stinger.exe is the main executable for McAfee Stinger.
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses and worms. This process should not be removed to ensure that your system is secure.
Non-system processes like stinger.exe originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data in your system's registry, it is likely that your registry has suffered fragmentation and accumulated invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance. It is recommended that you
check your registry to identify slowdown issues.