If you are reading this post, you may have come across a stage where your antivirus software detects and quarantines the procedure “hxtsr.exe” and warns you that it may be malicious. The executable is not malware in almost all cases; is a program belonging to Microsoft Office on your computer
There have been many cases in which different antivirus programs such as Avast or Norton alerted users that they encountered a potential threat and permanently blocked it.. Now there can be two cases; Either the executable is legitimate or it is malware pretending to be your system executable. The probability of the second case is extremely rare. Unlike many other executables that we have covered in our previous posts; It does not consume any resources (CPU o memoria) no way. If you find that the procedure consumes your resources, there is a chance that it belongs to the second case.
Let's summarize the facts about hxtsr.exe:
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The executable is not spyware.
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It is not considered a virus or a Trojan.
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It is also not considered an application related to adware or pop-ups..
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Hxtsr is part of the Microsoft Office suite and can be canceled at the user's will.
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It is strongly recommended that you do not delete the item unless you are absolutely sure that it is a virus / malware.
How can I tell if hxtst.exe is not a virus?
If your antivirus software tells you that a target executable is a virus or a Trojan, it can be very difficult to determine if it is true or not. We refer to these antivirus to establish which files are harmful, but if they warn us in return, becomes quite confused. The path of the executable file must be:
C: N- Archivos de programaNWindowsAppsNmicrosoft.windowscommunicationsapps_17.7167.40721.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwehxtsr.exe
I should check if it is. Due to the uncertainty that may still arise, we will resort to running Microsoft Security Scanner on your computer. Microsoft Security Scanner is a scanning tool designed to find and erase malware from your computer. Please note that this software is not a substitute for your frequent antivirus, but it provides you with the latest virus definitions out there and can serve as a guide in this circumstance. At the same time, only runs when enabled. At the same time, we suggest you only use this software by downloading the latest version, since virus definitions are updated many times.
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Go to the official Microsoft web portal and download Security Scanner. Make sure you download the correct version for your computer by selecting the bits.
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The file will be approximately 120 MB. Download the file to a reachable location and click the exe file to run it.
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Wait for the scan to complete completely. If any threat is detected, the scanner will notify you immediately.
If the procedure is labeled as a threat by analysis, it can be said that it is actually malware and should be removed from your computer. If that is not the case, you can ignore it and let it be in your location. You can quarantine the executable so that it does not appear in your future scans.
