I'd done the Windows update on Thursday, but by this afternoon, my MMSSHOST was back to its usual activity of stealing the CPU for a few seconds avery 60seconds or so, very repeatable.
particulalry the McAfee mods, does anybody know 'exactly' what MMSSHOST is doing or what it os needed for ?? I don't recall it being part of any older versions of Internet Security ?
AND, when i change the file name from MMSSHOST.exe to .old, the file stops being accessed, the CPU is full released .... but absolutely no obvious misbehaviour of McAfee ???
What exactly MMSSHOST does and any other McAfee process does not know any of the clients, but only the authors of the program. I repeatedly asked questions about what McAfee processes are doing in the support service, but I have never received a response. I suppose that some processes that cause PC crashes are not related to the fight against viruses. I deleted McAfee and got a refund. I installed a trial version of Bitdefender for 30 days. Maybe McAfee can solve his problem in 30 days ?.
I deleted MMSSHOST, well actually closed it in Task Manager, then before it had time to restart itself i changed the explorer file to .old ... 3 days of no problems, McAfee still detects and scans, still updates etc. However noticed today that it has managed to replace the MMSSHOST.exe file with a new copy and trggered itself to start ... in doing so though, the blippy activity started again, running my CPU to 25% every minute and making video and audio files jitter !!
So, once again, i've stopped the file in Manager and deleted it in Explorer, take that McAfee !!
I bet this issue will take them as long to resolve as the Quick Clean issue took to resolve last year ... so i reckon a fix will come about by Christmas
@jonno2001wrote:I deleted MMSSHOST, well actually closed it in Task Manager, then before it had time to restart itself i changed the explorer file to .old ... 3 days of no problems, McAfee still detects and scans, still updates etc. However noticed today that it has managed to replace the MMSSHOST.exe file with a new copy and trggered itself to start ... in doing so though, the blippy activity started again, running my CPU to 25% every minute and making video and audio files jitter !!
So, once again, i've stopped the file in Manager and deleted it in Explorer, take that McAfee !!
I bet this issue will take them as long to resolve as the Quick Clean issue took to resolve last year ... so i reckon a fix will come about by Christmas
Please visit the below location
"c:\program files\common files\mcafee\client analytics\scripts\"
Right click "engine.js" and select Edit from menu
Post back the version from 1st line
/*! $FileVersion=1.1.129 */ var engine_fileVersion = "1.1.129";
@jonno2001wrote:/*! $FileVersion=1.1.129 */ var engine_fileVersion = "1.1.129";
I just realized that you are referring to the problem with MMSSHOST.exe using high CPU.
Others whom faced the problem with Module Core Service, kindly post back the version from previous post.
Ah, sorry my fault for misleading ... im in the wrong thread
@jonno2001wrote:Ah, sorry my fault for misleading ... im in the wrong thread
No worries
@Everyone
The problem should disappear in CA Engine version 1.1.126 or later. Refer to my previous posts on how to identify the engine version.
Dear selvan (Moderator)!
On the disappearance of which problem is it: MMSSHOST.exe or Module Core Service?
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