What is mfeann.exe?

mfeann.exe is part of VSCORE.14.1.0.447.x86 and developed by McAfee, Inc. according to the mfeann.exe version information.

mfeann.exe's description is "VSCore Announcer"

mfeann.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan Enterprise\' folder.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mfeann.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameVSCORE.14.1.0.447.x86
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionVSCore Announcer
Legal copyrightCopyright© 1995-2008 McAfee, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Private buildVSCORE.14.1.0.447.x86
File versionVSCORE.14.1.0.447.x86

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

Product nameVSCORE.14.1.0.447.x86
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionVSCore Announcer
Legal copyrightCopyright© 1995-2008 McAfee, Inc. A..
Private buildVSCORE.14.1.0.447.x86
File versionVSCORE.14.1.0.447.x86

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5576fc5adadec22f5ef1bdf01f5982606
SHA2561e70e76bd19f1106057dd2cbd7b924f0091b8ef21a79c95f1b7247a984de2d5c

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to mfeann.exe:

mfeann.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

mfeann.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

VSCore Announcer has stopped working.

End Program - mfeann.exe. This program is not responding.

mfeann.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

mfeann.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with mfeann.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with mfeann.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with mfeann.exe. 30% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 168 users.

User vote results: There were 51 votes to remove and 117 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with mfeann.exe.

Malware or legitimate?

If you feel that you need more information to determine if your should keep this file or remove it, please read this guide.

Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the information provided on this web page


Free online surveys

And now some shameless self promotion ;)

A screenshot of FreeFixer's scan result.Hi, my name is Roger Karlsson. I've been running this website since 2006. I want to let you know about the FreeFixer program. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that analyzes your system and let you manually identify unwanted programs. Once you've identified some malware files, FreeFixer is pretty good at removing them. You can download FreeFixer here. It runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/2008/2016/2019/Vista/7/8/8.1/10. Supports both 32- and 64-bit Windows.

If you have questions, feedback on FreeFixer or the freefixer.com website, need help analyzing FreeFixer's scan result or just want to say hello, please contact me. You can find my email address at the contact page.

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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Roger Karlsson writes

2 thumbs

According to McAfee's knowledge base mfeann.exe is an announcer component which displays the On Access Scan detection dialog. mfeann.exe was introduced with VirusScan Enterprise 8.7. In previous VirusScan versions, the announcing component was built into mcshield.exe.

# 19 Jan 2010, 6:57

Leave a reply