Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

3.5.0.2020	50.00%
3.4.0.2000	30.00%
3.3.0.1986	10.00%
1.0.0.48	10.00%

Relationships

gbtray.exe

Game Booster by IObit Information Technology (Signed)

Remove gbtray.exe

Version:	3.5.0.2020
MD5:	d41a8a1751e52ccfcb209e09478a13db
SHA1:	b41f8c453d8907d7e627f5950bdae6a9f98440d3

What is gbtray.exe?

The is the system tray process that sits in the notification area of Windows for Game Booster. Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button. It works by updating hardwaredrivers, downloading essential gaming tools, tweaking system settings for gaming, defragmenting game directories, temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance.

About gbtray.exe (from IObit Information Technology)

“Game Booster is capable of delivering the best gaming experience to you even if you have an old PC. One-click to boost PC performance is not enough, Game Booster also allows you to tweak your system f”

Details

File name:	gbtray.exe
Publisher:	IObit
Product name:	Game Booster
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\iobit\game booster 3\gbtray.exe
File version:	3.5.0.2020
Product version:	3.0.0.0
Size:	598.84 KB (613,208 bytes)
Build date:	4/27/2012 3:04 PM
Certificate
Issued to:	IObit Information Technology
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Expiration date:	Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Game Booster 3

IObit

25% remove

IObit Game Booster is freeware designed to optimize a PC for smoother, more responsive game performance by shutting down some of Windows Services and stopping or pausing various processes from running while a user is gaming.

Behaviors

Scheduled tasks

The task 'Game_Booster_Startup' runs on logon in the path '\Game_Booster_Startup'
The job 'Game_Booster_Startup' runs on logon in the path '\Game_Booster_Startup'
Entry path '\Game_Booster_Startup'

Scheduled tasks startups

Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00052001%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00037740%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00014261%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	302,797,941 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	4.86 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	1.31 MB
Private (minimum):	444 KB
Non-paged memory:	4.86 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	86.75 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	99.23 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	1.26 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.73 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	3	12
Handles:	118	600
GUI GDI count:	65	103
GUI GDI peak:	69	142
GUI USER count:	43	49
GUI USER peak:	43	71