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What is gearsec.exe? Gear CD support?

Vendor:      GEAR
Product:     gearsec
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: gearsec.exe is CD software support installed by several different applications, including the Apple iPod.

gearsec.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.06%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
gearsec.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x17b77d83c53ae007c11ed811d992e727 4/27/2018 3:17:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 3 Gear CD support 48 KB
2 Status 0xb6e01969246fcb67470e87e6957ee147 8/4/2017 7:50:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 6 Gear CD support 52 KB
3 Status 0x9d770fe95bbf1c5ce10714d27db0df30 10/15/2014 2:46:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Gear CD support 60 KB
4 Status 0xcbb9971efccee6e32066edf68382802a 9/3/2011 11:24:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 3 Gear CD support 48 KB
5 Status 0x7d72acb40f6658e5cf275420e1375f40 1/1/2011 3:07:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 6 Gear CD support 57 KB
6 Status 0x0ebf8b9c7c6f7b6273bb86f7cd16d3e9 2/18/2010 5:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 52 KB
7 Status 0x62f74b1b8155ef789d4293535217c8b6 12/13/2009 6:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 60 KB
8 Status 0xa8bf4044b7ed1be387996228453c8882 12/9/2009 10:53:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 5 Gear CD support 52 KB
9 Status 0xd6a6b199069415366165d3949c63b48a 12/4/2009 4:50:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 6 Gear CD support 52 KB
10 Status 0x14c9b8eb557b0ed69b3a617ecac2d846 9/28/2009 12:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 72 KB
11 Status 0x9cd6f758939975682135f4643dc8fcd4 9/23/2009 4:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 52 KB
12 Status 0x7bffb87d29af9059351df8c294f5986a 8/17/2009 12:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 52 KB
13 Status 0x630a1ade695bda3069e75201d204841f 5/29/2009 3:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 60 KB
14 Status 0x0ad4311544e00d6d5ae46eb49bf06cb4 5/5/2009 10:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 52 KB
15 Status 0x6fa651344205d7f2c77f1896072e3202 2/10/2009 12:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 72 KB
16 Status 0xa0be54cdd6b4fbac9b59e6ef137aaddf 11/9/2008 8:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 48 KB
17 Status 0xe3e4ee5ecb276bb3d292b03ce7692d52 10/1/2008 7:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 60 KB
18 Status 0xcbb9971efccee6e32066edf07017302a 7/11/2008 3:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 48 KB
19 Status 0xbd3e43557edf9294ba77e742afe35586 5/30/2008 1:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown Gear CD support 60 KB
20 Status 0xa42bfc35374287e4565eb5829620cecc 5/7/2008 9:49:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 6 Gear CD support 52 KB
21 Status 0xa3e6af2356b9ced793100c370b0a983a 12/31/2007 Unknown 1, 0, 0, 3 Gear CD support 92 KB


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