The file wscntfy.exe is the executable for Windows Security Center Notification Application. The file displays an icon on your System Tray. The file serves as a notifier, to let you know if any of the following applications might render your system vulnerable to malicious attacks: Windows Updates, Antivirus software, or Firewall settings. Basically, the file runs in the background by default, so it can give you alerts whenever it detects something that could put your system at risk, but only with regards to the three mentioned applications. The application is generally only for Windows XP. It was introduced in XP Service Pack2. Users can find the file in the path C:\Windows\System 32\wscntfy.exe. There were a number of users’ reports where the file was found to be a worm or some other malicious software. Since the file is generally for Windows XP SP2, if you do not have this Windows version on your PC; and the file is located directly in the Windows directory, i.e. C:\Windows\wscntfy.exe, there is a high possibility that this could be a malicious file that posed as the legitimate Windows system file.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. wscntfy.exe. is used by Microsoft Windows XP SP2, If you shut down wscntfy.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop wscntfy.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Microsoft Windows XP SP2, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed wscntfy.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Windows XP SP2, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if wscntfy.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that wscntfy.exe, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Windows XP SP2