How to remove an help error
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Help.exe file information
The process known as Help MFC Application or VNC server for Win32 belongs to software Help Application or RealVNC Ltd. - WinVNC or GIMP by RealVNC (www.realvnc.com) or Jernej Simoncic (www.gimp.org).
Description: The file help.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files".
Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 249,856 bytes (90% of all occurrences), 21,656 bytes or 186,368 bytes.
There is no file information. The program has no visible window. The file is not a Windows system file.
help.exe is able to record inputs.
Therefore the technical security rating is 46% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
In case of any problems with help.exe, you can also uninstall the program using the Control Panel ⇒ Add/Remove programs ⇒ GIMP.
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If help.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings", the security rating is 64% dangerous. The file size is 78,534 bytes (66% of all occurrences) or 65,630 bytes. It is a file without information about the developer of this file. The program has no visible window. File help.exe is not a Windows core file.
If help.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, the security rating is 88% dangerous. The file size is 96,768 bytes (50% of all occurrences) or 914,888 bytes. There is no file information. It is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. The program is not visible. The program is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). File help.exe is not a Windows core file.
If help.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32, the security rating is 72% dangerous. The file size is 315,392 bytes.
Important: Some malware camouflages itself as help.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the help.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.
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