Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

10, 15, 021, 3	16.67%
10, 15, 018, 3	33.33%
10, 15, 017, 3	50.00%

Relationships

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Quickset.exe

QuickSet by Compal Electronics (Signed)

Remove Quickset.exe

Version:	10, 15, 021, 3
MD5:	9709a4ae6d5d6b047ac2ed0a0c129879
SHA1:	afcfcdbbd25f0fd8a16d94ae74dc674d77266cb6

Overview

quickset.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program Quickset64 published by Dell Inc. and is usually factory installed by the OEM. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Compal Electronics which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	quickset.exe
Publisher:	Dell Inc.
Product name:	QuickSet
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\dell\quickset\quickset.exe
File version:	10, 15, 021, 3
Size:	5.5 MB (5,762,408 bytes)
Build date:	6/3/2013 11:09 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	Compal Electronics
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Sunday, June 10, 2012
Expiration date:	Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Quickset64

Dell Inc.

10% remove

“Dell QuickSet provides you with easy access to configure or view Network connectivity, Power management, Display and System information. Depending on what you want to do in Dell™ QuickSet, you can start it by either clicking, double-clicking, or right-clicking the QuickSet icon, , in the Microsoft® Windows® taskbar. The taskbar is located in the lower-right corner of your screen. For more information about QuickSet, right-click the Qui...”

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'QuickSet' → C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\QuickSet.exe

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00724802%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00724802%	0.013761%
Kernel CPU time:	1,672 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	160,376/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	7.46 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	18.55 MB
Private (minimum):	17.51 MB
Non-paged memory:	7.46 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	129.33 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	139.35 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	18.52 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	24.63 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	25,966/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	64 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	8 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	205	600
GUI GDI count:	22	103
GUI GDI peak:	23	142
GUI USER count:	17	49
GUI USER peak:	18	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\dell\quickset\quickset.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

quickset.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.08965510%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.03966791%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.04998720%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	1,782,220/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	22/sec	79/sec
Memory:	5.54 MB	1.16 MB
gdiplus.dll
Total CPU:	0.00228780%
Kernel CPU:	0.00228780%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	234,552/sec
Context switches:	7/sec
Memory:	1.59 MB