What is kxetray.exe?

kxetray.exe is part of Kingsoft Internet Security and developed by Kingsoft Corporation according to the kxetray.exe version information.

kxetray.exe's description is "KXEngine Security Center Tray manager"

kxetray.exe is digitally signed by Zhuhai Kingsoft Software Co.,Ltd.

kxetray.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Kingsoft\kiscommon\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about kxetray.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on kxetray.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameKingsoft Internet Security
Company nameKingsoft Corporation
File descriptionKXEngine Security Center Tray manager
Internal namekxetray.exe
Original filenamekxetray.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1998-2010 Kingsoft Corporation
Product version9,0,16916,224
File version2010,08,10,224

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameKingsoft Internet Security
Company nameKingsoft Corporation
File descriptionKXEngine Security Center Tray manager
Internal namekxetray.exe
Original filenamekxetray.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1998-2010 Kingsoft Cor..
Product version9,0,16916,224
File version2010,08,10,224

Digital signatures [?]

kxetray.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameZhuhai Kingsoft Software Co.,Ltd
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number0ba4bc439930346b95694b4c7f2b981b

VirusTotal report

None of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the kxetray.exe file.

None of the 42 anti-virus programs detected the kxetray.exe file.

Folder name variants

kxetray.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Kingsoft\kiscommon\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b737d6208d2ce716dd781f04b1982ffe
SHA256f1332dc08bb3249461551d22d74ba8c52e6bf6a6540c39c2377a1f6471584d9a

Error Messages

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

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

kxetray.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.

KXEngine Security Center Tray manager has stopped working.

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

kxetray.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with kxetray.exe. 95% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 77 users.

User vote results: There were 73 votes to remove and 4 votes to keep

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Malware or legitimate?

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