| 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 |
| ZA | sneaks in unawares, but don't know how or when! |
| igntion-mix | part of MixMiester Pro 5 (required to record DJ mixes to CD) |
| | Used in DIFFERENT DVD copy programs besides xcopy |
| 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 |
| Max Damage | This file is not a virus. Lots od CD/DVD recording software uses this file. It looks like a good tool for recording, but if slows down the system a lot! In fact, it's easy to solve this problem! Go to the "Control Panel" -- "Administrative Tools" -- "Services". Find a service called GEARSecurity. Right-click on it and select "Properties". On the "General" tab click the "Stop" button, and set the "Startup type" to Manual. Click OK, and you should have no more problems with that again. |
| Userxx | Davideo kann gut sein, wundere mich seit gestern über diesen Prozess und gestern habe ich auch DaviDeo installiert. See also: Link |
| Dexter P. | It starts as a service !??? Why !? to be able to handle the writing of files on a DVD disk in a more secure way ? |
 cardoxx | Knocked out my system every time I started it. Hard to remove, but maybe diff. ver.? |
| hucklberry | Definitely part of Drive Image 7, that uses the Gearsec library |
| Abu | Don't have itunes, yet it exist here! |
| MrBugman | Runs with Norton Ghost 9.0 |
 Wolle | PowerQuest Drive Image 2000 |
| Anuller | Installed with Norton Ghost |
| | Part of Norton Ghost 9.0 |
| zeugene | Part of Norton Ghost |
| | probably itunes |
| | Installed with Movie Clone (DVD copy software). Has little or no detrimental effect on my system. |
| Cheese | it is part of trial program GEAR PRO MASTERING edition 6.05 . |
| sgtSummoner | Comes with ITunes and PowerQuest Drive Image. Harmless, can be deactivated to save resources. If you use the burning function of these programs, dont deactivate it. |
| | when I close this file windowsXP shuts down |
| Richard | no idea where it came from - don't have DVD software or Drive Image installed on that machine... |
| TylerD75 | Think it's part of Norton Ghost as well |
| d-con | ok, even they (Gear sw) says it is part of itunes. See link for more info (apparently you may be able to replace the service with drivers) See also: Link |
| Lenyon73 | Part of DVD X-Copy Platinum Install See also: Link |
| lurch | think i got it with nero software |
| ßèmìTgìß © | I do have a problem with media player jumping and it did start after Norton Ghost was installed. I just noticed gearsec.exe tonight - due to its 147 byte size I thought it was possibly bad - but I am afraid to disable it because I use ghost regularly. |
| d-con | Had itunes, gearsec.exe didn't show up until I installed Norton Ghost 9.0 |
| Werner | blockiert Internetzugang über drahtloses Netzwerk |
| | Installed along with i-tunes |
| | Part of PowerQuest (Symantec) V2i Protector |
| MMCE | Installed with Acoustica MP3 CD Burner, .... |
| Retsisrepus | Appeared after installing Norton System Works Premiere |
| Anonomuos | It apart of itunes. itunes come wen u install real1 |
| OZgur | On my sytem it is a part of Mix Meister Pro |
| John G | Go to Microsoft.com. They have a link to GEAR. On GEAR, they explain all about it and tell how to fix the problem. |
| The Preacher | Gearsec.exe wird bei Norton Ghost oder Norton SystemWorks 2005 als Brennmodul mitinstalliert. Der Prozess verursacht häufig Konflikte mit anderer Brennsoftware. Es kommt zu nicht reproduzierbaren Fehlern während des Brennens von CD's/DVD's (Nero 6, CloneDVD 2, usw.) |
| Chuck | Definitely part of Symantec DriveImage 7, but March 1, 2004 update patch removed the 'gearsec.exe startup issue' immediately after it was installed. See also: Link |
| hologram | i installed dvd Xcopy on my computer slowed and seems to have corrupted some files... windows alert: gearsec encountered problems will shut down.. my mouse dosnt click right and even my virus scan shuts down..???... i am uninstalling this junk.. See also: Link |
| NICKTHEDISK | Norton Ghost 9.0 instlls this file, its for Volume backups etc.. . See also: Link |
| | NORTON GHOST |
| RAG | Made by Gear Software lisc. to 3rd. party cd burining s/w manuf. See also: Link |
| Knight Chat X | Seems to come with Norton Ghost, my guess is it's for the CD backup part of the program. See also: Link |
