Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
gStart.exe
gStart by Garmin International (Signed)
| Version: | 2.3.1 |
| MD5: | 4b4f81c294b9a07479f4f4f8ff20e58c |
| SHA1: | d6da1e9e5a900816e5646141151f58750c16a2d6 |
Overview
gstart.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Garmin BaseCamp published by Garmin, Garmin WebUpdater from Garmin and Garmin WebUpdater by Garmin. The file is digitally signed by Garmin International which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | gstart.exe |
| Publisher: | GARMIN Corp. |
| Product name: | gStart |
| Description: | gStart Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\garmin\training center\gstart.exe |
| File version: | 2.3.1 |
| Size: | 1.8 MB (1,891,416 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Garmin International |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Use BaseCamp to plan your next hiking, biking, motorcycling, driving or off-roading trip. You can view maps, plan routes, and mark waypoints and tracks from your computer and then transfer them to your device. Make the most of your next outdoor activity or relive the trips you’ve taken. Our free BaseCamp software lets you plan outdoor activities, organize your data and share your adventures with others. BaseCamp displays your topographi...”
Garmin WebUpdater is the software update program that runs with Windows in the background and checks for updates, and automatically downloads and installs them if found based on the user's settings. The program can be configured by the user for maintaining a schedule for when to check the remote server for periodic software updates. If it finds an item to download, it will download and install the new update.
“Track and analyze your fitness activities with Garmin Training Center. Use it to review activity history as well as create workouts and send them to your Garmin fitness device.
Garmin Training Center is compatible with all Garmin fitness devices. It operates directly on your computer, not on the Internet.”
“POIConverter will convert Points of Interest, routes and tracks stored in the formats shown in the first list to any of the other formats in that list.”
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'gStart' → C:\Program Files\Garmin\Training Center\gStart.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006864% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004721% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002142% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 117 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,582/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.09 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.65 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 900 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.09 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 83.89 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 90.77 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.03 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.7 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,386/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 1 | |
| Handles: | 95 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 25 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 27 | |
| GUI USER count: | 27 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 28 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of gStart.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
