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What is McUICnt.exe how to remove McUICnt.exe infected virus

Question:

A few days ago, some updates were installed, McAfee said that my computer needs to be rebooted, I reboot my pc. When I shut down my pc, an error message pop up: McUICnt.exe could not shut down properly, I have to terminated McUICnt.exe manually. The McUICnt.exe located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\MSC. At the same time , McSmtFwk.exe had the same problem. What is McUICnt.exe? Does McUICnt.exe belong to McAfee? Is McUICnt.exe an virus?

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Answer:

The file mcuicnt.exe is related to product McAfee Security Scan, act as McAfee UI Container. This product was created by McAfee, Inc. the default installed folder is:

%PROGRAMFILES%\McAfee Security Scan\3.0.207\mcuicnt.exe

Or

C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\MSC

Warning:

We have found 18 different files of Mcuicnt.exe, most of Mcuicnt.exe were detected as virus or Trojan, If you suspect the file Mcuicnt.exe on your computer, please run free avast anti-virus to scan the hidden threatens on your computer, and then run wise pc doctor to fix the related error of Mcuicnt.exe virus.

More details:

How to get rid of Mcuicnt.exe virus automatically?

You will need to download and burn into CDROM several programs on clean PC or copy them to USB Disk to remove virus. Here is the instruction:
Step A:
copy the below programs to USB disk (you can use an MP3 player) or Burn them to CD:

  1. Avast Pro Antispyware software(free of charge) .Please download with this Download Link.

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2.Wise PC Doctor:with this download link to restore damaged registry values.

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Step B: Restart your computer. At this point you need to gently Press the F8 key repeatedly when you find the startup menu, Select the option “Safe Mode with Networking” by using the arrow key, then press Enter key on your keyboard , and your computer will start into Windows Safe Mode.

Step C: Now you need to install Avast Pro Antispyware on your computer, When the program is installed, your need update its database to the latest, then reboot your computer to make the program fully functional, Go Step B to reboot your computer into Safe Mode and do a complete scan for your computer .

NOTE:

(1)In case you have some problems running Avast Pro Antispyware, you may rename the downloaded file name to explorer.exe or iexplore.exe. After that double click the download file and follow the install steps.

(2) Please make file extension show before renaming download file.

Step D: After finish the full scan, click "Show Results" and be sure that the important data aren’t removed and infected. Select or ignore the scan result and click "Remove Selected" button to get rid of the virus and malwares. Avast Pro Antispyware will give you a report to indicate all operations for this scan. It can be saved as you want. Restart your computer and the Avast Pro Antispyware will get rid of all virus or malwares which are detected before.

Step E: How to erase bad registry? Please install Wise PC Doctor– the best PC cleaner can easily fix your broken registry values and restore registry values.

Why Wise PC Doctor should be used?

As we all know, virus, Trojans and Malwares make the computer breakdown by destroying and modifying the registry values so that the computer will not run normally.

After the virus, Trojans and Malwares are removed, the registry remains to be destroyed or modified, therefore the computer’s system still has some problems. That’s why you really need to fix the registry. Furthermore, some virus, Malwares and Trojans leave many dll data in the registry and this may cause damaged DLL errors and also have an effect on the computer’s system performance.

In any other case Uninstall or install software may make your registry database fragmented, with corrupted, harmful and obsolete files. Do a complete scan for your computer by Wise PC Doctor at this moment.

Step F: Run Wise PC Doctor to repair your computer:

1. Install Wise PC Doctor.

2. Click "One-Click Fix", do a complete scan for your computer.

3. Click “Repair All” then fix all detected problems.