| Storm | In Windows XP, click start-- Run --- type services.msc and then choose the gearsec.exe service, goto properties, and disable it, then restart, it no longer starts up |
| Kay | Comes with Norton's Ghost under SystemWorks2005 |
| | maybe and probably it's installed when i installed symantec livestate system recovery! |
| thomas | denke auch dass es zu norton ghost gehört. |
| Brcobrem | Uninstalled PowerQuest (Symantec) Drive Image 7.0 and it went away. |
| A. Kuilan | I Just did a fresh install of Windows XP to verify, it definitely installed with NortonGhost 9.. It is possible other applications may install it, but it installed with NortonGhost 9 in this case, and this was after installing 20+ basic popular programs and carefully monitoring. After Ghost, gearsec popped in memory. I say disable the service via computer management untill you really need it. |
| Sundrops | Installed w/ Norton Ghost, but Ghost runs just fine w/o it enabled. And since it gets in the way of Win Media Player, I disabled it in Services. |
| Andreas | Lief bei mir schon immer im Hintergrund. Habe keine Probleme damit |
| Gunner | I don't have Norton Ghost, or itunes. But I have DVD Xcopy Express. Slowed my computre down. |
| Yosef | It could have installed with either Norton Ghost or iTunes, but after Ghost my computer slowed down considerably. Especially when booting but I don't know if this is the file that caused it |
| Andy | Installed as part of iTunes |
| axel | PowerQuest drive image, description missing, autostart |
| Futureline | Norton Ghost 9.0 installs this file, its for Volume backups etc |
| Dameem | It is part of Norton Gost 9.0 |
| PCDania | Part of Norton Ghost 9.0. Required for writing to optical drives |
| funkmasterta | it is used by drive image 7 |
| Tyson | Was installed by the latest Version of Norton Ghost (aka PowerQuest Disk Image) Has no over all effect on my system. But then I only have ghost running when I need it. |
| smile | Installed with norton ghost 9, does not seem to cause me any probs on windows 2000 |
| osok | Installed with Norton Ghost 9.0 |
| phl | File installed and used by Norton Ghost possibly others. It shows up with very little resource usage for me so it doesn't bother me. |
| | might be part of ITUNES, NORTON GHOST or NERO.. anyway.. doesn' disturb |
| | just some program that operates with a few other programs... nothing scary though |
| Manfred Priemer | Fehlermeldung bei Start, Microsoft empfielt Update bei GEAR |
| Locutus | Quicktime gibt es bei Apple "free" nur noch mit itunes, dabei installiert sich auch gearsec.exe |
| ZyaX | I think I got it when I installed Daemon Tools 3.47 www.daemon-tools.cc. I ran a rigorous virus scanning on the file with NOD32 which it passed with no remarks. I have stopped and disabled the service and Daemon Tools appears indifferent to this action. This is implausibly not a virus. Hence if you check the properties of the file, it says under the version tab that it is copyright by GEAR Software. www.gearsoftware.com which seems to be an authentic and established company. There are many programs of which append files to the windows directoy, just not exe files. So don't worry mates :) |
| | get one thing clear. its a module that tons of other major software company use under liscence. if you think that your application not gonna burn dvd or cd then go ahead and disable it. |
| wd | Never noticed this running process until I installed Norton Systemworks Premiere which uses alot of resources along with norton internet 2005 security |
| arebbrown | I am not running itunes or norton ghost, i am running dvdxcopy on 3pc's and it is on all of them. it did slow my startup but it is a safe file. |
| r4d30ng0 d | war nach DaViDeo 4 installation da, läuft aber nur im BG,keine probleme mit brenen,lässt sich einfach killen und macht sonst nix.. |
| Milburn King | I have Drive Image 7 but not Ghost, itunes, Xcopy so I'm guessing either DVD burning software or Drive Image 7 |
| renaudoo | comes with Norton Ghost 9... not necessary to start automaticaly, disable it and set it to start manual |
| Tokke | Probably part of iTunes. Had it just after installing iTunes. |
| hubba-stank | It appeared after loading Norton Ghost 9.0 |
