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How to remove an systray error


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Systray.exe file information

The process known as Systray .exe stub or SysTray MFC Application or WinPersonalizer Helper or Intel® Platform Administration Technology Client

belongs to software Microsoft Windows Operating System or Intel Platform Administration Technology or SysTray Application or Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility or Dell Mobile Broadband Card

by PC-Magic Software (www.pc-magic.com) or Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) or holersoft or Intel (www.intel.com).

Description: The file systray.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 331,851 bytes (50% of all occurrences), 572,416 bytes, 471,040 bytes or 1,388,544 bytes. http://www.file.net/process/systray.exe.html 
The file is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. Program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). The application has no file description. systray.exe is able to record inputs and monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 38% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you have any problems with systray.exe, you might want to search for help on the company [1][2]'s website or completely remove Intel(R) Platform Administration or Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility (Control Panel⇒Add/Remove programs).

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If systray.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32, the security rating is 30% dangerous. The file size is 3,072 bytes (75% of all occurrences) or 23,552 bytes. Systray.exe is a trustworthy file from Microsoft. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). File systray.exe is not a Windows system file.

If systray.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, the security rating is 36% dangerous. The file size is 69,632 bytes. The program has a visible window. The process has no file description. The program starts when Windows starts (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders). The file is not a Windows core file. systray.exe seems to be a compressed file.

If systray.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32\drivers, the security rating is 80% dangerous. The file size is 4,533,760 bytes.

If systray.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows, the security rating is 36% dangerous. The file size is 138,024 bytes.

If systray.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings", the security rating is 82% dangerous. The file size is 3,890,688 bytes.

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

  • "Coldlife -icmp" definitely not required. Added by the FLOOD.AV TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate SysTray.exe
  • "Internat" definitely not required. Added by the ALADINZ.P TROJAN! Note - this is not the legitimate systray.exe process
  • "SystemTray" can run at start up. SYSTRAY.EXE - System Tray Services. Provides the Volume Control, PC Card Status, Power Management and other icons that reside in the System Tray (see here). SYSTRAY.EXE may be disabled if none of these services are required. It will launch as and when required if you later enable the icons. If you need these items they're available via Start -> Settings -> Control Panel
  • "SystemTray" definitely not required. Added by the ALADINZ.P TROJAN! Note - this is not the valid System Tray (systray.exe) which resides in C:\Windows\System (Win9x/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (WinNT/2K) or C:\Windows\System32 (WinXP). If you right-click on the real systray.exe the "Properties" reveal it to be a Microsoft file
  • "Systray driver" definitely not required. Added by the MUTEBOT TROJAN! Note - this is not the real SystemTray which shares the same filename

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as systray.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the systray.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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User Comments

Windows Power Management
  Alex  
part of the windows os
  mark  
When it is running in the background it slows down the system response dramatically.
  Yahya Al Masri  
it's a virus, it crashes in XP, altered my XP visual styles and messes up and slowed the computer down.
  Jason Bowman  
Magic Folders - SysTray icon from - PC-Magic.com
   
After deleting the jobs the printer status icon is not updating the status automatically. We are not able to update the status programmatically. We couldn’t find any property that uniquely identifies the printer icon. Print icon is the part of desktop process “explorer.exe”. So we could not directly interact with this icon.
  sebastin_sahi  
If the file is in "System32" it seems OK and essential. If it is in with temporary files (where virus' usually are) then it seems to be a fake that you can remove.
  anon  
in in AppData\Local\Temp and in memory with a changing .exe name its systray.exe hub virus/keylogger. If you remove it will repoduce
  Checker  
My PC after start up always showing information lilke "Sistray.exe unable to locate component. This application has failed to start because SiSAp com.dll was not Found. Re-instaling the application may fix this
  Jyoti Prasad Basu  
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Summary: Average user rating of systray.exe: based on 12 votes with 9 reviews.
4 users think systray.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 1 user think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 3 users suspect danger. 2 users think systray.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 1 user doesn't grade systray.exe ("not sure about it").


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