What is MCSACORE. EXE?
Good evening
About 20:21 tonight, I got an alert from my Outpost Firewall System Guard indicating that he blocked MCSACORE. EXE to make some sort of change. Under the heading of the column 'Group' of the log entry record, it read, "dangerous activity".
I've never had any entries appear in the log system guard all the time I had Outpost Firewall Pro installed on my computer.
The questions I have are:
1. what exactly is MCSACORE. EXE?
2 what is the significance of the 'hazardous activity' in the column 'Group' going?
3 is a worrisome security problem, and what, if anything, can I do about it?
System information: Dell Dimension 3000 desktop computer; Win XP Pro 32-bit. 512 MB OF RAM; Avast! (free - latest version); MBAM Pro; Outpost Firewall Pro (latest version); SpywareBlaster; SAS (on-demand scanner).
I thank you for your time and any enlightenment!
Pete C.
- McAfee Site Advisor.
- Ask support System Guard Outpost Firewall... It is their designation.
- Ask support System Guard Outpost Firewall... They are the support for the product that gives you the message.
My suggestion... If you don't use it, Uninstall McAfee Site Advisor.
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