| muehli | part of symantec LiveStateRecovery 3.0 |
| team mopar | seem harless but keep eye on anyway |
| | Installs by winamp v5 (can not confirm, but that's the last software I installed before I've noticed this file hangin in the memory under SYSTEM user) |
| Michael Buckley | I have Norton Ghost on my computer and it was there and when I installed it my dads is apeared there as well so it is Norton Ghoast 9.0 for sure. |
| Michael | Since installing Caere Omnipage Pro 10 it fails to load on Boot Up. |
| bolFreeOfChile | every 15 seconds when my isp checks my router gearsec open one port See also: Link |
| Fokke | Comes with PowerQuest (Symantec) Drive Image 7.0 |
| tqila | its a part of DVD Decrypter |
| Axl | Ghost 9.0 |
| Administrator | Installed with Norton Ghost V9. I t was not their before. Takes resources uneeded disable |
| Dan | gearsec.exe (if there are anything EXCEPT capital letters, delete or disable - download the most current version of gearsec, there are many different versions, but the best and most up to date will cost you) See also: Link |
| skeeter | Norton Ghost 10.0 seems to be the source here. |
| EraseR | This part of Norton Ghost 9. Dont worry ! |
| SmAcK | Installed on my system along with Norton Ghost 9 |
| | after i installed ghost 10 |
| nixlan | Installed with iTunes |
| KEN | CD/DVD Burning-PlugIn used by many applications of all kinds. Comes also with PowerQuest's DriveImage-7+ and Norton's Ghost-9. (Same Programm/Different Names - Symantec just bought it from PowerQuest). Only needed if you intend to burn directly with the application which has installed it. (I.E. Processing backups with DI-7 or NG-9 directly to CD/DVD rather than HDD.) If you always use your own burning application anyway then you wont need it. Prevent it from auto-starting via msconfig in this case to save ressources. |
| Walied Youssry | It seems it found it's way to my pc after i installed norton ghost.. but it uses your resources |
| Figu | Runs with Notron Ghost |
| Paul | Symantec Ghost 9.0 installs it in %SystemRoot%System32 folder See also: Link |
| Hugh Sawyer | I have no idea where it came from. I then kept getting "Gearsec" error messages. Gear emailed me a fix, but it does not seem to work. I have now disabled it |
| | Installed with MixMeister Pro 4. |
| RaidER | Norton Ghost 9.0 installed this file on my system but it doesn't slow down anything. It's surely Norton GHOST 9.0! |
| Humjaba | Comes with Norton Ghost 9.0 |
| bigfukoffmofo | safe but set it to manual in services. |
| Henrik Rundqvist | It began to show after I installed DVD Decrypter. I´ve scanned the file and so on and it doesnt seems to be dangerous at all. |
| matth | it use by Norton Ghost 9.0 |
| Kai | Belongs to Drive Image 7 -- Install .Net-Framework 1.1 and the Framework SP1 and the message is gone |
| Frank | It is part of norton ghost & also drive image (from POWER QUEST). Drive image was bought by |
| Suso | It apears with te instal·lation of Symantec Norton Ghost 10.0 See also: Link |
| Corl | Norto Ghost 9 |
| Pfiffy | Part of Norton Ghost 9 |
| hw | I do not have itunes, or real. I do have ghost installed, and I have "gearsec.exe." |
| PassinBy | Gear Software, installed with MixMeister Pro Software |
| Hyperion | Installed with Norton Ghost 9.0. Required for writing to optical drives. |
| Boat_House_Jeff | Installed Norton Ghost 9.0 and noticed gearsec.exe for the first time. Only using about 1,000k. Not a big deal for me, I have 1GB of RAM with an AMD64 3700+ cpu. |
| Udo | Installs with Audibla Manager, can cause certain problems during CD burning |
| MTF | Installed together with mixmeister. however it's active even when MM isn't running. |
| Tom | Nach brennproblemen beim DVD-Kopieren gekillt,dann funktionierte alles. Könnte eine DRM funktion sein, bin mir nicht sicher. |
| r00t | Installed by Symantec LiveState Enterprise v6.0 See also: Link |
| Conner | Installed itself with Norton Ghost ver10. Bloody nuisence. Use other software for burning CD/DVDs. |
| ShadowCaster | Installed with acoustica SW |
| hydrallus | I don't even have Norton Ghost or a DVD drive or burner.. what the heck? I am using Disc Juggler though to burn fake dvd images on CDR for dreamcast.. hmmm |
