What is safetray.exe?

safetray.exe is usually located in the 'c:\WINDOWS\Tasks\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected safetray.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

47 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the safetray.exe file. That's a 94% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.1941208
Agnitum	Exploit.IMG-WMF!kzrD4+ZGuRI
AhnLab-V3	Win-Trojan/ExploitTool.3740
AntiVir	TR/Expl.IMG-WMF.EX.1
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Downloader]/Win32.Tiny
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Downloader.Generic12.AYWU
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.Tiny.AWoi
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.1941208
Bkav	W32.OnGamesLT180912HKGHAAI.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Agent.WD.cw3
CMC	Generic.Win32.d2c3349a56!CMCRadar
Commtouch	W32/SuspPack.CY.gen!Eldorado
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.TrojanDownloader.Agent.~d018
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen.564
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.1941208 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Exploit.MS08-067.A
F-Prot	W32/Trojan3.ND
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.1941208
Fortinet	W32/IMG_WMF.EX!exploit
GData	Trojan.Generic.1941208
Ikarus	Exploit.MS04
Jiangmin	Exploit.IMG-WMF.aba
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 7708919f0 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Tiny.cqt
Kingsoft	Win32.Hack.MS08067.ae.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	Malware.Packer.Gen
McAfee	Generic Dropper.ex
McAfee-GW-Edition	Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.G
Microsoft	Exploit:Win32/MS08067.gen!A
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.1941208
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Tiny.dhufa
Norman	Obfuscated_T
nProtect	Trojan-Exploit/W32.IMG-WMF.3740
Panda	Exploit/MS08-067
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.GameThief.004
Rising	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.11E8B629!300463657
Sophos	Troj/PWS-AXY
SUPERAntiSpyware	Trojan.Agent/Gen
Symantec	Hacktool
TheHacker	Trojan/Exploit.IMG-WMF.fk
TotalDefense	Win32/Tnega.TAY
TrendMicro	TSPY_AGENT.ACSW
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TSPY_AGENT.ACSW
VBA32	Exploit.IMG-WMF
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Packer.Upack0.3.9 (ep)
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.EX-MS08-067.3740

safetray.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove safetray.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the safetray.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that safetray.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate safetray.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the safetray.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate safetray.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\WINDOWS\Tasks\safetray.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the safetray.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If safetray.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If safetray.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If safetray.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that safetray.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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