How to remove gearsec error

gearsec.exe file information

The process gearsec belongs to the software gearsec or Drive Image or Norton Ghost or GEARSecurity or MixMeister Pro or GEARSec.exe or V2i Protector or Cakewalk Pyro or GEARSecurity_BackUp or Acoustica MP3 CD Burner or MixMeister Express 6 Demo or MixMeister Pro 6 Demo or iTunes or GEAR 32bit legacy driver or MixMeister Fusion Demo or eJay Mix CD Producer by GEAR Software (www.gearsoftware.com) or Apple Computer, Inc (www.apple.com) or Symantec Corporation (www.symantec.com).

Description: gearsec.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\Windows. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 53248 bytes (59% of all occurrence), 49152 bytes, 61440 bytes, 58952 bytes, 69632 bytes.
The program is not visible. File gearsec.exe is not a Windows core file. File gearsec.exe is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. Therefore the technical security rating is 42% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:

• "GEARsec" is not required to run at start up. Installed by Apple Quicktime package - iPod/iTunes CDRW support. Can be disabled if you only require Quicktime player

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as gearsec.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the gearsec.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: gearsec.exe, gearsec.exe

Part os PowerQuest Drive Image 7.0
  Smiley  

it seems that is part of the SpySheriff mentioned above (changes homepage c:/secure32 )
   

03-09-2007 - I have Nero6 (came pre-instld on system), I a few months ago my boot-time encreased aftr instl of Ghost9, a search shows gearsec.exe located in my C:\Windows\System32 folder, and no other place.
  Sizz  

it's part of Norton Ghost, but if you disable it, NG works the same
  luigi  

Installed with MixMeister Studio to burn to CD's
  Tom "not unusual" Jones  

Seems to be affiliated with most diskmanager/burning softwares... And in some cases makes you cry, when yorur HDD gets corrupted because of it.
  Petri  

Teilprozess von Drive Image
  Ralf  

Von Davideo oder Drive Image, gehört zur Brennroutine, Dienst kann von automatisch auf manuell umgestellt werden, schont Ressourcen
  Franz  

Used by CD/DVD programs, and imaging software such as Symantec Ghost and Nero/Alc etc.
  Fabio  

Installed by Norton Ghost 9 (which is Norton Protector renamed)
  J_M  

Part of Ghost. While Ghost isn't too bad, I don't use Symantec products, because every one I used reinstalled itself and the services run even if you disable them.
  Shinobi  

Part of PowerQuest Drive Image 7.0
  Schmeusser  

its a part of MixMeister Fusion to record you mix to cd
  Jai   (further information)

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