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* What is asTray

* Download WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool

* Remove asTray manually

* Uninstall asTray from Windows 10

* Uninstall asTray from Windows 8/8.1

* Uninstall asTray from Windows 7

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Threat indicator: MEDIUM

Threat's profile

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asTray

(*.*)

Badware

Win32 (Windows XP, Vista/7, 8/8.1, Windows 10)

Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari


Betweentimes asTray is secretly installed on PCs in shared or enterprise network with the purpose to watch other users. AsTray is a sort of malicious programs that is installed on PCs and seeks data about users without their skills. Some asTray display advertisements to specific sites that consumers treat. AsTray authors prevail this feature as needed to advertisers paying for advertisement places giving funds to disable its removal and sophisticating asTray even for seemly removal tool. Major machine defence companies were late to add badware removal functions to their anti virus to let consumers remove asTray. On December 16, 2004 Microsoft got its merchandise mark Windows AntiSpyware as free download badware removal tool allowing Windows XP and Windows 2003 buyers to remove asTray.

asTray intrusion method

asTray installs on your PC along with free software. This method is called "bundled installation". Freeware offers you to install additional module (asTray). Then if you fail to decline the offer it starts hidden installation. asTray copies its file(s) to your hard disk. Its typical file name is (*.*). Sometimes it creates new startup key with name asTray and value (*.*). You can also find it in your processes list with name (*.*) or asTray. Also, it can create folder with name asTray under C:\Program Files\ or C:\ProgramData. After installation asTray starts displaying ads, pop-ups, banners on your PC or in browsers. It is recommended to remove asTray immediately.


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How to remove asTray manually

This problem can be solved manually by deleting all registry keys and files connected with asTray, removing it from starup list and unregistering all corresponding DLLs. Additionally missing DLL's should be restored from distribution in case they are corrupted by asTray.

To get rid of asTray, you should:


1. Kill the following processes and delete the appropriate files:


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Warning: you should delete only those files which checksums are listed as malicious. There may be valid files with the same names in your system. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.

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2. Delete the following malicious folders:


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3. Delete the following malicious registry entries and\or values:


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Warning: if value is listed for some registry entries, you should only clear these values and leave keys with such values untouched. We recommend you to use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool for safe problem solution.


Uninstall asTray related programs from Control Panel

We recommend you to check list of installed programs and search for asTray entry or other unknown and suspicious programs. Below are instructions for different version if Windows. In some cases adware programs are protected by malicious service or process and it will not allow you to uninstall it. If asTray won't uninstall or gives you error message that you do not have sufficient rights to do this perform below instructions in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking or use WiperSoft Antispyware Malware Remediation Tool.


Windows 10


  • Click on the Start menu and choose Settings

  • Then click on System and choose Apps & Features in the left column

  • Find asTray under in the list and click Uninstall button near it.

  • Confirm by clicking Uninstall button in opened window if necessary.



Windows 8/8.1


  • Right click on the bottom left corner of the screen (while on your desktop)

  • In the menu choose Control Panel

  • Click Uninstall a program under Programs and Features.

  • Locate asTray or other related suspicious program.

  • Click Uninstall button.

  • Wait until uninstall process is complete.


Windows 7/Vista


  • Click Start and choose Control Panel.

  • Choose Programs and Features and Uninstall a program.

  • In the list of installed programs find asTray

  • Click Uninstall button.


Windows XP


  • Click Start

  • In the menu choose Control Panel

  • Choose Add / Remove Programs.

  • Find asTray related entries.

  • Click Remove button.


Protect computer and browsers from infection

Adware threats like asTray are very wide-spread, and unfortunatelly many antiviruses fail to detect it. To protect your computer from future infection we recommend you to use SpyHunter, it has active protection module and browser settings guard. It does not conflict with any antiviruses and creates additional shield against threats like asTray.

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Here are the descriptions of problems connected with asTray and (*.*) we received earlier:

Problem Summary: asus eee pc acpi service

Hi, I have an error message every time I start up my asus eee pc 1001HA: "Ãsus Eee PC ACPI Service has encountered a problem and needs to close". If i close the error message another one pops up almost immediately. I don't know how to get rid of it.
Thanks for your help.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: asus eee pc acpi service

Hi, I have an error message every time I start up my asus eee pc 1001HA: "Ãsus Eee PC ACPI Service has encountered a problem and needs to close". If i close the error message another one pops up almost immediately. I don't know how to get rid of it.
Thanks for your help.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Eee Tray problem

everytime I open the internet this message pops up.Ecc PC Tray Utility has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for te inconvenience

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: pop up of Eee PC tray utility

As soon as i turned computer on and during use, Eee PC tray utility keeps popping up. Asked to send error report i sent which dont help

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: AsusAsus Eee PC ACPI Service has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

I get this error msg,"Asus Eee PC ACPI Service has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.", everytime I start up my EeePc. Detailed description is "AppName: asacpisvr.exe AppVer: 6.1.1.40 ModName: unknown
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 1000b44a"

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: astray error

I have an Eee PC 1005HAB computer and an ASTRAY.EXE error pops up about every 10 seconds and will not go away

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Eee PC Tray Utility Error keeps popping up and will not go away

Eee PC Tray Utility Error keeps popping up and will not go away. If i close the error message another one pops up almost immediately. It will show the little utility tray icon in the task bar up to 6 times at once.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Eee PC Tray Utility Error keeps popping up and will not go away

Eee PC Tray Utility Error keeps popping up and will not go away. If i close the error message another one pops up almost immediately. It will show the little utility tray icon in the task bar up to 6 times at once.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Asus Eee PC APCI Service error dialogue box

It keeps popping up every second saying that it has encountered a problem and needs to close but I don't know what it is or where it's come from. How do I get rid of it?

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

Problem Summary: Error Report message

Hi

I have recently used the AVG PC Tuneup tool (2011) and now every few seconds a message pops up saying: Asus Eee PC ACPI Service has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Please help - I have no idea what to do.

Problem was successfully solved. Ticket was closed.

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