mainly C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\personal firewall\). Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 1,005,096 bytes (45% of all occurrences), 950,272 bytes and 9 more variants.
File MpfTray.exe is not a Windows core file. The program has no visible window. The process starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). It is a Verisign signed file. MpfTray.exe is certified by a trustworthy company. MpfTray.exe is able to record inputs and monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 43% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
You could completely remove McAfee Personal Firewall Plus or AOL Privacy Wall (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs).

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External information from Paul Collins:

"MPFTray" must run at start up. McAfee Personal Firewall

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as MpfTray.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the MpfTray.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

called mcafee

part of your McAfee Firewall! no harm can do

macaffee tray-icon
jack renèe

McAfee Personal Firewall Tray Monitor

it is a system tray icon that allows for easy access to mcafee settings
nick

TurboTax Deluxe 2004 wont run if mpftray is running

It is part of My McAfee Firewall
Gregg Holbert

MpfTray.exe is not a virus, trojan, it's a minor problem that Mcafee are currently having.It's simply a matter of the McAfee Firewall icon on the task bar not loading up correctly after a computer restart. McAfee are aware of this problem and there engineers are trying to rectify the error.
Dave Loveless

MpfTray is part of McAfee Personal Firewall. When says not responding there is no problem and only needs to be restarted in the event viewer, which is allocated in Admin Tools
Roscoe Khan (further information)

uses 50% CPU time on a 3GHz PC
Eberhard

I use Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. (not Outlook Express)
Martha Owen

it massively slows down older machines
wasn

its OFTEN using 100% of my cpu, this is a BIG problem for me.
Moen

It is said to be for Mcfree and used to run fine but I closed it because it caused my CPU to stay at 100% O.o
Amy

McAfee.com privacy service is part of McAfee internet suite
Shalianahe

On startup this exe uses 100% of CPU resources, Not Good
samuel kay

MpfTray.exe IS the firewall. If you disable the firewall, the exe disappears. It was using 100% of my processor, so I disabled the firewall. It's annoying - does anyone know how to fix it?
steve

Mcafee personal firewall tray. Mcafee has tonnes of issues. Uninstall it.

as soon as I enabled my McAfee firewall, the CPU usage became 100% and 98% for this MpfTray.exe, i am not sure wheather this is good or not. My system became very slow ....
sri

MpfTray is part of McAfee Personal Firewall. This is not a threat. I work for a Helpdesk which takes various McAfee calls. This call has come up many times and it simply needs to be restarted.
Phillip J. Rolley (further information)

I got rid of McAfee 6 months ago and I am still getting this error message! I can't seem to get rid of it and it is driving me crazy!
Barbara

It uses 100% of my cpu and therefore even answering e mail becomes a chore. Yes, my machine is old but only five years. It's frustrating
LaRubia

It only does this sometimes on startup.
Kim

Summary: Average user rating of MpfTray.exe: based on 28 votes with 23 reviews.

14 users think MpfTray.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 3 users think it's probably harmless. 7 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 2 users think MpfTray.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 3 users doesn't grade MpfTray.exe ("not sure about it").

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