What is the "mfemms.exe" process on windows 7? Is the "mfemms.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "mfemms.exe" process?

"mfemms.exe" process represents "McAfee Management Service" program. "mfemms.exe" process is created by the "McAfee Service Controller" service.

"mfemms.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "services" as shown in the process tree below:

Boot
   wininit
      services
         mfemms

On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "mfemms.exe" process may be listed as:

Image Name                 Memory   Description
--------------------   ----------   -----------
mfemms.exe                5,868 K   McAfee Management Service

Additional information about "mfemms.exe" process:

Command line:
   "C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\SystemCore\\mfemms.exe"

Programe file information:
   Name: mfemms.exe
   Location: C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\SystemCore\mfemms.exe
   Description: McAfee Management Service
   Version: SYSCORE.15.4.0.822
   Size: 382456 bytes
   Last modified: 7/11/2016 12:00:58 PM
   Company Name: McAfee, Inc.
   
Some data files used:
C:\Windows\System32
C:\Windows\System32\en-US\crypt32.dll.mui
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My

Some registry keys used:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\crypt32
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType 0\CertDllCreateCertificateChainEngine\Config
HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\ROOT
HKU\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\CA

Some DLL libraries used:
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
C:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
C:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\windows\system32\RPCRT4.dll
C:\windows\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
C:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\sechost.dll
C:\windows\system32\WS2_32.dll
C:\windows\system32\NSI.dll
C:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll

"mfemms.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "mfemms.exe" process.

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