What does the system.exe file do?
The system.exe process is also known as honey or, as the case may be, exe and is a part of honey or, as the case may be, Microsoft Windows Operating System. This software is produced by www.microsoft.com or, as the case may be, Microsoft Corporation„z. All rights reser. An outdated or faulty version of system.exe can cause problems for your computer, ranging from slowness to error messages like these:
- honey has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem... (Windows 11, 10, 7)
- honey has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. (Windows 11, 10, 7)
- system.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- Access violation at address FFFFFFFF in module system.exe. Read of address 00000000.
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What you should know about system.exe honey
system.exe is not a Windows system file and is known to frequently cause computer problems. The file system.exe is found in a subdirectory of "C:\Users\USERNAME".
Frequently occurring are file sizes such as 44,544 bytes (14% of all these files), 2,899,456 bytes as well as 10 other variants.
The system file is not part of the Windows operating system. There is no embedded description in this file. These days, this is rather unusual Windows starts the process each time that the computer boots up (Registry: Run, User Shell Folders, MACHINE\Run, Winlogon\Shell, TaskScheduler, DEFAULT\User Shell Folders, win.ini, RunOnce).
The application does not have a visible window, and does not appear on the taskbar.
System.exe is capable of monitor other applications as well as interpret keystrokes.
For this reason, 78% of all experts consider this file to be a possible threat. The probability that it can cause harm is high.
- A system.exe file has a 74% certainty of being dangerous if it is found in a subdirectory of "C:\Program Files". In this case, the file size is usually 4,953,088 bytes (10% of all these files), 13,179,660 bytes as well as 8 other variants.
The system file is not part of the Windows operating system. This system program is initiated as part of Windows start-up (Registry: Run, User Shell Folders, MACHINE\Run, Winlogon\Shell, TaskScheduler, win.ini, DEFAULT\User Shell Folders, RunOnce).
This particular software is connected to a server on the Internet or in your local network. This system program does not have a visible window, and does not appear on the taskbar.
System.exe is capable of supervise programs as well as Change the behavior of other applications.
- A system.exe file has a 82% certainty of being dangerous if it is found in the C:\Windows\System32 directory. In this case, the file size is usually 69,632 bytes (20% of all these files), 1,261,056 bytes, 166,912 bytes, 1,191,424 bytes or, as the case may be, 1,690,624 bytes. The program executes in the background, and can only be terminated using Windows Task Manager. System.exe does not come from Microsoft and is not part of the operating system. It is interesting to note that the file is placed in the Windows folder, even though it is not part of the operating system. There is no embedded description in this file. These days, this is rather unusual This process is receiving or sending data on the LAN (your local network) or on the Internet. System.exe is capable of log keyboard entries as well as supervise programs.
- A system.exe file has a 70% certainty of being dangerous if it is found in a subdirectory of C:\. In this case, the file size is usually 34,816 bytes (40% of all these files), 4,429,824 bytes, 18,944 bytes or, as the case may be, 473,600 bytes.
- A system.exe file has a 63% certainty of being dangerous if it is found in the Windows Temp directory. In this case, the file size is usually 118,784 bytes (33% of all these files), 1,017,856 bytes or, as the case may be, 125,440 bytes.
- A system.exe file has a 66% certainty of being dangerous if it is found in a subdirectory of C:\Windows. In this case, the file size is usually 1,440,768 bytes.
- A system.exe file has a 100% certainty of being dangerous if it is found in the C:\Windows directory. In this case, the file size is usually 98,816 bytes.
If you see this file on your hard drive or in Windows Task Manager, please make sure that it is not a malicious variant. It's a fact that many trojans try to cloak their true identity by calling themselves system.exe. With the above information or by using tools like Security Task Manager you can determine if, in your case, the file is an undesirable variant.
What do other computer users say about system?
| Come's with an installer, tries to connect to the internet. | |
| Could be malware but regulary its a windows system file careto | |
| Disables the task manager in WinXP Pro Mark Neves | |
| Virus. Bot Variant. Roche Diagnostics | |
| it comes with the vstub.exe from internet starts creating system snapshots (in my case files below 1.5 mb but not smaller than 500K and creates *.cap files in the Internet Mail folders and starts sending out the files.....Took me 8 days to figure out the solution. So far no antispyware or antivirus have been successfull. Even mentioned on forum on internet the Kaspersky is not working. LOL i had to do it myself :-p Samuel Oniel Brien |
Summary: 13 users consider system.exe essential and should not be removed. 4 users consider it harmless. However, 9 users consider this to be a suspicious process and would like to get rid of it. For this reason, 49 users have already removed system.exe. source: file.net
How to uninstall honey or the program
To remove honey from your computer, please follow the manual instructions below.
- Click the Windows Start Button. You can find it in the lower-left corner of the taskbar.
- Type 'uninstall'.
- Click Add or remove programs.
- Now locate honey or the program in the list of displayed applications.
- Click the program, and then click Uninstall.
How to check if system.exe (honey) was uninstalled completely
After uninstalling, restart your computer. Then open Windows Explorer and check if a folder with the software name still exists under C:\Program Files. Also, check the Registry for remnants of honey. To do this, start Regedit, then look under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software for: honey or the name of the producer. Keep in mind that only a computer professional should delete entries in the Windows Registry directly.
Last but not least
If Windows is not working properly, startup is slow, or system.exe is causing problems, a good Windows diagnostic tool may help. This is especially effective when it comes to older computers that have accumulated vast quantities of "garbage data" as the result of many software installs and uninstalls.
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