How To Remove securityhealthsystray.exe Trojan

Tips To Delete securityhealthsystray.exe

securityhealthsystray.exe is an executable file which is an indication of the running of a particular process on the system. When this nasty trojan enters the Windows computers, it starts running several processes in the background and causes various hazardous issues in the device. It consumes huge amount of CPU resources and slows down the overall performance of the machine. It causes the PC to respond in a very slow manner and take more than usual time to complete any task. It can be utilized for multiple hazardous purposes such as mining cryptocurrencies, proliferating malware and so on.

More About securityhealthsystray.exe:

securityhealthsystray.exe enables remote criminals to access the work-station and execute evil acts inside for their delicate welfare. It disables the working of all the running security measures and Windows Firewalls and open backdoors for more nasty parasites. This notorious trojan may easily bring other online threats such as adware, worms, rootkits, spyware and even deadly ransomware and the system into a malware-hub. If a ransomware manages to get into your computer, nothing can be worse than that. This kind of cyber threat encrypts files and then forces victims into paying an amount of ransom for the decryption.

securityhealthsystray.exe can track your web activities and gather browsing-related information such as entered search queries, URLs of accessed sites, geolocation, IP addresses and so on. It can also collect your personal and confidential information relating to banking and credit card details that could be misused by the hackers for deceptive purchases or transactions. Moreover, your browsing preferences can be very helpful for the advertisers for generating and displaying personalized advertisements. And thus, presence of this nasty trojan in your device may result in the constant appearance of intrusive ads that makes your online browsing very complex.

securityhealthsystray.exe makes spiteful entries in registry editors by making vicious entries in it in order to get automatically activated with each PC startup and to remain persistent. It messes with important system files that are essential for smooth computer functioning and prevents many running apps as well as drivers from working in an appropriate manner. This pernicious trojan may redirect you to potentially dangerous websites that are filled with vicious contents and cause more hazards to your work-station. It may take people to domains where they might be tricked into installing rogue software. And hence, an instant securityhealthsystray.exe removal is highly recommended.

Summarize Information

Name– securityhealthsystray.exe

Category– Trojan, password-stealing virus, spyware

Description– Steals users’ personal and sensitive data for generating revenues and for other deceptive purposes, drops more parasites in the machine and turn the system into a malware-hub.

Symptoms– The file appears doubled in Task Manager and running all the time or even using resources of the computer, slowness of system’s performance, fake error messages, security alerts, intrusive ads and pop-ups, unwanted redirects to questioning sites and so on.

Distribution– Spam email campaigns, malicious file downloads, P2P file sharing, and many more.

Removal– Manual and automatic guidelines as provided under this article

Intrusion of securityhealthsystray.exe:

Trojan type computer infections mostly infiltrate the target computers through spam emails that are sent by cyber criminals in thousands. These emails are presented as important letters from bank, companies or institutions. Nevertheless, they usually contain malicious attachments which once opened, lead to the penetration of dangerous virus. The attached file could be in several formats such as executables, archives, MS Office or PDF documents and so on.

So, to prevent your computer from such infections, you should be very careful while surfing the web. Never open emails or downloads their attachments if the sender is known or suspicious. These mails are designed in a way that they can easily trick recipients into opening the attachment. So, it is necessary to check the legitimacy of suspicious mails before opening them by scanning their attachments with a reputable anti-malware tool. But at the moment, you must remove securityhealthsystray.exe from the PC as soon as possible.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove securityhealthsystray.exe:

Remove the related items of securityhealthsystray.exe using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing securityhealthsystray.exe issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (securityhealthsystray.exe) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to securityhealthsystray.exe removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to securityhealthsystray.exe still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove securityhealthsystray.exe plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in securityhealthsystray.exe removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete securityhealthsystray.exe (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.