How to remove sgtray error

sgtray.exe file information

The process Sonic Update Manager or VERITAS Update Manager or VERITAS StorageGuard belongs to the software RecordNow Update Manager or VERITAS RecordNow DX Update or IBM RecordNow Update Manager or Pioneer RecordNow DX Update or sgtray.exe or VERITAS RecordNow Update or Sonic Update Manager or Stomp Backup MyPC Update or Stomp DLA Update Manager or PC Study Bible by Sonic Solutions (www.sonic.com) or VERITAS Software, Inc (www.veritas.com).

Description: sgtray.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files" - mostly C:\Program Files\Common Files\Sonic\Update Manager\ or C:\Program Files\VERITAS Software\Update Manager\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 110592 bytes (85% of all occurrence), 155648 bytes, 45056 bytes, 28172 bytes, 107120 bytes, 459264 bytes, 25600 bytes, 36983 bytes, 36753 bytes.
Program has no file description. sgtray.exe is not a Windows system file. The program starts upon Windows startup (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). Program can be removed using the control panel Add\Remove programs applet. Therefore the technical security rating is 23% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

If sgtray.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" then the security rating is 33% dangerous. File size is 155648 bytes (98% of all occurrence), 23564 bytes, 333276 bytes. Program has no file description. The application starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The file is not a Windows core file. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. The program has no visible window.

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

• "sgtray" can run at start up. StorageGuard from Veritas. Free utility that integrates with Backup MyPC (formerly Backup Exec Desktop), Simple Backup and MS Backup. Provides system tray access and background monitoring - warning you of files that haven't recently been backed up. Required unless you backup manually on a regular basis or have scheduled backups
• "StorageGuard" can run at start up. StorageGuard from Veritas. Free utility that integrates with Backup MyPC (formerly Backup Exec Desktop), Simple Backup and MS Backup. Provides system tray access and background monitoring - warning you of files that haven't recently been backed up. Required unless you backup manually on a regular basis or have scheduled backups 
• "UpdateManager" can run at start up. StorageGuard from Veritas (this version by Sonic). Free utility that integrates with Backup MyPC (formerly Backup Exec Desktop), Simple Backup and MS Backup. Provides system tray access and background monitoring - warning you of files that haven't recently been backed up. Required unless you backup manually on a regular basis or have scheduled backups

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as sgtray.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the sgtray.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: sgtray.exe, sgtray.exe

If Sonic's servers cannot be reached it locks out port 80 - so the user gets no web
  Patrick Sweeney  

Veritas Software Updater disable if u dont use veritas
  Simon  

It was causing my PC to lockup. It may have had a conflict with HP printer software. If I killed either task the problem went away. I need to print so it is gone!
  Steve  

installed on ibm thinkpad: part of software "ibm recordnow update manager"
  Hobo  

yea its not dangerous but yet it could be because it keeps running behind the user so i suggest you all uncheck it from msconfig.exe or it will cause annoying messages like "sgtray.exe is not responding" when you try to off the computer. So, i took it off and my computer shuts down normally (without an annoying message) I used record now and it works perfectly so it does not harm your p.c. if u uncheck it.
  Edgar  

Seems to be a Sonic software updater
  Bill C  

not much - so what is the solution, great to know I'm not the only one but I would have expected a solution
  Carl  

A Sonic RecordNow File... Constantly asking for internet service... Annoying!
  Esteban-  

this is very annoying process, it is not happen always .
  Roni Halyo  

Uninstall Sonic Update Management from Windows Add/Remove programs will remove sgtray.exe. The CD burner still works fine
  Doniek  

I kept getting memory reference errors. I unistalled Sonic RecordNow to remove this annoyance.
  jriceter  

I shall remove it
  Hans   (further information)

It caused the HP scanner on one of our systems to freeze after one scanned page. After some long troube-shooting I found out that the sgtray.exe caused the problems somehow. Since I disabled it with msconfig and then renamed it to sgtray.old, the problems are gone.
  Korenchkin  

Appears to have also screwed up some IE functions until it was removed. ID'd as part of Sonic update, killing task free'd up PC after lockup
  wbealsd  

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