Should I block it?

98%
Yes, 98% block recommendation.
Possible reasons:
Multiple malware detections
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

10.201.1.12915 4.17%
1.146.60.12450 4.17%
1.135.60.12323 4.17%
1.38.61.10911 16.67%
1.6.1.952 20.83%
1.6.1.931 4.17%
1.6.1.905 4.17%
1.6.1.827 4.17%
1.6.1.804 4.17%
1.6.1.796 4.17%
1.6.1.696 12.50%
1.6.1.665 4.17%
1.6.1.635 12.50%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

PE structurePE file structure

Show functions
Import table
mscoree.dll
DllMain

quickshare.exe

Smartbar by Linkury (Signed)

Remove quickshare.exe
Version:   1.6.1.696
MD5:   7fef82869e3482985fd5915f7e378732
SHA1:   a4fcd99282eb656aa66c7d36f463fa07bb0a89fc
SHA256:   c7a866730745dcb5eb72f37c8282ee303c947986fc47e28eec9bca51f77e4bfa
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware.

What is quickshare.exe?

Smartbar (Snap.Do) is a web browser addin/toolbar with Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. Snap.Do provides social integration features for Facebook and Twitter. Privacy Policy: In order to facilitate, refine, personalize and match the identification and presentation of our products results to your browsing preferences and habits, we collect information regarding your use of our Product including URL and information of websites you browse while Smartbar is installed.

About quickshare.exe (from Linkury)

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DetailsDetails

File name:quickshare.exe
Publisher:Smartbar
Product name:Smartbar
Typical file path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\application\quickshare.exe
Original name:Smartbar.exe
File version:1.6.1.696
Size:13.5 KB (13,824 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Linkury
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Saturday, December 5, 2015
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Linkury Inc.
  79% remove
QuickShare, also know as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program that is typically bundled with various shareware software. It displays advertising and is designed to run when Windows boots up. In addition it integrates with the various social networks including Facebook and Twitter in order to provide sharing features (and has access to core Facebook permissions). The product has low-level adware flags by more than one top-tier anti-viru...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' → C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\QuickShare.exe startup

MalwareMalware detections

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
Antivirus engineEngine versionDetection
ESET NOD32 7.8020 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.A
Fortinet 5.0.43.0 Adware/MSIL_Agent
Trend Micro HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.RCBH1B1

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00394091%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00171990%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00222101%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:882,677 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:4,216,672/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:182/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:66.8 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):49.65 MB
Private (minimum):22.79 MB
Non-paged memory:66.8 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:278.34 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):286.66 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:46.23 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):57.93 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:6,059,324/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:21.98 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:6/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:4.71 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:466 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:70/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:30
12
Handles:758
600
GUI GDI count:70
103
GUI GDI peak:82
142
GUI USER count:114
49
GUI USER peak:131
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\application\quickshare.exe" startup
Owner:User
Parent process:Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
mscorwks.dll
Total CPU:0.03528492%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00855235%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.02673258%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:713,648/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:5.66 MB
1.16 MB
QuickShare.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.01737854%
Kernel CPU:0.00635337%
User CPU:0.01102516%
CPU cycles:405,122/sec
Memory:40 KB
ole32.dll
Total CPU:0.00049574%
Kernel CPU:0.00049574%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:6,158/sec
Memory:1.36 MB
gdiplus.dll
Total CPU:0.00001147%
Kernel CPU:0.00001033%
User CPU:0.00000115%
CPU cycles:141/sec
Memory:1.67 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 20.83%
Windows 8 8.33%
Windows 7 Professional 8.33%
Windows Vista Home Premium 8.33%
Windows Vista Home Basic 8.33%
Windows 8 Pro 4.17%
Windows Vista Ultimate 4.17%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 25.00% of Smartbar.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 26.32%
ASUS 21.05%
Acer 10.53%
Samsung 10.53%
Sony 10.53%
Toshiba 10.53%
Dell 10.53%
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