McAfee Agent files and folders When you install the agent, the files are stored in different locations depending on the operating system. Folder content Operating system Location Installation files Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <PROGRAMFILES>\McAfee\Agent Linux /opt/McAfee/agent/ Macintosh /Library/McAfee/agent Data files Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/ Configuration and management information (including GUID and agent version) needed to manage products Linux and Macintosh /etc/ma.d/ Script for starting and stopping the agent manually and when called by the system Linux /etc/init.d/ma Macintosh /Library/StartupItems/ma Installation log files Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 %TEMP%\McAfeeLogs Agent log files Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\Logs If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\Logs Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/logs Peer-to-peer repository path Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\data\mcafeeP2P If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeP2P Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/data/McAfeeP2P Lazy cache repository path Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeHttp If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeHttp Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/data/McAfeeHttp Database path Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\DB If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\DB Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/db Parent topic: Installing McAfee Agent
McAfee Agent files and folders When you install the agent, the files are stored in different locations depending on the operating system. Folder content Operating system Location Installation files Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <PROGRAMFILES>\McAfee\Agent Linux /opt/McAfee/agent/ Macintosh /Library/McAfee/agent Data files Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/ Configuration and management information (including GUID and agent version) needed to manage products Linux and Macintosh /etc/ma.d/ Script for starting and stopping the agent manually and when called by the system Linux /etc/init.d/ma Macintosh /Library/StartupItems/ma Installation log files Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 %TEMP%\McAfeeLogs Agent log files Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\Logs If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\Logs Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/logs Peer-to-peer repository path Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\data\mcafeeP2P If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeP2P Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/data/McAfeeP2P Lazy cache repository path Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeHttp If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\data\McAfeeHttp Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/data/McAfeeHttp Database path Windows Windows 7–10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 <Documents and Settings>\All Users\Application Data\McAfee\Agent\DB If the operating system does not have a Documents and Settings folder, the default location is <System_Drive>\ProgramData\McAfee\Agent\DB Linux and Macintosh /var/McAfee/agent/db Parent topic: Installing McAfee Agent