What is SyncTask.exe?

SyncTask.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\{b9438~1\' folder.

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

VirusTotal report

15 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SyncTask.exe file. That's a 27% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dealply.44
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dealply.44
Antiy-AVL	GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.DealPly
Arcabit	Trojan.Adware.Dealply.44
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dealply.44
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dealply.44 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/DealPly.DF potentially unwanted
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dealply
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dealply.44
Ikarus	PUA.DealPly
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.DealPly.gen
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Dealply.44
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM05.1.0000.Malware.Gen

SyncTask.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove SyncTask.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the SyncTask.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that SyncTask.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate SyncTask.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the SyncTask.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 SyncTask.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\{b9438~1\SyncTask.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the SyncTask.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If SyncTask.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If SyncTask.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If SyncTask.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 SyncTask.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with SyncTask.exe. 85% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 13 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with SyncTask.exe. Only 13 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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