| Me | Gearsec.exe seems to be installed after Norton Ghost 9.0. It's harmless as far as I've gathered, but does slow the CPU up a bit. |
| Lugosh | It Is part of Symantec Ghost and LiveStae Recovery developped by Gear Software and serves for CD acess See also: Link |
| Jim | The gearsec.exe driver (and associated GEAR Security service) were part of GEAR Software's older driver set which allows the GEAR CD/DVD Engine to recognize and work with CD and DVD drives on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The GEAR CD/DVD Engine is not only used in GEAR Software's products, but also in many 3rd party applications such as Apple's iTunes for Windows, Cakewalk's Pyro, Audible's AudibleManager and DiscWelder by Minnetonka Audio, to name a few. See also: Link |
| drokliss | Runs with Ghost 10 |
| Heinz | Von Davideo oder Drive Image, gehört zur Brennroutine, Dienst kann von automatisch auf manuell umgestellt werden, schont Ressourcen |
| El Conquistador | Any DVD adds this file also its in all three of the DVD burners I use. |
| Jimmi the xp Profiler | Die gehört auch zu treibersoftware von on board grafik/sound adapter und wird im zweifelsfall benötigt also testen Viel Spass |
| Per | came with norton ghost 10 |
| SickDucker | Part of Symantec Ghost 9 |
| David | Installed with iTunes. Uninstalling iTunes made my DVD burner (HP 640c) unusable! |
| Walt D in LV | I have gearsec.exe, and I also have iTunes, Norton Ghost, and several DVD Burning apps. |
| Rmachines.co.nr | Deffinatly part of MixMiester Pro |
| PTC | Used with Virtual DAEMON 4 for CD/DVD emulations. |
| weasel | Part of iTunes & Drive Image Burn Software... may be other Programs too. |
| Morpheous | Most prog running on Win start up can be disabled with msconfig ;) |
| Apple | installed with Nero burn |
| Seth | When I stopped the process, a trojan I was working on removing dissappeared. (SpySheriff) |
| Jeremy | Part of norton ghost 9 or 10 |
| Simon | Comes with Norton Ghost See also: Link |
| ffrreeaakk | Norton Ghost 10 |
| ZPrime | Comes with Symantec LiveState Recovery server |
| Mant | PowerQuest Drive Image 7 (Now Symantec Ghost / Drive Image) |
| kitbag | it installed with norton ghost 9.0 |
| Allan R | Gearsec was apparently installed by Drive Image 7 See also: Link |
| Gitcypher (a.k.a. E Dot J) | I reimaged a client's PC, made a backup with norton ghost. and installed ghost on the machine. A WEEK later, after installing NERO, they told me the computer won't stay on for 5 minutes without freezing. Sure enough, it was GEARSec.exe. |
| Stuart Halliday | Drive image was bought over and became Norton Ghost 9 so this file is with both products |
| topino | It is part of Norton Ghost 9.0 |
| Brian P | Part of Norton Ghost 9 & 10, Required for writing to optical drives. See also: Link |
| Exchsrvr | Seems to get installed w/ Symantec LiveStateRecovery - Stopped & turned to Manual w/o side effects |
| Jai | its a part of MixMeister Fusion to record you mix to cd See also: Link |
| Schmeusser | Part of PowerQuest Drive Image 7.0 |
| Shinobi | Part of Ghost. While Ghost isn't too bad, I don't use Symantec products, because every one I used reinstalled itself and the services run even if you disable them. |
| J_M | Installed by Norton Ghost 9 (which is Norton Protector renamed) |
| Fabio | Used by CD/DVD programs, and imaging software such as Symantec Ghost and Nero/Alc etc. |
| Franz | Von Davideo oder Drive Image, gehört zur Brennroutine, Dienst kann von automatisch auf manuell umgestellt werden, schont Ressourcen |
| Ralf | Teilprozess von Drive Image |
| Petri | Seems to be affiliated with most diskmanager/burning softwares... And in some cases makes you cry, when yorur HDD gets corrupted because of it. |
| Tom "not unusual" Jones | Installed with MixMeister Studio to burn to CD's |
| luigi | it's part of Norton Ghost, but if you disable it, NG works the same |
| Sizz | 03-09-2007 - I have Nero6 (came pre-instld on system), I a few months ago my boot-time encreased aftr instl of Ghost9, a search shows gearsec.exe located in my C:\Windows\System32 folder, and no other place. |
| | it seems that is part of the SpySheriff mentioned above (changes homepage c:/secure32 ) |
| Smiley | Part os PowerQuest Drive Image 7.0 |
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