What is mfewfpk.sys?

mfewfpk.sys is part of SYSCORE and developed by McAfee, Inc. according to the mfewfpk.sys version information.

mfewfpk.sys's description is "Anti-Virus Mini-Firewall Driver"

mfewfpk.sys is digitally signed by McAfee, Inc..

mfewfpk.sys is usually located in the 'C:\windows\system32\drivers\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mfewfpk.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameSYSCORE
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionAnti-Virus Mini-Firewall Driver
Legal copyrightCopyright© 1995-2009 McAfee, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Private buildSYSCORE.14.2.0.903.x86 F17,F18
File versionSYSCORE.14.2.0.903.x86

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

Product nameSYSCORE
Company nameMcAfee, Inc.
File descriptionAnti-Virus Mini-Firewall Driver
Legal copyrightCopyright© 1995-2009 McAfee, Inc. A..
Private buildSYSCORE.14.2.0.903.x86 F17,F18
File versionSYSCORE.14.2.0.903.x86

Digital signatures [?]

mfewfpk.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMcAfee, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number564a361e168a81a8f3efaada332508e1

VirusTotal report

None of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mfewfpk.sys file.

None of the 45 anti-virus programs detected the mfewfpk.sys file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD553ed75f57e87831d3651ff32cb3d5648
SHA256d7cd64fb31311c1c46a4af8b273ebbc10622124ae803ce4a87d218bf51c2d7aa

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with mfewfpk.sys. 71% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 52 users.

User vote results: There were 37 votes to remove and 15 votes to keep

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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.

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.

Martha writes

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HitmanPro 3.7.9 categorizes mfewfpk.sys as Suspicious.

# 20 Oct 2014, 17:06

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Martha: The file is digitally signed by McAfee, so it should be safe.

# 19 Dec 2014, 4:42

Malcolm Campbell writes

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The Macafee file has my computer in a BSOD noting

Driver_IRQL_Not_Less_OR_Equal (mfewfpk.sys)

# 11 Mar 2016, 7:21

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