What is GearSec.exe? Is GearSec.exe spyware or a virus?

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Process name: DVD & CD copy engine

Product: GEAR.wrks Toolkit

Company: Gear Software

File: GearSec.exe

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"GearSec.exe" ia a engine which is used to copy DVDs",CDs", etc. GEAR Software's recording engine is used in several other products.

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User Opinions

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856 user ask for this file. 2 user doesn't rated it ("don't know"). 20 user rated it as not dangerous. 1 user rated it as not so dangerous. 3 user rated it as neutral. 1 user rated it as little bit dangerous. 1 user rated it as dangerous.

All comments about GearSec.exe: supports handling of dvd's used by several programs Span It is part of DVDxCOPY or other DVD burning software. globbi Die gearsec.exe gehört zu Davideo Produkten (DVD Kopie oder was es da alles gibt). Brett Ulrich DVD burning software  See also: Link Twackedontwack It is installed with DVD X Copy PART OF ITUNES! trust me really i installed itunes and then this is in my task list  See also: Link Part of DVD X Copy - leave alone part of itunes devildog part of DVD copy program this is used by the program group of Davideo Part of PowerQuest (Symantec) Drive Image 7.0  See also: Link Philipp Wietzke Kommt von Davideo und anderen Programmen  See also: Link samsamsen GData DaViDeo Prozess MeanderingMan Gear Software's Recording Engine may not be a virus, adware or spyware, but it slowed my system considerably. It makes Windows Media Player jumpy and unstable, and even when WMP is not playing, my system was bogged down. Wird von Gearsoftware entwickelt John Markus Controls which application can use Gear.wrks CD writing engine Part of PowerQuest (Symantec) Drive Image 7.0 Roger Have cd burning software and no problem until XP SP2 NDeangiver dont know much but i have several (probably 30) dvd progs and it could have come from any of them Installed with iTunes Your opinion:  --- don't know ---  1 (not dangerous)  2  3 (neutral)  4  5 (dangerous) What do you know about this file: Link for more details: Your Name:

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