Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

ace53	50.00%
07670	50.00%

(Note, Giga-Byte Technology publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Related files

gsvr.exe

By Giga-Byte Technology (Signed)

Remove gsvr.exe

MD5:	ace536a519f5a6e4e49117b60dacda6d
SHA1:	42809910dec1b13299bb14872ca41a93e60d8699
SHA256:	8733055a91c492bca5df034b666520ccae9040e318024a70a8dd7adaec70196f

Overview

gsvr.exe runs as a service under the name GEST Service for program management. (GEST Service) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program Energy Saver Advance B9.0316.1 published by GIGABYTE. The file is digitally signed by Giga-Byte Technology which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	gsvr.exe
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\gigabyte\energysaver\gsvr.exe
Size:	66.54 KB (68,136 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Giga-Byte Technology
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Expiration date:	Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows Console
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Energy Saver Advance

GIGABYTE

8% remove

“GIGABYTE's Dynamic Energy Saver (DES) has once again proven itself as the industry leading energy saving technology with newly introduced Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced. Designed with advanced users in mind, Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced allows users to take advantage of energy savings with or without the use the Dynamic Energy Saver Utility, for always-on, hardware based power savings. GIGABYTE has also retooled Dynamic Energy Saver to ...”

Behaviors

Service

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'GEST Service' (GEST Service for program management.)

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00883451%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00434169%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00449282%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	7,316 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	4,140,547/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	93/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.09 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	3.33 MB
Private (minimum):	2.93 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.09 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	50.77 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	52.87 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	2.97 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	3.43 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	14,217,308/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	54 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	50/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	81 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	50/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	2.82 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1,142/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	152	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\gigabyte\energysaver\gsvr.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	GEST Service
Display name:	GEST Service for program management.
Type:	Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

sechost.dll
Total CPU:	0.20742225%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.19892134%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00850091%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	38,212,754/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	88/sec	79/sec
Memory:	100 KB	1.16 MB
GSvr.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00085303%
Kernel CPU:	0.00042651%
User CPU:	0.00042651%
CPU cycles:	414,081/sec
Context switches:	5/sec
Memory:	64 KB