What is mcpvdrv.sys?

mcpvdrv.sys is part of McAfee Anti-Theft and developed by McAfee according to the mcpvdrv.sys version information.

mcpvdrv.sys's description is "McAfee Anti-Theft Driver"

mcpvdrv.sys is digitally signed by MCAFEE INTERNATIONAL LTD..

mcpvdrv.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about mcpvdrv.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mcpvdrv.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameMcAfee Anti-Theft
Company nameMcAfee
File descriptionMcAfee Anti-Theft Driver
Internal nameMcPvDrv.sys
Original filenameMcPvDrv.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2002-2009 McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version1.5.1.10
File version1.5.1.10

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameMcAfee Anti-Theft
Company nameMcAfee
File descriptionMcAfee Anti-Theft Driver
Internal nameMcPvDrv.sys
Original filenameMcPvDrv.sys
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2002-2009 McAfee, Inc. ..
Product version1.5.1.10
File version1.5.1.10

Digital signatures [?]

mcpvdrv.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMCAFEE INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number3ad7ed105ba31ec35da291fa949da4f5

VirusTotal report

None of the 36 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mcpvdrv.sys file.

None of the 36 anti-virus programs detected the mcpvdrv.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d1c7dce92a59663bea52244d165b215e
SHA25655a50a306c1d4771495b65d178a0fad64c9a9a4742465e0e48ea27843132b3d3

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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deepak writes

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I need to manually copy the mcpvdrv.sys. Where can i get a copy? the one on my computer is corrupt. and i still use Windows 7. Thanks

# 28 Mar 2021, 7:08

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