What is gentray.exe?

gentray.exe is digitally signed by Genieo Innovation LTD.

gentray.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\genieo\application\trayui\bin\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected gentray.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.

Vendor and version information [?]

gentray.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

gentray.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGenieo Innovation LTD
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number1b98bc775598d0c401e0d6cc4349529a

VirusTotal report

7 of the 49 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the gentray.exe file. That's a 14% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AegisLab Virus.C7F.Gen!c
AVG Generic.C7F
DrWeb Trojan.Genieo.62
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.Genieo.A
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004e0efd1 )
K7GW Adware ( 004e0efd1 )
Yandex PUA.Genieo!
7 of the 49 anti-virus programs detected the gentray.exe file.

gentray.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove gentray.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the gentray.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that gentray.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate gentray.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the gentray.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 gentray.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\genieo\application\trayui\bin\gentray.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the gentray.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If gentray.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If gentray.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If gentray.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 gentray.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5279f9df88a8c988a630547f5c485e7c6
SHA2568453d2812d6e325b1694e9d7c5a020c7bc026c271b14206bf42352fb3fe5f584

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to gentray.exe:

gentray.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

gentray.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

gentray.exe has stopped working.

End Program - gentray.exe. This program is not responding.

gentray.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

gentray.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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