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Change the risk level of a process

  • Published on Sep 13, 2026
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Change the risk category of a process from the command-line.

  1. Log on to the system as a user with administrator rights.

  2. Navigate to the default or custom directory. For example:

    cd /opt/McAfee/ens/tp/bin

  3. Execute the command.

    ./mfetpcli --setprocess --profile_type process_name

Example: Change the risk category of Chrome process from high risk to low risk

To change the Chrome process risk category from High Risk to Low Risk, execute the command:

./mfetpcli --setprocess --lowrisk /usr/bin/google-chrome



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