Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, TVersity Inc. publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
gears.dll
Google Gears 0.5.33.0 by TVersity Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 0.5.33.0 |
| MD5: | 8c04889acf292def6c7dec8aeaad2950 |
| SHA1: | 36d1995b96c9a2733cb9ccea08a67c57814040de |
| SHA256: | 759769345eb89759b8c222d7a26d8a58a284b0d0508588b90ca291553122f562 |
What is gears.dll?
Google Gears is software offered by Google that "enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to the web browser. It allows some online files to be used offline". Released under the BSD license, Gears is free and open source software. There are several major API components to Gear, a Database module (powered by SQLite), which can store data locally, a WorkerPool module, which provides parallel execution of JavaScript code, and a Geolocation module.
Overview
gears.dll is loaded as dynamic link library that runs in the context of a process. It is installed with a couple of know programs including TVersity Media Server 1.9.3 published by TVersity Inc., TVersity Media Server 1.9.7 from TVersity Inc. and TVersity Media Server 1.9.7 by TVersity Inc.. The file is digitally signed by TVersity Inc. which was issued by the The USERTRUST Network certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | gears.dll |
| Publisher: | Google Inc. |
| Product name: | Google Gears 0.5.33.0 |
| Description: | These are the Gears that power the tubes! :-) |
| Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\tversity\media server\gears.dll |
| File version: | 0.5.33.0 |
| Size: | 3.03 MB (3,180,544 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | TVersity Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | The USERTRUST Network |
| Effective date: | Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Israel installs about 50.00% of Google Gears 0.5.33.0.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| American Megatrends |
100.00% |
|
