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

"EpePcMonitor.exe" process represents "McAfee Endpoint Encryption Monitor" program. "EpePcMonitor.exe" process is created by the startup program: "McAfee Endpoint Encryption".

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

Boot
   explorer
      EpePcMonitor

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

Image Name                 Memory   Description
--------------------   ----------   -----------
EpePcMonitor.exe          1,048 K   McAfee Endpoint Encryption Monitor

Additional information about "EpePcMonitor.exe" process:

Command line:
   "C:\Program Files\mcafee\Endpoint Encryption\EpePcMonitor.exe" 

Programe file information:
   Name: EpePcMonitor.exe
   Location: C:\Program Files\mcafee\Endpoint Encryption\EpePcMonitor.exe
   Description: McAfee Endpoint Encryption Monitor
   Version: 7, 0, 0, 311
   Size: 271976 bytes
   Last modified: 11/21/2012 8:38:38 PM
   Company Name: 
   
Some data files used:
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\SysWOW64

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\Control\Nls\CustomLocale
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\McAfee EndPoint Encryption\MfeEpePC\TokenMonitor

Some DLL libraries used:
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\wow64.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\wow64win.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\wow64cpu.dll
C:\Program Files\mcafee\Endpoint Encryption\EpePcMonitor.exe
C:\windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\USER32.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\GDI32.dll

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

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